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It’s been a while since the last time I wrote something here. I realize I’ve promised several posts which never got written, such as some experiments with bizarre random number generators, the architecture of the silverlight DynamicDeepZoom app we...

I just found out the difference between += and << when used for a string. irb(main):001:0> str=chan => "chan" irb(main):002:0> str.object_id => 69952758899780 irb(main):003:0> str +=ged => "changed" irb(main):004:0> str.object_id => 69952758848800...

I searched the internet for a gedit plugin that would allow me to press a key and jump (navigate) to the file where a ruby class is defined. I couldn’t find one so I wrote one (I know about Geany but I couldn’t find that functionality there either...

Information is a vital form of aid in itself […] Disaster-affected people need information as much as water, food, medicine or shelter. Information can save lives, livelihoods and resources. — World Disasters Report 2005 (cross-posted at InSTEDD

Parameterized Tests

Javascript strings translation with gettext

The long and winding road... to a master thesis

Gettext i18n strings in ASP.NET controls

We are in the process of dealing with the internationalization and localization of one of our open source web applications, which is fully developed using C# and ASP.NET MVC. Although ASP.NET already provides easy support for i18n via the usage of...

Microsoft Codecamp Buenos Aires 2009 Source Code and Presentation