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/* Adding icon to status bar in 1.x */ 
 		NSString *pathToDefault = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/Default.png", [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath]];
		NSURL *urlToDefault = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:pathToDefault];
		CGImageDestinationRef dest = CGImageDestinationCreateWithURL((CFURLRef)urlToDefault, CFSTR("public.png")/*kUTTypePNG*/, 1, NULL);
		CGImageDestinationAddImage(dest, defaultPNG, NULL);
		CGImageDestinationFinalize(dest);
		CFRelease(defaultPNG);

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# http://www.slate.com/id/2101150/sidebar/2101387/ent/2101353/

poem = <<-EOF.downcase.gsub(/[^a-z]/, '')
Dammit I'm mad.
Evil is a deed as I live.
God, am I reviled? I rise, my bed on a sun, I melt.
To be not one man emanating is sad. I piss.
Alas, it is so late. Who stops to help?
Man, it is hot. I'm in it. I tell.
I am not a devil. I level "Mad Dog".

chendo

# http://mozy.com/contest
# Question 4
# chendo's solution
require 'benchmark'

year = 0
fibs = [2, 0, 0, 0, 0] # age 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
adults = 0 # age > 5

Benchmark.bm do |bm|

chendo

# Genetic algorithm playaround
# chendo 2009
require 'rubygems'
require 'levenshtein'

class GA
  
  def initialize
    @pop = Array.new(100).map { random_string }
  end

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# put this inside spec_helper.rb
def p(*objs)
  puts objs.map { |o| inspect.gsub('<', '&lt;').gsub('>', '&gt;') }.join("\n")
end

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# SMS Rickroll script
# Word by word.
# Total messages to be sent: 450
# By @chendo
# Requires sendsms and a jailbroken iPhone

song = "We're no strangers to love
You know the rules ... and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm ... thinkin' of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy

chendo

# Daft Golf
# Encode the entire lyrics of Harder Better Faster Stronger in the least amount of characters
# without cheating. Source of lyrics: http://lyricwiki.org/Daft_Punk:Harder,_Better,_Faster,_Stronger
# First attempt without being really anal: 500b
s=%w(after better do ever faster harder hour is it make makes more never our over stronger than us work)
m1="chavnohzy3a7uvnb4iw21ogt3xwazyiw6gqsoaihdjw36q8encnd1oxfpy2eomjfxfr9"
m2="5vjlr1vcd8f7rdjb3c3zfk0kh6cjxc2l8dzvzk2hhfrwkg2n2ln04mpli1tq5gnfu7nvxc6dbk8yq9uxnfboimh5902mqtggizhhaakr2nk2xsh4qar5b8aypdocmeakqelscg11evw57i3ttep2ott0pqteclmae5sckhc"
def d(e, a)
  t=e.to_i(36).to_s(2)
  t[0]=''

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# Symbol#to_proc is already defined in Rails
class Symbol
  def to_proc
    Proc.new { |item| item.send self }
  end
end

class Array
  def to_proc
    Proc.new do |item|

chendo

What did you do to get good at Rails?

I just kept at it and worked with it on a professional basis. Constantly learning about new things and working with people who do Rails is also a good start.

Who taught you what you know?

The internet, friends/coworkers and Dr Nic. That, and trial and error. I guess one of the benefits of Rails is many things are implicit and make sense, but sometimes it has quirks and the internet documents a lot of these quirks.

Do you have any fond (or not so fond) memories of your learning experiences?

chendo

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