Monthly Archives: October 2007

Loading data model with Fixtures in Rails

I’m putting together a smallish data model in Rails. Some of my data is pre-existing, including a bunch of Items, some of which have SubItems. I found some hints on how to represent the initial data with YAML and to … Continue reading

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Economics of Cynicism

For some reason I thought Joel Spolsky was anti-Apple and pro-Microsoft. Now I realize he’s a cynical guy who used to write about software development, but who’s now busy running a small, successful software company, and who writes about talking … Continue reading

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Core Image-based image editors

A gaggle of sub-$100 image editors written atop Core Image: DrawIt – $49 LiveQuartz – Free ChocoFlop – Free Acorn – $39.95 Image Tricks – $14.95 Pixelmator – $59 I haven’t spent time on any of these but a comparison … Continue reading

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