Olivier Garcia - Yet Another Linux Nerd http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com Few grams of (code )?poetry in a world of brute( force|s). Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:27:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Love, Luck And Happiness! http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/08/28/love-luck-and-happiness/ http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/08/28/love-luck-and-happiness/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:27:57 +0000 Olivier http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/?p=260 Miao and Lawrence just tied the knot. All my wishes !



Bride and groom

]]> http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/08/28/love-luck-and-happiness/feed/ Minus & Cortex / Pinky & the Brain http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/08/09/minus-cortex-pinky-the-brain/ http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/08/09/minus-cortex-pinky-the-brain/#comments Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:27:28 +0000 Olivier http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/08/09/minus-cortex-pinky-the-brain/ Minus & Cortex / Pinky & the Brain

…And with this plan - disguised as a crumbled paper -, we shall conquer the world !!


MWAHAHAHA

]]> http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/08/09/minus-cortex-pinky-the-brain/feed/ Organic information visualization http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/06/15/organic-information-visualization/ http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/06/15/organic-information-visualization/#comments Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:40:39 +0000 Olivier http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/?p=258 I’ve became recently interested in new types of data visualizations. Flight404 created some nice examples with music. Michael Ogawa created a program to view the history of software project : each modification of files, documentation, modules and such is animated, though time. He call that type of visualization “Organic information visualization”.

It’s pure eye candy.


code_swarm - Python from Michael Ogawa on Vimeo.

]]> http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/06/15/organic-information-visualization/feed/ Quick tips http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/05/20/quick-tips/ http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/05/20/quick-tips/#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 12:47:20 +0000 Olivier http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/05/20/quick-tips/ A few things about ruby

  • If you use emacs, live on the edge with the emacs-rails SVN trunk, that plays better with RoR 2.0+
  • The faker gem is handy if you have to create dummy data/pages
  • If you have trouble with the error unexpected tINTEGER after creating a new model, you may have used a ‘type’ column or another reserved word.
  • Test, test, test. If you don’t know Behaviour Driven Development (BDD for the acronyms junkies like me) check http://blog.daveastels.com/files/BDD_Intro.pdf

And a note about web security
I recently saw iphone-like slider that could be used as a captcha :



It consists in a javascript object that can be used to “unlock” forms (eg. by filling a <form> action), and may work against dumb bots. Unfortunatly, writing a function to bypass pure javascript protection is trivial (here by calling a simple handler) so this (cute) protection will be easily defeated. Client side / javascript protections won’t protect against specifically written bots. The only solution so far is a captcha based on image / heavily distorted text.

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An excellent video work by So-Me / Machine Molle

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Licenced under Creative Commons by-nc-nd

]]> http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/03/01/lem0nade-psyche/feed/ Shoot-them-up : the most insane thing I’ve ever seen http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/02/24/shoot-them-up-the-most-insane-thing-ive-ever-seen/ http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/02/24/shoot-them-up-the-most-insane-thing-ive-ever-seen/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:11:32 +0000 Olivier http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/02/24/shoot-them-up-the-most-insane-thing-ive-ever-seen/ Danmaku (japanese : 弾幕) are shoot-them-up games where enemies fire at you loads of bullets. Screen can be filled with them, and playing such games requires great skills.

I just found a Gosu playing two players at the same time with his two hands.

]]> http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/02/24/shoot-them-up-the-most-insane-thing-ive-ever-seen/feed/ An interesting way to present GMail http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/02/23/an-interesting-way-to-present-gmail/ http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/02/23/an-interesting-way-to-present-gmail/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:17:17 +0000 Olivier http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/02/23/an-interesting-way-to-present-gmail/

As seen on Geektube.fr


]]> http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/02/23/an-interesting-way-to-present-gmail/feed/ Design for Chunks http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/02/10/design-for-chunks/ http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/02/10/design-for-chunks/#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:27:18 +0000 Olivier http://yet.another.linux-nerd.com/2008/02/10/design-for-chunks/ It’s quite old, but it was a very interesting and disturbing idea : Virgin organized an art contest where submited artworks would be seen by more than 2.1 milion people from 26 different places.

A contest for the design of sickbacks. (Be sure to look at the gallery, some artwork are utterly good)

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