Crafting Code

How to create a GitHub shortened URL using Git.io for Windows developers in 2 steps?

negrond — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:38:19 +0000

Step 1: Download a cURL for Windows from http://curl.haxx.se/download.html

Step 2: Execute cURL command as described in GitHub’s blog post Git.io: GitHub URL Shortener

curl -i http://git.io -F "url=@TARGET_URL" -F "code=@SHORT_CODE"

The command is pretty straight forward. Remember to replace @TARGET_URL with the desired destination and @SHORT_CODE with the preferred short code.

Check out mine at http://git.io/dn

HTML/CSS Resources

negrond — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:22:15 +0000

HTML Tags

CSS Properties

HTML 4.01 / XHTML 1.0 Reference Provides a list of HTML Tags along with details about browser support.

Object Oriented CSS

negrond — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:43:41 +0000

Object Oriented CSS video on YDN Blog Post by Nicole Sullivan

Our (CSS) Best Practices Are Killing US

negrond — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:37:13 +0000

Our (CSS) Best Practices Are Killing US Blog Post by Nicole Sullivan

VIDEO: Using and Abusing The CQRS EventStore, Jonathan Oliver

negrond — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:42:24 +0000

Resources:

VIDEO: Everything You Know About REST Is Wrong, Steve Klabnik

negrond — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:29:55 +0000

Resources:

Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer 2

negrond — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:46:12 +0000

The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer 2 was my first computer it was and will always be my favorite. My father bought it from me from a local Flea Market one summer for the amazing price of $15.00. My dad was always willing to indulge my curiosity and this thing was at the perfectly priced for a family on a fixed income. The computer was incredibly simple to setup for a 12 year old all I had to do was unplug my Atari 2600 from the back of the TV and plug in the computer.

I powered it up and and all that came up on the screen was a prompt (video) I had no idea what to do or what it’s capabilities were. So off to the local library I went hunting for a book or anything that would give me a clue. I managed to get my hands on a book named Getting Started With Color BASIC published by Radio Shack and a few minutes later I typed my first Hello World program.

10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD"

That was one of the best summers of my life. Like a kid with a set of LEGO’s full of curiosity and imagination there was no limit to what I could accomplish. By the end of summer I knew what I wanted to do when I grew up. My father has passed away since but I can’t begin to express how grateful and fortunate I was to have him in my life. Of all the things that he taught me the greatest was that there is no limit to what I can accomplish if I put my heart into it. It is because of him that I continue to prosper both in life and career.

Thanks for believing in me Dad.