Tag Archives: code

Fewer twitter interruptions with TwitterFox

Posted on 2008-09-14 by Ben Atkin

Update: I was wrong about the popup preference not working. I had forgotten to turn off popup balloons on one of my computers, and missed a return statement while reading the source code. So my changes are unnecessary. I am … Continue reading →

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Trying Out CouchDB In FireBug

Posted on 2008-09-13 by Ben Atkin

Since I love FireBug, and CouchDB has a JSON API, I attempted to combine the two. My goal was to find a way to use jQuery‘s AJAX functions to create, read, and update CouchDB documents. Getting Started The first thing … Continue reading →

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Ubiquity

Posted on 2008-08-27 by Ben Atkin

Today I got a chance to try out Ubiquity. What a neat concept! It’s a GUI command line like QuickSilver, only it’s implemented as a Firefox extension instead of a desktop application. The demo movie is impressive. Ubiquity for Firefox … Continue reading →

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Injecting a gem

Posted on 2008-03-28 by Ben Atkin

When installing Merb on my laptop, which runs Ubuntu Linux, I ran into a compiler error with hpricot, one of Merb’s dependencies. Before bothering to see what might be causing it, I checked to see if there was a precompiled … Continue reading →

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Greasemonkey Script: Benjamin Franklin Quotes on reddit

Posted on 2007-07-19 by Ben Atkin

I just wrote my first GreaseMonkey user script. It’s a script that puts a random Benjamin Franklin quote above the stories on reddit to remind me to be dutiful and not spend too much time looking at online news. I … Continue reading →

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