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Debugging Javascript in IE7 - how to clear your Javascript cache

~5 years ago by Dr Nic on Dr Nic.
JavaScript first appeared in December 1995 within the Netscape browser. 131 months later and Microsoft latest attempt to provide JavaScript support in its...

Supporting JSON callbacks in Rails

~5 years ago by Dr Nic on Dr Nic.
Now you know how to write JavaScript widgets, now you need to know how to help others write widgets for your data. Here’s a short-one act play to...

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~5 years ago by Dr Nic on Dr Nic.
Today is the 24th of November. On this day in history [1]: 1859 - Darwin’s “Origin of Species published” Darwin’s theory argued...

My Year in Cities, 2006

~5 years ago by Dr Nic on Dr Nic.
This game seemed like fun, so I thought I’d play. In 2006 I visited and stayed at least one night (* - repeat visits or extended stays): Stockholm...

Five things

~5 years ago by Dr Nic on Dr Nic.
I’ve been offline (read: access to dialup only, which is close enough to offline) and discovered today I had 950+ RSS articles to read. Amongst them...

RadRails Templates Cheat Sheets

~5 years ago by Dr Nic on Dr Nic.
Now that RadRails is blessed with 100s of templates/snippets the challenge is now knowing what is available. Several people have had a crack at this: XSL...

Railsconf and Me

~5 years ago by Dr Nic on Dr Nic.
Dear Dr Nic Williams, Thank you for registering for RailsConf 2007 happening on May 17 - May 20, 2007. Conference Sessions Plus Tutorials Day Tutorial ...

RailsRally 2007 and GemsOnRails

almost 5 years ago by Dr Nic on Dr Nic.
In the past there has been RailsDay, but now the locals of Brazil are running a week-long competition - RailsRally. The organiser, Ronie Uliana, There are...

Sentences with links

almost 5 years ago by Dr Nic on Dr Nic.
I have suggested I’d release 0.9 many times on Google Groups. You see sentences like this in many many blogs. I have empathy for the authors who diligently...

5 things I’m in love with

almost 5 years ago by Dr Nic on Dr Nic.
In no specific order, but enumerated for good measure: autotest - do gem install ZenTest, go to root of rails app or gem, and type autotest. It just keeps...