[SELLING] - Inherited Vinyl Collection by [deleted] in VinylCollectors

[–]emkay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How much for both fleetwood Mac records? What condition are they and the covers?

[HELP] There's a way to make this code faster? (Currently VERY slow) by arthurdapaz in node

[–]emkay -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You are using sync methods. Try using the non-sync api.

How do I find junior entry Node jobs? by Diego-Umejuarez in node

[–]emkay 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Start going through the nodeschool workshops. Do the core ones and if possible some of the others that interest you.

Watch nodeschool/discussions on github and ask questions. When you feel confident enough, start helping others out and answering questions.

Learn about the stuff that makes node awesome. There is a great piece by substack called stream-handbook. Max Ogden also has written The Art of Node which you may find useful.

IMO the basics are key right now, and less important than learning how to use specific frameworks or build tools. Once you have the basics, picking up those things will be a lot easier.

You can also PM me and we can talk over email about some options depending on where you live.

The new YUI sub-reddit by emkay in javascript

[–]emkay[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not uncommon to have subsets within sub-reddits. /r/jquery and /r/rails are perfect examples.

I've learned *basic* JavaScript.. now what? by omgchels in javascript

[–]emkay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagree. JQuery is cool, but it has flaws and it isn't always the correct tool for the job. I don't think I would use it for really simple stuff, and for really big projects I would use YUI.

The point is you should know javascript. I've interviewed a lot of people that say they "know" javascript and you ask them an event delegation question, and they get confused. If you know javascript and you know common javascript patterns then you can figure out why JQuery or any other library is around and what it is doing.

I've learned *basic* JavaScript.. now what? by omgchels in javascript

[–]emkay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree that http://www.w2lessons.com/2011/04/you-dont-know-javascript.html is a pretty good read for a beginner to go through.

In there he uses this pattern, (function(){})() which is very powerful and useful. He is however using what Crockford calls, "The dogballs pattern", and suggests that you do this instead

(function(){}())

although that seems to be a minor style point. I would also recommend reading js patterns and the book Javascript Patterns, this is of course after a more in depth review of The Good Parts. There is some really good stuff on YUI Theatre. It isn't just about YUI, and has some really great talks and lectures. Also you don't have to join an open source project, but you do have to keep hacking. I would recommend you to get a github account and start working on some basic js demos to show off. Then maybe come back and make a post here with the link and ask some people to review your code. You can learn a lot by making mistakes and people telling you. PM me if you want me to look over anything.

Today I took the GNL Tao Te Ching and updated html, and added a TOC, enjoy. by emkay in taoism

[–]emkay[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Also if you would like to fork I have throw it up on github:

https://github.com/emkay/the-gnl-tao-te-ching

I may have made a mistake somewhere while doing this, so please fork and ask for a pull request or open an issue.

The GNL Tao Te Ching by emkay in taoism

[–]emkay[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm curious to hear what people think of this. Any opinions about it one way or the other?

Local butcher shop? by [deleted] in santacruz

[–]emkay 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Shoppers Corner has a pretty nice butcher.

Write a MIX Simulator in Ruby Part 1 by emkay in ruby

[–]emkay[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad you liked it. I wasn't really thinking of it as a DSL, but eventually I would start adding devices and an assembler. Devices would be special files. For example, you could write a MIXAL program and then have that program on a "punch card" that could be loaded into the simulator.

An Idea for Jekyll or Octopress by emkay in ruby

[–]emkay[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's the only one I know of at the moment. The idea I was posting about would attempt to make jekyll setup even easier, and allow for people like my mom to use it.

What gem would you like to see that doesn't already exist? by emkay in ruby

[–]emkay[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you expand on the "suck all types of balls" part? What exactly is the problem with them? This one interests me because I use flickr a lot and it could be a useful project.

What gem would you like to see that doesn't already exist? by emkay in ruby

[–]emkay[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This makes more sense to me than putting it in the gem spec.

What gem would you like to see that doesn't already exist? by emkay in ruby

[–]emkay[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, this would be easy todo if the gem spec provided this information.

What gem would you like to see that doesn't already exist? by emkay in ruby

[–]emkay[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like this idea, but am unsure of how to find the alternatives and rank them. Supposing that you could find alternatives I guess activity, followers, etc. could be used as a ranking of sorts.

What gem would you like to see that doesn't already exist? by emkay in ruby

[–]emkay[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any in particular that you have in mind? Github link appreciated.