Here be hax. Don't ever do these. ;-) --More--

Here's a few things I refactor as I write code down initially. Not entirely convinced it's strictly refactoring, but it's how I amend from one pattern I see in a line or three of code into a different structure that I feel achieves the same result with cleaner or more concise code. --More--

In a ruby script, there's a keyword __END__ that for a long time I thought just marked anything after it as a comment. So I used to use it to store snippets and notes about the script that weren't really needed inline. Then one day I stumbled across the DATA constant, and wondered what flaming magic it was. --More--

Sometimes you need to have a rough idea of where your website visitor is located. There's many ways to geolocate them, but if you just want to go to country level then MaxMind have free geo databases available to help you. When we needed to do this quickly on-the-fly at EmberAds, we came up with the trifle gem, which supports … --More--

Having recently moved my Soundstick III's into the front room, I've been thinking of a way to wall mount them safely to free up table room. Googling eventually turned up just one person who has previously documented mounting his soundsticks on the wall, using 22mm plumbing clips (intended for 22mm central heating pipes). --More--