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The Daily: What to do when your dad is a materialistic d-bag

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:03:01 -0400

The Daily: What to do when your dad is a materialistic d-bag:

Dear Coquette,

My dad is an idiot. He has three kids, and one stepkid who is significantly younger (comes with marrying someone 10 years your junior). He makes upwards of $300,000 a year. Now I’m living in poverty. I just graduated college and I am $70,000 in debt right off the bat because he…

TEDx: TEDxYouth@SanDiego: Making Change Now

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:02:56 -0400

TEDx: TEDxYouth@SanDiego: Making Change Now:

tedx:

The seed of TEDxYouth@SanDiego sprouted in early 2011 when Canyon Crest Academy teacher Christopher Black came up with an ambitious but attainable goal: to host a TEDxYouthDay event in Canyon Crest’s very own high school theater. Over the course of the year, students and teachers…

TEDx: This Week's TEDxTalks Playlist

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:02:51 -0400

TEDx: This Week's TEDxTalks Playlist:

tedx:

Hundreds of talks from independently organized TEDx events around the world are published on the TEDxTalks website weekly.

Each Tuesday, we’ll choose four of our favorites, highlighting just a few of the enlightening talks from TEDx community, and its diverse constellation of ideas worth…

TEDx: From Burnt Out to Fired Up at TEDxYouth@Toronto

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:02:36 -0400

TEDx: From Burnt Out to Fired Up at TEDxYouth@Toronto:

tedx:

As students, most of us are used to learning in an enclosed environment — in a school where a seemingly infinite amount of assignments, tests, and exams drive you crazy to the point of burnout, leading you to want to spend all of your time relaxing.

But on Saturday, November 20 — …

Stefan Wehrmeyer: A Mapnificent World

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:02:31 -0400

Stefan Wehrmeyer: A Mapnificent World:

stefanwehrmeyer:

I just released Mapnificent for 17 cities in the US and some other cities world wide (before Mapnificent was only available for Berlin and somehow for London night buses). You can watch a short video about what Mapnificent is and what it can do here. This post will explain how Mapnificent…

Tech Buying. Made Simple.: Startup Job

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:02:26 -0400

Tech Buying. Made Simple.: Startup Job:

recoengine:

Why work here?

Because at RecoEngine we bridge people and technology.

Because you want to stop feeling like you are spinning life’s wheels.

Because you want to work at a company that stands for something.

Because your values as a person are no longer aligned with the company you work…

: Browse. Discover. Enjoy. Gifting You a New Pulse!

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:02:21 -0400

: Browse. Discover. Enjoy. Gifting You a New Pulse!:

pulsenews:

To wrap up an incredible 2011, we’re bringing you one last release. Just in time for the holidays, these new features will make your Pulse experience more enjoyable with improved browsing and discoverability. There is a lot packed in this release, so let’s get started:

Completely Redesigned…

Oh, How Pinteresting!: Interview with Chrissy Jensen: Owner of Domestica

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:02:16 -0400

Oh, How Pinteresting!: Interview with Chrissy Jensen: Owner of Domestica:

pinterest:

Photo by Erich Ernst

Shop owner, music lover, poster collector, and 60s mod aficionado. Chrissy Jensen took some time out of a business holiday season at her shop Domestica to share how her business got started and what and why she pins.

Chrissy’s shop Domestica in Des…

Oh, How Pinteresting!: Interview with Chronicle Books

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:02:11 -0400

Oh, How Pinteresting!: Interview with Chronicle Books:

pinterest:

Way back in August we got the chance to meet-up with hundreds of pinners in the SF/Bay Area. One of the most enthusiastic groups we got a chance to talk to was a “delegation” of happy pinners from Chronicle Books. As soon as we started chatting with Kate, Kristen, and Guinevere,…

Pinteresting Trend: Saturated Geometric Patterns

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:02:05 -0400

pinterest:

