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Functional Programming Example: Python vs. Ruby

almost 6 years ago by Tekhne on Tekhne.
I was recently reviewing some of the forthcoming changes to Python in version 2.5, and came across a nifty little bit of functional programming. As far...

Movie Review: Lucky Number Slevin

almost 6 years ago by Tekhne on Tekhne.
Rating: B+ Clever. Feels a little like Snatch. All the actors provided digg'able characters, and I especially liked the brief interaction between giants...

Rails and Database Table Constraints.

almost 6 years ago by Tekhne on Tekhne.
As far as I understand, Rails doesn't provide "adequate" (whatever the definition of that may be) support for database table constraints. As...

Voting on Rails Documentation

almost 6 years ago by Tekhne on Tekhne.
I was just reading this article and it occurred to me that Rails might benefit from something like this: "Can we stop pretending? Can you just mark...

Movie Review: Inside Man

almost 6 years ago by Tekhne on Tekhne.
Rating: B+ This was a great movie. All of the actors seem to have created roles that run against type to some extent, and the “figure out how they...

Rails, Rake, Fixtures, and Accomodating DB Table Constraints

almost 6 years ago by Tekhne on Tekhne.
I needed to auto-load test fixtures into my development environment. There's a nice feature in Rails 1.1.0 where you can run rake db:fixtures:load which...

Movie Review: V for Vendetta.

almost 6 years ago by Tekhne on Tekhne.
Rating: B+ I’ve seen a lot of movies in my time. I mean a lot. If you don’t count television and rentals, I’ve probably averaged 40 movies...

Documenting Ruby on Rails.

almost 6 years ago by Tekhne on Tekhne.
It’s a tricky business criticizing something that was given to you for free (don’t look a gift horse in the mouth, right?). However, if that...

Movie Review: The Libertine

almost 6 years ago by Tekhne on Tekhne.
Rating: B- I saw The Libertine last night. According to Rotten Tomatoes — which I usually trust — it’s a stinker, but I thought it was...

Deep Thoughts

~4 years ago by Tekhne on Tekhne.
Do you ever have the urge to laugh more than is appropriate?...