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Not Geekly Correct Hi, my name is Nicolas Alpi Web developer freelance, specialised in Ruby on Rails and Jquery languages. You can contact me at nicolas.alpi@gmail.com or by phone at 0782 640 3019. You can also follow me on Twitter @spyou or consult my LinkedIn profile.

13 August 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Buy one get one free in sitepoint

This is site point birthday this month. And they offer a buy one get one free on there book range.
Just give a look here (sitepoint buy one get one free operation), the (e)books are goods. Not as good as the o’reilly’s one, but good.

12 August 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Because we (sometime) need help, dashboard are here !

I’ve just found the ultimate web designer/developer dashboard via the excellent French Babozor’s blog.
I used to visit the ForWebDesigner dashboard but the presentation of the Agencytool’s one is just gorgeous.
Bookmarked immediately and let’s give him a chance.
Edit : After a better view, the presentation of the Agencytool is gorgeous but :

No as many links as [...]

12 August 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

Just found via a friend, the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.
I love them. They will be in concert in Bristol the Thursday, 13 November 2008.

Smell like teens spirit

The good, the bad and the ugly

Life on Mars
Really good, this will help me to finish my Javascript stuff this afternoon.

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08 August 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Rails 2.1 where to begin …

This is a fact, Ruby on Rails 2.1 rocks …
But there has been a lot of evolutions since the 1.x versions, and the problem is that a lot of Rails tutorials available on the Internet are for the 1.x.
So here is a quick collection on how-to begin with Rails 2.x, and what documents you should [...]

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06 August 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Linux is for everyone :D

When we says that (gnu)Linux is for everyone

via (GeekSugar)

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05 August 2008 ~ 0 Comments

I was thinking the number was 42 … but it seems to be 350.

Here is a fantastic video from 350.org

I love this video … and the website is an example of easy to use and well presented.
In the about section you can find a twitter and every tool you need to follow them on their daily job
Good job guys.
350.org website

05 August 2008 ~ 1 Comment

How to search on a MediaWiki (Wikipedia) with Ruby On Rails

I have been looking for 3 days how to search on Wikipedia with Ruby.
After having found the solution, this is really simple :
1. I found MediaCloth
MediaCloth is a MediaWiky syntax parser. You feed it with a media wiki syntax and it’s supposed to return a correct html.
It works, it’s not perfect but it works.
There is [...]

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04 August 2008 ~ 0 Comments

France Vs England : Minitel

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There are some French inventions wich have never been abroad. And one of these, is the Minitel.
I was speaking with a teammate earlier today, and I made a joke about 3615 Ulla.
When I saw his face, I remembered that only (old?) French people know the Minitel.
Let me explain :
The Minitel looks like a little [...]

04 August 2008 ~ 0 Comments

How to look for the perfect tent

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For a few weeks now, I want to go in the wild alone, without my peanut.
When I say without her, it’s not because I’m mad at her, just because she has a lot of work for UNI, and if I want to continue to discover England, I have to walk alone for the next [...]

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31 July 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Here we are :D

Hello world.
Welcome onboard.

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