Comments for Wahoo's Word http://davidkellogg.com/blog A trail of random code Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:25:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 Comment on Clueless CIOs by Shawn Lauriat http://davidkellogg.com/blog/2008/07/01/clueless-cios/#comment-13850 Shawn Lauriat Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:42:36 +0000 http://davidkellogg.com/blog/2008/07/01/clueless-cios/#comment-13850 As far as I can tell, they get paid. As far as I can tell, they get paid.

]]> Comment on Powerset sold for what? by terry chay http://davidkellogg.com/blog/2008/07/01/powerset-sold-for-what/#comment-13846 terry chay Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:50:45 +0000 http://davidkellogg.com/blog/2008/07/01/powerset-sold-for-what/#comment-13846 Look on the bright side, now that they’ve been sold and are in a quiet period, you won’t have to deal with all their engineers pooing all over your blog saying what an idiot you are for pissing on their religions. :-D Look on the bright side, now that they’ve been sold and are in a quiet period, you won’t have to deal with all their engineers pooing all over your blog saying what an idiot you are for pissing on their religions. :-D

]]> Comment on Breadcrumbs 0.1.2 Preview Available by David Kellogg http://davidkellogg.com/blog/2006/12/26/breadcrumbs-012-preview-available/#comment-13770 David Kellogg Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:22:59 +0000 http://davidkellogg.com/blog/2006/12/26/breadcrumbs-012-preview-available/#comment-13770 Yes. I sent it in for review. It should be out soon. Dave Yes. I sent it in for review. It should be out soon.

Dave

]]> Comment on Why do all Ruby sites look alike? by aaron http://davidkellogg.com/blog/2007/10/29/why-do-all-ruby-sites-look-alike/#comment-13628 aaron Sat, 21 Jun 2008 07:05:14 +0000 http://davidkellogg.com/blog/2007/10/29/why-do-all-ruby-sites-look-alike/#comment-13628 Great article. I was wondering if you have more content that I could link to at rubysites.com (currently under development) Thanks! Great article. I was wondering if you have more content that I could link to at rubysites.com (currently under development)

Thanks!

]]> Comment on Breadcrumbs 0.1.2 Preview Available by Amanda http://davidkellogg.com/blog/2006/12/26/breadcrumbs-012-preview-available/#comment-13586 Amanda Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:17:02 +0000 http://davidkellogg.com/blog/2006/12/26/breadcrumbs-012-preview-available/#comment-13586 So now that Firefox 3 is out, do you have any plans to update the extension? So now that Firefox 3 is out, do you have any plans to update the extension?

]]> Comment on Why I switched to Rails and back to PHP in one day by jonas james http://davidkellogg.com/blog/2007/10/02/why-i-switched-to-rails-and-back-to-php-in-one-day/#comment-11152 jonas james Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:42:01 +0000 http://davidkellogg.com/blog/2007/10/02/why-i-switched-to-rails-and-back-to-php-in-one-day/#comment-11152 Yeah, you should give Django a try. It's much easier. Rails 2.0 is even more of a straight jacket than 1.2. Now they not only want everything as MVC, but they want everything RESTful. Talk about shoving stuff down your throat. Rails has gotten very complicated, unfortunately. And so something that could be accomplished much more easily in PHP has to be stuffed into this RESTful MVC thing, with resources and nested resources, and all this crap that basically raises the bar beyond what is reasonable for anybody who wants to dive into a framework. Django by comparison is much simpler and much faster AND it comes with a nice backend. That's what Rails is missing (instead they gave you stuff that you didn't need). I regret that I spent so much time on Rails. What Rails does have going for it is a nice language. Unfortunately the interpreter is so damn slow. Python is not as nice, but it's blazing fast. Another good option for PHP developers is Code Igniter. Drupal is also a good option depending on what you're building. Yeah, you should give Django a try. It’s much easier. Rails 2.0 is even more of a straight jacket than 1.2. Now they not only want everything as MVC, but they want everything RESTful. Talk about shoving stuff down your throat. Rails has gotten very complicated, unfortunately. And so something that could be accomplished much more easily in PHP has to be stuffed into this RESTful MVC thing, with resources and nested resources, and all this crap that basically raises the bar beyond what is reasonable for anybody who wants to dive into a framework. Django by comparison is much simpler and much faster AND it comes with a nice backend. That’s what Rails is missing (instead they gave you stuff that you didn’t need). I regret that I spent so much time on Rails.

What Rails does have going for it is a nice language. Unfortunately the interpreter is so damn slow. Python is not as nice, but it’s blazing fast.

Another good option for PHP developers is Code Igniter. Drupal is also a good option depending on what you’re building.

]]> Comment on Breadcrumbs 0.1.2 Preview Available by Robert http://davidkellogg.com/blog/2006/12/26/breadcrumbs-012-preview-available/#comment-9585 Robert Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:29:01 +0000 http://davidkellogg.com/blog/2006/12/26/breadcrumbs-012-preview-available/#comment-9585 I have been looking for something like this. It is invaluable to be able to retrieve news articles as I use them, and I look forward to fewer "I saw it somewhere on the web" comments, and replacing them with "It was in The Washington Post on May 3rd, 2007," type comments. I appreciate the effort it takes to build something. I have been looking for something like this. It is invaluable to be able to retrieve news articles as I use them, and I look forward to fewer “I saw it somewhere on the web” comments, and replacing them with “It was in The Washington Post on May 3rd, 2007,” type comments. I appreciate the effort it takes to build something.

