Monthly Archives: March 2008

Ruby Background Tasks with Starling – Part 2

EDIT: The latest workling on github has all of the changes described here. There is no need to download my patch anymore. See github. In my previous post, I briefly described how simple it is to add background processing to … Continue reading

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Ruby Background Tasks with Starling

At Inquisix, we help sales professionals exchange trusted referrals. To do that requires several background tasks, some that could take 10-15 minutes to process. Obviously, I can’t make a client wait for that, so I needed a system that could … Continue reading

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F-117 stealth fighters to make final flight and Agile Development

F-117 stealth fighters to make final flight no one will know about – Engadget It’s the final flight of the F-117. It’s not exactly the prettiest aircraft in the world, but it sure broke new ground. At first, I was … Continue reading

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Vodafone demos “Otello” visual search

CeBIT 2008: Vodafone demos “Otello” visual search Now this is interesting, and it sure would save a lot of typing. Now, the engineer in me marvels at how you could actually pull this off. The data requirements to do this … Continue reading

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