Elastic shapes with SVG improved
I have been testing some formulas about elasticity and friction, and finally I updated my shape elasticity simulation with these stuff, creating a nice new version. Have fun!
Category Archives: Professional
Elasticity with SVG and Javascript
Planes. An interesting place to program computers. I find the idle hours, that you spend in the airport and the plane, the perfect time to research on new ideas. During my last flight (a trip to Germany) I decided to play with some SVG and Javascript, for simulating “elasticity” (inspired by the plane’s wings). SVG… Read More »
The Pragmatic Programmer: The review
Due to the depressing previous post, I thought I had to do justice to the book, avoiding some comments about my career, and focusing on a good review of the book. The book starts with the DRY principle (Don’t Repeat Yourself), and the authors remind this among the pages. The idea is trying to avoid… Read More »
A pragmatic programmer
I’ve finished the reading of a brilliant book: “The Pragmatic Programmer“. It’s a collection of really wise tips to help you becoming a better professional. I already follow some of their recommendations, but most of them were new for me. All were really useful, and I could’ve figured out some of them. And this is… Read More »
Technical books are too big (=uncomfortable)
Sometimes I’d like to have technical books in “smurf-size” format. In the last months I’ve been reading some interesting books, but the reading experience was handicapped due to their uncomfortable format. Why do technical books have to be so big? It’s quite impossible to carry them and read on bus, or even in bed. It’s… Read More »
Problem: When a day is not a normal day
Monday morning. I’ve just arrived at the office, and I see my first task to do: fix a bug in a calendar from one of our websites. Actually there are 2 calendars, and one calculation to show the difference in days between the two dates. Somebody discovered a weird behaviour when you select a range… Read More »
Finishing interesting webs
In the first part of January I have been closing some projects: In my current job I’m working in the new website of Buff, a catalan company which sells headwear. We have been publishing modules of this website for 2 months. And now it’s almost finished. One of the most interesting pages it has is… Read More »
Zen and peace, join design and code
I’ve just finished reading the best technical book I’ve held on my hands this year: “The Zen of CSS design“. Using the famous “CSS Zen Garden” website, it speaks about design, CSS, and standards on Internet. It’s not a CSS reference book (but it cleverly shows the common css pitfalls), and it’s not a design… Read More »
Creativity tracks
Some days ago I was thinking about a better way to value my vocabulary. Months ago I programmed a small word counter, but it was too simple and boring. I wanted to create something more interesting, more visual, like to show when and where I have written the most creative words. How to measure creativity?… Read More »
Web versions (1.0 vs 2.0 vs …)
Some weeks ago I found in my room of my parents’ house a book about programming Java, mainly focused on applets. Applets are small pieces of software which can be included as a part of a web page. It’s funny, plus interesting, to read the introduction of this book (written 9 years ago, when web… Read More »