Today’s lesson has to do with z-index and events. I’d had a png with transparant portions that I wanted to use as a mask, so that information from underneath would not show. However, buttons, links, and hovers were not working — the top level element was taking the events and eating them. [...]

Sometimes, JBoss reports that it is unable to bind to a port, saying it is already in use. However, this is not always the case.

Sometimes, JBoss reports that it is unable to bind to a port, saying it is already in use. However, this is not always the case.

The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. Andrew S. Tanenbaum I’ve been working with a Apache proxy to force SSL and https.  Well, I haven’t had any control over the certificates.  And they can come in so many versions, especially given that Microsoft wants to do things [...]

The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. Andrew S. Tanenbaum I’ve been working with a Apache proxy to force SSL and https.  Well, I haven’t had any control over the certificates.  And they can come in so many versions, especially given that Microsoft wants to do things [...]

The hiatus has been due to me having been really sick with a weird neurological disorder.  I didn’t do any coding at all for over 2 months.  I’m starting to feel better, but I still have my good days and bad.  So, there will be updates.  Hopefully before not too much longer.

The hiatus has been due to me having been really sick with a weird neurological disorder.  I didn’t do any coding at all for over 2 months.  I’m starting to feel better, but I still have my good days and bad.  So, there will be updates.  Hopefully before not too much longer.

The hiatus has been due to me having been really sick with a weird neurological disorder.  I didn’t do any coding at all for over 2 months.  I’m starting to feel better, but I still have my good days and bad.  So, there will be updates.  Hopefully before not too much longer.

Image via WikipediaOne of the neat things about ruby is that, in general, operators are methods, so they can be overridden. When working with multidimensional arrays, some languages allow you to do the following: Text |  copy code |?1a[0,0]whereas ruby uses: Ruby |  copy...

Image via WikipediaOne of the neat things about ruby is that, in general, operators are methods, so they can be overridden. When working with multidimensional arrays, some languages allow you to do the following: Text |  copy code |?1a[0,0]whereas ruby uses: Ruby |  copy...

To paren, or not to paren: that is the question:Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe bugs and errors of maintenance programs,Or to take arms against a host of typos,And by debugging end them? To hack: to slash;No more; and by a slash to say we endThe heart-ache and the thousand natural [...]

To paren, or not to paren: that is the question:Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe bugs and errors of maintenance programs,Or to take arms against a host of typos,And by debugging end them? To hack: to slash;No more; and by a slash to say we endThe heart-ache and the thousand natural [...]

In irbrc goodness, I touched briefly on my_methods, a method of discovering the methods of an object which are distinct from those inherited from Object. The method looks like this: Ruby |  copy code |?1class Object2 def my_methods3 (self.methods - Object.methods).sort4 end5endI have since had the idea...

In irbrc goodness, I touched briefly on my_methods, a method of discovering the methods of an object which are distinct from those inherited from Object. The method looks like this: Ruby |  copy code |?1class Object2 def my_methods3 (self.methods - Object.methods).sort4 end5endI have since had the idea...

Here’s my (current) .irbrc, with comments Ruby |  copy code |?0102# I am including gems in my irb session. Therefore, the next require03require 'rubygems'04 05# wirble is a wonderful gem which add nice features to irb06require 'wirble'07 08# Dr. Nic's useful helper gem. It makes it so you can...