For those of you who are not in contact with me on a daily basis, you may not know that I’m spending this weekend in Stockholm. Thursday and Friday are for work here in Stockholm, and after that we’re spending the rest of the week here too. I’m very undecided about Stockholm. It’s got a [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2008
October 30, 2008
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October 23, 2008
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Programming with Nifty 1.2
Some features in the upcoming Nifty Framework 1.2 release: <?php class Index extends NF_Page { public function executeView($id) { global $Request, $Persistence, $Response; $form = NF_Component::fromArray(array( ‘component’ => ‘NF_CForm’, ‘name’ => ‘form’, array(‘component’ => ‘NF_CInputHidden’, ‘name’ => ‘id’, ‘dataField’ => ‘id’), array(‘component’ => ‘NF_CInputText’, ‘name’ => ‘name’, ‘dataField’ => ‘name’, ‘label’ => ‘Name: ‘), array(‘component’ [...]
October 18, 2008
21:59
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Getting up to speed on the Nifty Framework
Just finished putting together an introduction to my PHP framework, Nifty. If you’re curious about it, look here for a rather detailed introduction on how it works, the MVC patterns, templating, session, database and persistence layers, etc.
October 11, 2008
17:18
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On the Topic of Running Cars on Water
From time to time I stumble into these people (i.e. websites, blogs, and comments) that honestly believe that you can make cars that run on water, and that the main reason why we don’t have water cars is because of the oil industry. Supposedly, the idea is that you run the water through electrolysis, producing [...]
October 8, 2008
16:30
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The Growth of the Worldwide Population 1750 – 2000
This chart depicts the growth of the worldwide population (in thousands) from 1750 to 2000. I think the chart in itself is so absurd that no explanation is necessary. It’s interesting to note that the initial figure – about 800 million – is the total population growth since the dawn of time until 1750. The [...]