1. Matt W. Moore “Crystals & Lasers” exhibition; pinned by Little Bird Big Chip onto I Like Stuff

2. Cappellini Proust Geometrica armchair; pinned by Ian onto Inside

3. Howkapow mug designed by Matt Keers via MAIYA; pinned by Leila onto The Home

4. Paper garland by Weekday Carnival; pinned by Irina onto Party Perfect

5. Sarah Applebaum installation; pinned by Sage onto Art

Parse.ly Closes $800K Financing Round

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:02:00 -0400

Parse.ly Closes $800K Financing Round:

parsely:

Parse.ly (http://parsely.com), the intelligent personalization and optimization engine for content providers, raised $800,000 from Blumberg Capital, ff Asset Management, Scott Becker (formely co-founder and CTO of Invite Media), Don Hutchison (formerly principal at Netcom, Work.com), Jeffrey Greenblatt (senior principal at Ankyra Capital) and Jon Axelrod (formerly founder/CEO at MusicGremlin).

The investment will be used by Parse.ly to increase its sales efforts, hire key staff, develop partnerships and ultimately build new ways in which news and blog content can be distributed and targeted. Already, millions of users across the web are utilizing Parse.ly technology to connect with content they love.

The immediate benefit of CoffeeScript

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:01:55 -0400

lukemorton:

All languages have their pros and cons. Some of these deciding factors are more superficial than others. Often the superficial benefits are what strike you first about a language. CoffeeScript for example has a really tight, sexy and expressive syntax that allows you to be concise consistently. Take this comparison of a pointless jQuery plugin:

Both do the same thing, but CoffeeScript definitely looks better right? Check it out over on GitHub. More to come on CoffeeScript sooooooon :)

lukemorton: Awesome photos of the partial solar eclipse on Jan...

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:01:50 -0400

lukemorton:

Awesome photos of the partial solar eclipse on Jan 4th.

Kohana Modules

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:01:45 -0400

lukemorton:

If you like (H)MVC and PHP (yay for acronyms) you should be using Kohana! Haha how obsequious of me. But really Kohana is awesome, and if you use it you can take advantage of the amazing community modules documented on this new(ish) site:

http://kohana-modules.com/

Drizzle 2011

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:01:39 -0400

lukemorton:

It might be quite a big year for Drizzle (a MySQL fork) with a GA release (Drizzle 7) at some point. Reading http://docs.drizzle.org/mysql_differences.html made me a wee bit giddy!

Or you could start from the top: http://docs.drizzle.org/index.html

A Blog, By Luke Morton: Prophet, for Kohana

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:01:34 -0400

A Blog, By Luke Morton: Prophet, for Kohana:

lukemorton:

Over the weekend I published my first GitHub repository and Kohana Module. I named it Prophet since it’s main job is to predict what View your Controller will want to render to save you the hassle. It also foresees errors and handles them with divine power. Enough of the bullshit, it currently…

So here's to the new year!

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:01:29 -0400

lukemorton:

Hopefully the New Year will bring both good times and mistakes from which more good times can be made. For me I guess the first thing I’ve done this year in relation to the web is release a Kohana Module that adds automatic view loading and error handling to your application. Check out Prophet on GitHub.

Personally I’m not too sure what I want this year to bring, I guess I need to get started on a list eh?

Happy New Year!

A Blog, By Luke Morton: Returning in global PHP scope

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:01:23 -0400

A Blog, By Luke Morton: Returning in global PHP scope:

lukemorton:

A friend yesterday asked whether he could include a file and it’s variables be accessible within the scope of a class method. He was right to question this since including a file outside the class will result in the variables being out of scope.

The best solution (as I first discovered through

A Blog, By Luke Morton: The uses of static variables

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:01:18 -0400

A Blog, By Luke Morton: The uses of static variables:

lukemorton:

This is the second part of a series of posts regarding variables and scope, particularly in PHP. The first part discussed global variables.

To explain static variables and when you should use them you need to understand how they work. To define a static variable, you use the static keyword…

A Blog, By Luke Morton: Who says global variables are bad?

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:01:12 -0400

A Blog, By Luke Morton: Who says global variables are bad?:

lukemorton:

This is the first part of a series of posts regarding variables and scope, particularly in PHP.

Global variables tend to be seen as bad thing. Some programmers just accept this fact, others question why. I guess I have always presumed they are bad, however as my general knowledge in programming…