Swaggadocio

Harry ‘bent as a nine bob note’ Redknapp reacts...

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:09:00 +0100

Harry ‘bent as a nine bob note’ Redknapp reacts hilariously to being called a ‘wheeler dealer’

The lady doth protest too much, methinks…

work life balance. strike it.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:56:03 +0100

work life balance. strike it.

NOT GUILTY

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:38:57 +0100

50 Tyson

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:07:01 +0100

50 Tyson

The Palace of Automorphic Delights (2009) - Terry Rodgers

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:04:09 +0100

The Palace of Automorphic Delights (2009) - Terry Rodgers

The Symbol#to_proc myth

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:57:00 +0100

The Symbol#to_proc myth:

Symbol#to_proc performing like a dog is simply just not true anymore.

Yeezy’s Versace sofa. So lurid it’s dope.

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:44:43 +0100

Yeezy’s Versace sofa. So lurid it’s dope.

Stabby Lambdas & Curried Functions

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:54:00 +0100

Starting a new project at work in Ruby 1.9, I noticed there is a new syntax for creating lambdas:

a = ->(a,b) { a**b }

This is equivalent to the conventional

b = lambda { |a,b| a**b }

Thus:

a[2,5] == b[2,5]

My opinion is split on the aesthetic appeal of this new syntax, sure it’s brief but it’s also erlang-y. Fortunately it does have a useful feature, i.e. the ability to give default values to block parameter. This is not possible:

lambda { |a,b=2| a**b }

This is:

->(a,b=2) { a**b }

Currying, i.e. partial application of functions also appear

pow = ->(a,b) { a**b }.curry
=> #
square = pow[2]
=> #
square[2]
=> 4
square[4]
=> 16
square[16]
=> 256

Proc#call has also been aliased as Proc#=== meaning one can use lambdas in case statements… WUUUUUTTT!

dopest shit ever… #nohyperbole

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:48:48 +0100

dopest shit ever… #nohyperbole

Ruby in Dictionary.app Dope

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:24:14 +0100

Ruby in Dictionary.app

Dope

Taking back my day. I love the anti-procrastination feature on...

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:46:24 +0100

Taking back my day.

I love the anti-procrastination feature on Hacker News. The calibre of engineering and entrepreneurial related content is excellent, so it’s all too easy to spend too much time on there.

Sidebar: Also I have removed all Twitter and Facebook clients from my computer. I check them once via the respective websites and then logout. The inherent cumbersomeness of this process keeps me from wasting too much time on bullshit.

Apple’s App Store is a “Warehouse of Shit” -...

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:39:00 +0100

Apple’s App Store is a “Warehouse of Shit” - David Heinemeier Hansson

chilling in lisbon

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:29:46 +0100

chilling in lisbon

I’m going to wallpaper one of the walls in my crib with...

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:11:49 +0100

I’m going to wallpaper one of the walls in my crib with the Hubble Ultra Deep Field.

Adam Lisagor makes incredible video demonstrations of apps.

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:13:35 +0100

Adam Lisagor makes incredible video demonstrations of apps.

hermès cardholder dope

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:46:14 +0100

hermès cardholder

dope

ricky rozay ft yeezy - live fast, die young this beat is so...

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100

ricky rozay ft yeezy - live fast, die young

this beat is so RIDICULOUS that when it comes to the instrumental part after ye’s verse I look over both shoulders, and if there is no one there i do this dance…

sidebar: j.u.s.t.i.c.e. league are also ill as fuck

George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:11:58 +0100

George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

1100 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Bathrooms -...

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:42:21 +0100

1100 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL

3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Bathrooms - $850,000

Real Estate in Miami is crazy cheap. I’ve seen really nice places for less than $100k. This place for example is fucking huge, try getting a comparable place in London or New York for less than $2 mill. Good luck. If I had the right to reside in the US, I’d be getting a mortgage right now and posting up in Miami.

Peace

Quick Tip: Ruby Class Definition

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:13:00 +0100

Everyone knows this syntax

class Foo

end

This is cleaner when you just need to quickly define an empty class:

Foo = Class.new

I’m writing this ActiveRecord compliant in memory model implementation called Glamazon for this secret project I’m on at work. I used Class.new’s ability to take a block as the class body to include my library into a testable class, e.g.

Mule = Class.new { include Glamazon::Base }

In other Ruby code you might frequently see this used to define error classes:

class SpecialError < StandardError
end

This is way cleaner:

SpecialError = Class.new StandardError