Category Archives: Coding
bash completion 20050720 released
It’s been a bit quiet on the bash completion front this year. Work commitments, the planning of an international move and the care of a pregnant wife, later followed by the birth of a daughter, have sought to keep me … Continue reading
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New bash book
I recently purchased a copy of the third edition of Learning the bash Shell by Cameron Newham and Bill Rosenblatt. Those of you who know my background know that it’s been quite a while since I learned my way around … Continue reading
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Back In Print
My article on Ruby/Amazon has finally made it into print in the February issue of Dr Dobb’s Journal. This is my first published work for a computer magazine in just under ten years. It’s hard to imagine it was that … Continue reading
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ruby-ldap controls patch
I’ve put out a series of patches to ruby-ldap 0.8.3 to allow the easy use of controls. Controls take advantage of the extensible nature of LDAPv3 to provide functionality not part of the original protocol specification. < p> Specifically, I … Continue reading
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On The Money
Ruby/Finance is finally available for public consumption. I released version 0.1.0 yesterday evening to a deafening roar of silence. Currently, it handles basic Yahoo Finance stuff, such as currency conversions and stock data retrieval from the American, Australian, Asian and … Continue reading
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