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And if there were, what then?

over 3 years ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
The Alpha Course people have been running a bunch of poster ads built around the slogan “If God did exist, what would you ask?”. The posters are filled...

Just a thought

over 3 years ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
There’s a refactoring principle that states that, when you start doing the same thing for the third time, you should refactor to remove the duplication...

I think I'm in love with an Axe

over 3 years ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
We’ve just spent the weekend on one of Robin Wood’s spoon carving workshops, which was my 41st birthday present from Gill. It was great fun, if a...

Javascript heresy

over 3 years ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
So, remind me, what’s the rationale for always using the optional ; when you’re writing Javascript? The only reasons I can think of, off the top of...

Maybe time to look at shoulda

~3 years ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
So, because I’m sure that there’s a better way of drying up my rails apps, I’ve been porting Magritte to Ruby (given a good metadescription of your...

Warnings are the new test failures

~3 years ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
Have you ever tried to run Rails, Rspec, Rake or, for that matter almost any Ruby library or application that you’ve ever heard of with the -w flag? How...

It's not just modern music Giles...

~3 years ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
Giles Bowkett’s just written up an example of the way that sampling is an essential part of modern music and he’s right. But he doesn’t go far enough...

Choosing a language for 2009

~3 years ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
The Prags will tell you that you should learn a new language every year, and I think they have a point. This year though, I’m going to do things slightly...

Choosing a language for 2009

~3 years ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
The Prags will tell you that you should learn a new language every year, and I think they have a point. This year though, I’m going to do things slightly...

It's not just modern music Giles...

~3 years ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
Giles Bowkett’s just written up an example of the way that sampling is an essential part of modern music and he’s right. But he doesn’t go far enough...