]]> Comment on Lunch 2.0 on Chronicle’s front page by LinkedIn’s Lunch 2.0 Coverage « Marketing Nirvana http://davidkellogg.com/blog/2007/05/25/lunch-20-on-chronicles-front-page/#comment-8695 LinkedIn’s Lunch 2.0 Coverage « Marketing Nirvana Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:25:43 +0000 http://davidkellogg.com/blog/2007/05/25/lunch-20-on-chronicles-front-page/#comment-8695 [...] with video) When LinkedIn met Lunch 2.0 (Marketing Nirvana) Justin meets Audrey Tautou (Justin.tv) Lunch 2.0 on Chronicle’s front page (David Kellogg) Plaxo gets LunchedIn (Plaxo Blog) 4 Square is hot in the Silicon Valley [...] […] with video) When LinkedIn met Lunch 2.0 (Marketing Nirvana) Justin meets Audrey Tautou (Justin.tv) Lunch 2.0 on Chronicle’s front page (David Kellogg) Plaxo gets LunchedIn (Plaxo Blog) 4 Square is hot in the Silicon Valley […]

]]> Comment on 10 absolute “No!s” for coders by thatStupidGuy http://davidkellogg.com/blog/2008/01/17/10-absolute-nos-for-coders/#comment-6568 thatStupidGuy Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:23:46 +0000 http://davidkellogg.com/blog/2008/01/17/10-absolute-nos-for-coders/#comment-6568 Do you actually still work in software development? Your thoughts are so eighties (i don't mention the century to be polite). >> "Remember this, commenting your code will only get you fired." Sadly, you code for YOU, not for the company which hired you. >> "Can you use this/that design pattern? No!" Yeah the Gang of four and all those snobby people are just a bunch of dummies compared to YOU, the ALMIGHTY! You're smart enough to do the same thing in assembly. >> "Can you use this/that language for this project? No! Assembly is good enough for Steve Gibson. It’s good enough for me." Please post a tutorial on how to do enterprise (transactional and all this) Web app in assembly. I'm sure this is the future of Web programming but i'm unfortunately still a noob. >> "Can you comment your code? No!" Can i reuse your code? No! >>"Why would anyone ever want to use my code?" Things being put the way you put them in your post, i would never. Even if your code did actually nice things. Better rewrite the code you did in 2 weeks in 2 days than digging into your Crypto-Pseudo elitist garbage. >> " Can you get me some coffee? No!" I like being nice so i like to propose my colleague to get them back some Java (oops sorry) when i get one for me. BTW, they just do the same! We also do this with beers after work once in a while but i guess you can't understand this. >> "I’ve been here for 22 hours. I don’t have time to take a friggin shower." Use some modern 20th/21st century tools/frameworks and you will smell good (colleagues will thank you - being thanked by colleagues is a nice feeling, just experience it once). You will only work 2 hours a day for the same productivity. >> "People who do not code in assembly regularly simply lose touch of reality quickly" Good point there, it's always good to get back to the roots. >> "I can find many better things to do than fix a memory leak that probably came from some else’s library." This is an easy one, i used to use it with teacher when learning programming. That's not my fault! I promise! BTW, where do you find those punching cards? I'd like one to put on my wall. I love your style! Keep on posting! Do you actually still work in software development? Your thoughts are so eighties (i don’t mention the century to be polite).

>> “Remember this, commenting your code will only get you fired.”
Sadly, you code for YOU, not for the company which hired you.

>> “Can you use this/that design pattern? No!”
Yeah the Gang of four and all those snobby people are just a bunch of dummies compared to YOU, the ALMIGHTY! You’re smart enough to do the same thing in assembly.

>> “Can you use this/that language for this project? No! Assembly is good enough for Steve Gibson. It’s good enough for me.”
Please post a tutorial on how to do enterprise (transactional and all this) Web app in assembly. I’m sure this is the future of Web programming but i’m unfortunately still a noob.

>> “Can you comment your code? No!”
Can i reuse your code? No!

>>”Why would anyone ever want to use my code?”
Things being put the way you put them in your post, i would never. Even if your code did actually nice things. Better rewrite the code you did in 2 weeks in 2 days than digging into your Crypto-Pseudo elitist garbage.

>> ” Can you get me some coffee? No!”
I like being nice so i like to propose my colleague to get them back some Java (oops sorry) when i get one for me. BTW, they just do the same! We also do this with beers after work once in a while but i guess you can’t understand this.

>> “I’ve been here for 22 hours. I don’t have time to take a friggin shower.”
Use some modern 20th/21st century tools/frameworks and you will smell good (colleagues will thank you - being thanked by colleagues is a nice feeling, just experience it once). You will only work 2 hours a day for the same productivity.

>> “People who do not code in assembly regularly simply lose touch of reality quickly”
Good point there, it’s always good to get back to the roots.

>> “I can find many better things to do than fix a memory leak that probably came from some else’s library.”
This is an easy one, i used to use it with teacher when learning programming. That’s not my fault! I promise!

BTW, where do you find those punching cards? I’d like one to put on my wall.

I love your style!
Keep on posting!

]]> Comment on Breadcrumbs 0.1.2 Preview Available by Hal http://davidkellogg.com/blog/2006/12/26/breadcrumbs-012-preview-available/#comment-5615 Hal Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:40:21 +0000 http://davidkellogg.com/blog/2006/12/26/breadcrumbs-012-preview-available/#comment-5615 If only there was an option to tell this plugin to index all bookmarked sites (to a certain link-depth). Then the user could select whether to search the history cache or the bookmarks cache. If only there was an option to tell this plugin to index all bookmarked sites (to a certain link-depth).

Then the user could select whether to search the history cache or the bookmarks cache.

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