Twitter Updates for 2008-04-30

SEA DEN, then back to work. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-04-27

BBQ, beer, spring in Seattle #

Twitter Updates for 2008-04-24

Just signed up for Filtrbox. Couldn’t have come at a better time. #
Also just saw Rails Kits account management software, which looks interesting. Might be worth $250 just to see some alternatives. #

links for 2008-04-24

Software as a Service Rails Kit | Rails Kits

Sets up accounts, account plans, and billing management for users, a la Basecamp.

(tags: rubyonrails ecommerce billing)

Twitter Updates for 2008-04-23

Anyone know if you can bring Swedish fish candy on an airplane? #
At DEN, heading to SEA. We’ve been gone 9 months. I can’t wait to have coffee at Zoka again. #

links for 2008-04-23

SourceForge.net: PHP-ExcelReader

(tags: php excel)

links for 2008-04-21

Import Gmail Contacts using Ruby on Rails | Atlantic Dominion Solutions

(tags: ruby rubyonrails gmail google)
Intridea - Seed Fu: Simple Seed Data for Rails

“The issue of pre-loading needed data for a Rails application has always been somewhat confusing and difficult…”

(tags: rubyonrails rake databases data)

links for 2008-04-20

jashkenas’s ruby-processing at master — GitHub

A Ruby wrapper for the Processing API. Requires JRuby.

(tags: processing ruby java jruby)

Twitter Updates for 2008-04-19

Calling it a day and switching to Hulu with my wife. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-04-18

Perqs of working at home: when I pour coffee beans into the grinder, my 14-month-old looks up and says "aaaaah" (imitating the grinder). #

Twitter Updates for 2008-04-17

I don’t care what anyone says about Simply Red. "Holding Back the Years" is one of the smoothest songs in existence. #
Chardonnay. MacBook. Ruby. Jetrecord. iPod. Yes. Owner of a Lonely Heart. In the end you gotta go, look before you leap. #

links for 2008-04-17

Tom ten Thij’s homepage: Rails schema browser plugin: proof of concept

(tags: databases visualization rubyonrails)

Twitter Updates for 2008-04-16

@areyousure, no. #
@doing @nothing, @really. @howboutyou? @wish @i @was @on @a @beach. #
@mukund, option + command + arrow key (right or left) #
@mukund, or command + 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, etc, for the tab number you want) #
@mukund, my pleasure. I guess you’ve also seen that ctrl + tab works, too (moving left to right). Ctrl + Shift + Tab goes right to left. #

Ruby Hash Compact

I couldn’t find this with a quick Google search so I’m posting here in case anyone else finds it useful.

Ruby’s Array class has a nice method called compact that will remove any empty values. I couldn’t find a similar method for Hash but it seems like it should exist, so here’s my first stab at it. Please improve upon these or point me to popular implementations if they exist.

class Hash
  def compact_nil
    delete_if {|key, value| value.nil?}
  end
 
  def compact_empty
    delete_if {|key, value| value.empty?}
  end
 
  def compact
    delete_if {|key, value| value.nil? || value.empty?}
  end
end
 
# Usage
hsh = {'a' => '', 'b'=> nil, 'c' => 'hello'}
hsh.compact
# => {'c' => 'hello'}

links for 2008-04-16

Design Snips - a set on Flickr

Screen shots

(tags: design inspiration)

Twitter Updates for 2008-04-14

Boulder/Denver people, where do you get your business cards printed? I’ve already got designers. My printing needs are simple. #
@jonto I don’t remember. I’ll contact him. Thanks. #
@andrewhyde Nice! Something you should be right at home with. #

Website Content Programmer Position at New Horizons Ministries in Seattle

Hi!

If you or someone you know in Seattle is 1) a Christian, 2) a web designer, and 3) looking for a way to serve a desperately underserved group of kids in the city, please review the job description below. I am not affiliated with New Horizons but friends of mine are, so I’m passing this along. Please contact New Horizons with any questions.

New Horizons Ministries is a multicultural organization whose mission is to be in relationship with homeless and street involved young people, serving and loving in the way of Jesus, equipping them to leave street life.

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

TITLE: Website Content Programmer (Contract position)

REPORTS TO: Associate Director

HOURS: 8 hours a week, $15/hour

(6 month contract with option to renew)

PURPOSE:

The primary function of the Website Content Programmer is to implement text and graphic updates for New Horizons Ministries’ website.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

In coordination with the Information Technology Coordinator and Development Manager implement ongoing, quarterly and yearly text and graphic updates.
Work with Information Technology Coordinator and Development Manager in the website creative planning process to enhance and expand website aspects such as, but not limited to, maintaining updated text and graphics content.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

All NHM core staff or contract staff must be Christians, personally committed to the Lord Jesus Christ, and their lives must demonstrate such a commitment. They must be non-judgmental and able to work with Christians of differing denominations.
Two years of programming experience.
Advanced use of HTML required, average knowledge of JAVASCRIPT required, ASP preferred but not required, familiarity with FTP server use, comfortable use with CSS1 and CSS2.

RESUME & COVER LETTER CAN BE SENT TO:

Linda Ruthruff, Associate Director

New Horizons Ministries

PO Box 2801

Seattle, WA 98111

lindar@nhmin.org

206-374-0866 ext. 105

Another Website Content Programmer Position at New Horizons Ministries in Seattle

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