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Beginning Rails
Well, I have finally completed the Ruby on Rails Tutorial: Learn Rails by Example by Michael Hartl. It was pretty tough for me, and even now I think I only get about 70% of the content. There is no way I…
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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiIdmT1GURg?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281] What a great culmination of some of my favourite things: funky organ music, beatboxing, comedy and particle physics. I am a big Fan of Dr. Reggie Watts. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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Smartphone penetration in Japan: Some numbers
New Straits Times quotes MMRI: Japan’s smart phone sales — 23.3 million this year — account for 56 per cent of the total mobile phone sales of the year Yet, TomiAhonen Consulting, based on Ipsos data, ranks Japan’s smartphone penetration at…
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A new study finds that atheists are among society’s most distrusted group, comparable even to rapists in certain circumstances.
Possibly a bit of a sensationalist headline, but there is a key take-away in the final graf about battling anti-atheism: “If you manage to offer credible counteroffers of these stereotypes, this can do a lot to undermine people’s existing prejudice,” he…
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Latest iPhone homescreen. Lots of red creeping in…
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Latest iPhone homescreen. Lots of red creeping in…
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Yesterday after work I got a frantic SMS. “Got fix to Vanier Cup! Wanna go?” Sure! I thought. I haven’t been to a game of hand-egg since the mid-nineties. What a dramatic game! The underdog McMaster Marauders — who have not…
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Yesterday after work I got a frantic SMS. “Got fix to Vanier Cup! Wanna go?” Sure! I thought. I haven’t been to a game of hand-egg since the mid-nineties. What a dramatic game! The underdog McMaster Marauders — who have not…
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Learn you good Each week I attend an online lecture for my Ruby on Rails course. It is conducted using Google+ Hangouts. It is a pretty cool system and I am learning a lot. The course is hosted by Matygo, a…
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Learn you good Each week I attend an online lecture for my Ruby on Rails course. It is conducted using Google+ Hangouts. It is a pretty cool system and I am learning a lot. The course is hosted by Matygo, a…
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