Science releases MojoMagick, a Ruby language image library “that does very little” ™. There are several useful image tools that “do a lot” – MojoMagick is designed to just a few things: Continue reading…
Split and Join: Using Ruby arrays and CSV files as databases 5
Posted by science
on November 09, 2007
If you mess around with CSV or other text delimited files and you use Ruby, you should know all about String::split and Array::join. If you don’t, here’s a quick primer. Split allows you to break up a string into elements of an array based on a delimiter (it returns an array). Join will merge an array into a single string, using a delimiter to separate the array elements. Continue reading…
Cookie monster 10
Posted by scientific
on February 21, 2007
I had occasion about 5 years ago to spend a summer doing very little work (for money). As a result, I was well positioned to conduct numerous Science Experiments – most importantly on the chocolate chip cookie. After a large number fine tuning adjustments, I believe that I have perfected this classic cookie recipe (forget about Tollhouse!) – at least for my taste. I noticed that recipe in my recipe folder and now document it electronically for the first time here:
Rails Params and Arrays 3
Posted by scientific
on December 28, 2006
I still regularly bump up against a number of issues in Rails I don’t like but Rails is opinionated software so I’m learning to live with that. Either code around it or figure out the way Rails wants you to behave. Continue reading…
Falafel with that?
Posted by scientific
on October 09, 2006
Lunch: Pita or lavash bread
1 medium tomato (heirlooms are nice), diced
1 medium cucumber, peeled, seeds scraped, diced
1 smallish red bell pepper, seed/stem removed, diced
1/2 to 1 cup shredded cheese (try goat gouda, feta and cheddar together!)
Heat your bread a little
Spread Hummus (roasted pepper hummus is nice) and Baba Ghanoush inside bread.
Add some salad.
Enjoy!
Blue Cheese Relish
Posted by scientific
on September 28, 2006
Try this simple but delicious relish on salads or risotto or mushroom soup:
1 yellow bell pepper, finely diced
8 oz good quality blue cheese Cut blue cheese into bowl, add peppers and squeeze together by hand to incorporate into peppers. Add spoonfuls of mixture on top of almost any savory meal to enhance! Enjoy.
Try this at home
Posted by scientific
on September 01, 2006
Diced strawberries
1/2 tsp molasses
1 tbs maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla
1 pinch salt
Combine
Pour over vanilla ice cream