I was originally going to write this post about the airline industry is heightist, meaning that for people like me that are tall, airlines, especially low budget airlines are a pain to use. Which was very evident when I went to Amsterdam last month and felt like a sardine in a can in my own [...]
Archives for March 2009
Test Framework
I have decided that, just for a while (maybe more) I will leave RSpec in favor of a TestUnit + Mocha + Assert2 combination.
My problem with RSpec is that while the specs maybe easy to read, I always find myself having to read the documentation to find out how to write the assertions in the [...]
Mack No More – I’m So Tired
I really cannot catch a break with a framework.
No sooner had I decided to use Mack as a framework, that the developer announces that it will no longer be maintained.
I am being pushed into a corner.
The only frameworks left that have the maturity I would like is Rails and Merb. Rails I am not too [...]
A Nice Place To Visit…
but I wouldn’t want to live there.
I originally wrote this post about one and a half years ago. But I feel that I am in a better position to write this again. Seeing as 1. I no longer live in London, 2. I have had a long time to think about it, and 3. I [...]
Smoke & Sun Glasses
Very short post.
I have been living in Madrid now for almost 5 months and I have figured out the fashion culture here, or what it takes to be considered a Madrileño.
And that secret combination is a cigarette and sun glasses.
Not in all my travels on this small planet of ours have I witnessed a nation [...]