Hi! I'm Nathan Hoad
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August, 2010
How to: Install CoffeeScript and Node.js
June, 2010
Ruby: Multiple assignment
Gem Dependencies: What does '~>' mean?
Counter-Strike: Source released for Mac
How to: Clean up old gems
What the Hex?
JavaScript: When Type != Type
The Brisbane JavaScript Meetup
Apple: HTML5 and Web Standards
How to: Return JSON from Sinatra
May, 2010
The surprising truth about what motivates us
Easy Syntax Highlighting with Javascript
Now iPhone optimised
A simpler blog
Maneki is now on GitHub
What's your IP?
The cake is a lie
April, 2010
No such file to load - sinatra on Dreamhost
Intro to Sinatra - Make an IP Checker
March, 2010
Introducing Not the Word
November, 2009
The first thing to do with Git
How to: Migrate your SVN repository to Git
How to: Delete a remote Git tag
October, 2009
How to: Git stash
How to: Cherry-pick changes with Git
Git: Amend your last commit
Deploy from a Git tag with Capistrano
September, 2009
Width and height for Flash content in Moredown
Moredown: Now with SwfObject support
Moredown: Flash movies
Game: Click the Colour
August, 2009
Google Prettify now in Genki
Genki now gives you a sitemap
Get more out of Markdown with Moredown
Introducing Genki
Lazy OpenID providing
July, 2009
Intro to iPhone-optimising your Rails site
Lazy but effective SEO
PHP: Be careful with empty()
New Drawing: A tribute to Michael Jackson
June, 2009
New drawing: Colour trip
New drawing: Colourful lines
New drawing: Scrum and Cola Logo
How to: Home screen icon in iPhone web app
Initial iPhone version of my blog
Internet Explorer: Get the facts
Best Keyboard Cats yet
How to: Colours in Git
New drawing: Me, Kristen, and Aristoclea
New blog
How to: Ruby on Rails + Ubuntu + Apache with Passenger
April, 2009
Easy RFC822 Datetimes for RSS in Rails
An anecdote on version control
March, 2009
Deploy a Rails app on Passenger with Capistrano
Sharpening the saw
PHP: Undefined constants
February, 2009
PHP: Count false returns 1
December, 2008
Slideshow of professional photos from our wedding
PHP: For vs Foreach
Married!
November, 2008
Michael Crichton (1942-2008)
New drawing: Tiger Cub
October, 2008
How to: Facebook chat with Pidgin in Ubuntu Hardy
How to: Take a screenshot on an iPhone
Our engagement shoot
I'm in Keith Rowell's Project 365
iPhone
September, 2008
Introducing Claptrap
August, 2008
Nigel McBryde's new blog
Practice makes perfect
July, 2008
Survey for people who make websites
New drawing: Winter Glow
Ruby and syntactic sugar
Ruby: My new friend
June, 2008
How to: Meld for Git diffs in Ubuntu Hardy
May, 2008
Javascript: Difference between substr and substring
How to: Fix Flash sound in Ubuntu Hardy
April, 2008
Hardy Heron the Hard way
How to: Custom Gnome Clock
How to: Gnome-do in Ubuntu Gutsy
March, 2008
World's Greatest Shave
New Drawing: Nightbows
Ubuntu Brainstorm
February, 2008
Phantom of the Opera
Javascript parseInt problem
Intro to scripting
January, 2008
New Drawings: Lonely Traveller
Multimedia Studio 4
Information Environments Studio 2
New Drawings: Two new wallpapers
Dancing Dude Rollover Game
December, 2007
Nathan Hoad: Qualified Interaction Designer
One year to go!
November, 2007
How to: Eyetoy in Ubuntu Gutsy
New drawing: Red Dragon
New drawing: Shield and Tentacles
Deviant Art
How to: Wacom in Ubuntu Gutsy
How to: LAMP in Ubuntu Gutsy
A Gutsy move
October, 2007
Ubuntu but not yet
September, 2007
Cheese
New drawing: Our new fish
Inkscape has dockable toolboxes!
How to: Valid XHTML and RSS with Youtube
August, 2007
Kings Tonight Intro
Burglar
Kings College Conclusion
The Watcher
Wacky day at uni