http://pqmf.com Paul McKibbin does not exist as either a human or a corporate entity Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:37:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently had to so some testing of an in-memory OLE object, which also allowed persistance to an XML file. The structure of the two (in-memory and in-file) were similar enough for me to look at XMLSimple, which creates a Hash, and since I only like writing code once where ... http://pqmf.com/ruby/automatically-creating-for-ruby-hashes/ Recently, I've been looking at the Streamlined framework. For those of you who don't know, Streamlined is an Ajaxified Scaffold currently under development. The edge version shows promise and is stable enough for my personal use as an administration tool. One area which is particularly interesting is the way that they ... http://pqmf.com/ruby/enhancing-streamlined-enumerations/ Hot on the heels of the Microsoft Surface announcement, and the statement by Tim Berners Lee that various devices and integrated software packages will be talking to each other seemlessly over the internet, and that everything (electronic) will be more tightly integrated in the future (Does anyone want to say ... http://pqmf.com/cool/microsoft-surface-parody/ I have another website on my portfolio. You can check out their work (and mine) at http://completefloorsltd.co.uk http://pqmf.com/websites/complete-floors/ New website development. Not in Ruby this time, but they are happy with the results. Check it out at http://butlerandbrown.com. http://pqmf.com/websites/tree-surgery/ The BBC listen again facility allows you to play back audio broadcasts up to seven days after they originally air. That's fine, unless you listen to most of your radio in the car, or away from your computer. OK. So you can listen live, as long as you are in the ... http://pqmf.com/pvr/realplayer-streaming-bbc-to-mp3-files/ http://pqmf.com/cool/its-1973-dinnertime-and-im-having-oops/ I'm a great believer in free software, most of my systems are run using Apache, MySQL, Linux, and Ruby, as I'm sure quite a lot of you are running also. I'm also a great believer in the right tool for the right job, even if that isn't a free tool. ... http://pqmf.com/ruby/rails-ide-komodo/ Even if the science is still not quite there yet, the CGI is great. This is just cool. I want one. I'm not responsible for the cruddy commentary from a geek who thinks he is funny, but I love it when people come up with new ways for using great ... http://pqmf.com/cool/solid-state-aircraft/ Recently, I joined a small group of like minded individuals (social drinkers), under the guise of a blogger get together. I thought that this would be a one-off visit, or perhaps an occassional quarterly or monthly, a few blokes go down the pub and talk about computers. I couldn't have ... http://pqmf.com/bloggers/bloggers-in-hindhead-haslemere-and-farnham/