published over 5 years ago
(03.04.2005 00:00)
CSS Fiddling
Instead of rebuilding from scratch (using a framework or blogging system i have yet to pick) i played around with the CSS trying to make the page look a little cleaner.
Ruby
Ruby is a modern scripting language from japan, with a quite different but concise syntax and feature set.
a simple example - creating and looping over an array
… in ruby:
theBig5 = %w[lion rhino buffalo leopard elephant]
theBig5.each {|x| puts "a #{x} is a big and dangerous animal!"}
… the same in php:
$theBig5 = array('lion', 'rhino', 'buffalo', 'leopard', 'elephant');
foreach ($theBig5 as $x) {
print "a $x is a big and dangerous animal!\n";
}
… and in javascript:
theBig5 = new Array('lion', 'rhino', 'buffalo', 'leopard', 'elephant')
for (x in theBig5)
document.writeln('a ' + x + ' is a big and dangerous animal!')
}
… and in c#:
string[] theBig5 = {"lion", "rhino", "buffalo", "leopard", "elephant"};
foreach(string x in theBig5) {
Console.WriteLine(x);
}
Ruby on Rails
… is a framework for quickly building web applications. The basic components and architecture are already there (filesystem layout, database access, conventions, clean urls, logging, etc.) is already there, relying on standard patterns.
So you only implement your stuff using the prepared structure. The application uses the MVC pattern, has some very neat features like ActiveRecords (Access/Modify database data through objects), Routes (Clean URLs without having to wrap your brain around mod_rewrite) and a command-line script to generate code skeletons you then fill with your code. very nice.
so all you have to do is learn how to use that and you can develop web applications very fast.
Disclaimer: If you’re a ruby expert, please forgive me any errors or misconceptions. I have been playing with R and RonR for two days only.
XMLHttpRequest
by using this technology, the information on web sites can be updated without reloading the whole page.
This way, the user experience is much more application-like. Instead of click-button – page goes blank – wait – new content is there, it’s now click button – wait – page is updated. A lot faster.
Online Examples:
this combination of web technologies technology is generally referred to as “Ajax”
No se puede tocar
Posted in ruby, css & javascript, coding, the rest
published over 5 years ago
(21.03.2005 00:00)
"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page."
St. Augustine
Posted in travel, wisdom & quotes
published over 5 years ago
(09.01.2005 00:00)
What exactly is SomaFM?
"We're a listener supported, commercial free internet radio station. This means no advertising or annoying commercial interruptions. Our mission is to expose great new music to people who otherwise may never encounter it."
>>> highly recommended!
check out these streams:
Posted in music
published over 5 years ago
(17.12.2004 00:00)
this and other apple fakes at mactime.ru.
Posted in photography, mac, the rest
published over 5 years ago
(03.12.2004 00:00)
melancholic because of leaving – this is the better place to be.
and be open to other people – they may enrich your dream.
Posted in barcelona, wisdom & quotes, the rest
published over 5 years ago
(11.11.2004 00:00)
las caras de belmez
An expressionistic, painterly image of a man's face spontaneously appeared on her kitchen floor—which was ripped out six days later and re-laid with cement. One week later, another face appeared in the same spot [...]
Nine feet down, human remains were discovered and given a proper burial, and a new floor was installed. Two weeks later, another man's face appeared, and two weeks after that, the face of a woman surrounded by 9-15 tiny faces. [...]
Although the events continued through 1972, there is a dearth of photographic and other hard evidence, scientific explanations were quickly abandoned.
taken from: thecobrasnose.com
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published over 5 years ago
(04.11.2004 00:00)
Posted in photography, the rest
published over 5 years ago
(02.11.2004 00:00)
compiled by esa onttonen, a finnish jazzer who seems to know.
A Love Supreme
Impulse!
1964
Lasting "only" 33 minutes is quite short on current standards, but this is one of the most important jazz albums ever and should belong to all record collections.
Crescent
Impulse!
1964
Although overshadowed by A Love Supreme, this is an equally important and influential recording, often cited by musicians (e.g. David Liebman) as their favorite Coltrane album.
Giant Steps
Atlantic
1959
Probably more musicians' than "regular listeners" favorite, this recording introduced some hard stuff for the next generations of players, including rapidly modulating "Giant Steps" and "Countdown" and the beautiful ballad dedicated to Coltrane's wife, "Naima".
Blue Train
Blue Note
1957
This is Coltrane's first major album under his own leadership and already features aspects in his compositions that would later be utilized more frequently, e.g. the major third relationship between the modulating keys in "Moment's Notice" would later appear on "Giant Steps".
Transition and Sun Ship
Impulse!
1965
Superb playing from The Quartet (Coltrane, Garrison, Tyner, Jones) - these albums stretched the word "jazz" even further into the free zone Coltrane would adopt on his later recordings.
Posted in music
published over 6 years ago
(08.10.2004 00:00)
saturday afternoons just got better …
if you listen to Gilles Peterson's infamous worldwide radio show online, every week a new one.
- go to bbc.co.uk/radio.
- then choose jazz
- and from the following list, Gilles Peterson : global beats
thanks steve!
Posted in music
published over 6 years ago
(11.07.2004 00:00)
das werden türkische "imam bayildi". ist eine vorspeise oder wenn man eine große aubergine nimmt & mit beilage (reis, couscous?) serviert, ein hauptgericht. rein zufällig auch 100% vegetarisch, aber sehr geschmackvoll.
das braucht der phillip (pro person)
- eine aubergine
- eine mittelgroße zwiebel
- eine große tomate (oder geschälte tomaten aus der dose)
- eine milde grüne peperonischote
- frische glatte petersilie
- etwas tomatenpüree
- eine knoblauchzehe
- olivenöl, salz, pfeffer
die vorbereitung
der aubergine mit einem spar(gel)schäler der länge nach rundherum streifen der schale abschälen, so das nur noch etwa die hälfte (der schale) dran bleibt.
an einer abgeschälten stelle v-förmig tief einschneiden (aber nicht durchschneiden), da kommt nachher die füllung rein. dann 15 min. in salzwasser legen.
in der zwischenzeit kann man die zwiebeln in feine scheiben schneiden, die petersilie grob hacken, die knoblauchzehen in stifte schneiden sowie die peperoni längs halbieren und entkernen.
verwendet man nicht schon geschälte tomaten aus der dose, kann man sich jetzt noch drum kümmern das die haut von den tomaten runterkommt. die tomaten dazu eine zeit lang in heißes wasser legen, dann platzt die haut fast von selbst ab. die tomaten noch würfeln.
in die pfanne
die 15min sind um, jetzt die auberginen gut abtrocknen, und in einer pfanne mit olivenöl rundherum scharf anbraten.
auberginen fertig, raus. gleich in eine auflaufform legen, mit einschnitt nach oben.
zwiebeln rein in die auberginen-pfanne, und weich dünsten (=wenig hitze). die tomate (zerdrücken), tomatenpüree und petersilie dazu, mit salz pfeffer & etwas olivenöl abschmecken.
in den ofen
dies in die einschnitte der auberginen füllen, den rest rundherum verteilen. die füllung mit je einer knoblauchzehe stifen, dann die halbierte peperoni drüberlegen.
etwa 1-2cm hoch wasser angießen und im ofen bei 160 grad etwa 45 min. schmoren.
auf den tisch
mit gehackter frischer petersilie bestreuen und servieren. ein leichter weißwein ist auch immer lecker!
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