Groovy on Grails Crib Sheet

Groovy on Grails Crib Sheet

I have been working with Groovy on Grails for a while as a front-end developer, and I hit snags from time to time, getting it to behave as I would like. Here is a list of some of the things that I am sick of researching every time I work on a new project: I hate that...
Stuff for Better Browsing

Stuff for Better Browsing

This is a collection of things that will help to make your browsing more useful, and enjoyable. It certainly favors Chrome. You’re welcome. Google Chrome These things are generally for Google Chrome for the desktop environment. Download Google Chrome if you have...
Yet Another Fad Diet (David’s Smoothie Diet)

Yet Another Fad Diet (David’s Smoothie Diet)

A while back I read up on intermittent fasting and juicing around the same time. I came up with a culmination of the two. Before we go to far, I want to give a sense of the success that I have had. I have used this diet before to lose about 40 lbs in 2 months. A...
Signal – Simple, (Mobile,) Encrypted Communication

Signal – Simple, (Mobile,) Encrypted Communication

Open Whisper Systems created Signal (Private Messenger) to make encrypted communication simple. It is available on iOS and Android. And they are working on a Desktop/Web version. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF [@EFF]) recommends it and has offered some guides...
Optimizing the Head of Your HTML Document

Optimizing the Head of Your HTML Document

I don’t know if it goes without saying, or if it simply remains unsaid, because it is automated, but orderly HTML is still important even in this CMS age that we live. I am going to re-consider the order of a well-formed document here. I intend for this to be a...
Some Thoughts on “How Google Works”

Some Thoughts on “How Google Works”

I have been reading “How Google works” by Eric Schmidt (CEO) and Jonathan Rosenberg (SVP Products). Working in a tech company, I find many of the insights valuable. It is (as the title may suggest) written for managers more than in-the-trench developers, etc....
From Rome to Arabia with Love: Numeral Conversion in PHP

From Rome to Arabia with Love: Numeral Conversion in PHP

Andy Bailey answered the age-old question on StackOverflow: How do you convert a Roman numeral into an integer in PHP? And the answer is, drumroll, please… $romans = array( 'M' => 1000, 'CM' => 900, 'D' => 500, 'CD' => 400, 'C' => 100, 'XC' => 90, 'L' => 50, 'XL' =>...