2013-08-27T00:26:22Zthurloat.comAdam Thurlow2012-12-13T22:30:00Z2012-12-13T22:30:00Zthurloat.com/2012/12/13/backone-listening-helps-memory <p><a class="reference external" href="http://backbonejs.com">Backbone</a> 0.9.9 was <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/documentcloud/backbone/compare/0.9.2...0.9.9">released</a> today! With it came the inclusion of a long-time requested feature to help views manage the binding and garbage collection of the events bound ...</p> Adam Thurlow2012-12-10T17:30:00Z2012-12-10T17:30:00Zthurloat.com/2012/12/10/mocha-phantomjs-jasmine-reporting <p>Everyone and their <em>cat</em> knows that the test reporters in <a class="reference external" href="http://visionmedia.github.com/mocha/">Mocha</a> are much more nicely put together than those in <a class="reference external" href="http://pivotal.github.com/jasmine/">Jasmine</a>. However, in the latest version of <a class="reference external" href="http://phantomjs.org/">PhantomJS</a> (1.7 ...</p> Adam Thurlow2012-12-05T19:30:00Z2012-12-05T19:30:00Zthurloat.com/2012/12/05/jasmine-async <p>I'll start out by saying that I'm a huge <a class="reference external" href="http://pivotal.github.com/jasmine/">Jasmine</a> fan. I have been working with it exclusively for testing during the last few months. However, it has ...</p> Adam Thurlow2012-07-06T23:00:00Z2012-07-06T23:00:00Zthurloat.com/2012/07/06/jasmine-swallowing-async-exceptions <p>On a recent cross-continent programming expedition, I ran into an <strong>exceptionally</strong> frustrating bug while writing tests using the <a class="reference external" href="http://pivotal.github.com/jasmine/">Jasmine</a> unit testing framework. After coming up with a solution on my ...</p> Adam Thurlow2012-05-05T17:45:00Z2012-05-05T17:45:00Zthurloat.com/2012/05/05/jackson-deserializing <p>Recently I've been spending time writing a REST API using a new stack. Java AppEngine + Objectify using Jersey to build the API, and Jackson to handle (de)serialization into ...</p> Adam Thurlow2012-01-21T18:15:00Z2012-01-21T18:15:00Zthurloat.com/2012/01/21/backbonejs-readable-modular-testable-views <p>After more work with Backbone on projects at <a class="reference external" href="http://sheepdoginc.ca">Sheepdog</a>, we are starting to develop a solid foundation that will allow us to easily develop, <strong>test</strong>, and maintain our Backbone.js ...</p> Adam Thurlow2012-01-17T20:04:00Z2012-01-17T20:04:00Zthurloat.com/2012/01/17/backbone-sync-models-and-views <p>I'm doing a lot of experimenting with Backbone.js for the team at Sheepdog these days. We're working on compiling a front end stack to build our internal ...</p> Adam Thurlow2011-02-25T14:44:00Z2011-02-25T14:44:00Zthurloat.com/2011/02/25/advanced-app-engine-bulk-downloading <img alt="http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/thurloat/appenginedump.png" class="align-center" src="http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/thurloat/appenginedump.png" /> <p>The new Bulkloader data exporter is much easier and more automated than the nasty old way of exporting. As good as it is, there were a lot of additional requirements ...</p> Adam Thurlow2011-02-19T22:41:00Z2011-02-19T22:41:00Zthurloat.com/2011/02/19/google-closure-linter-textmate-bundle <img alt="Google Closure TextMate Bundle" class="align-center" src="http://f.cl.ly/items/0H2y3B0J1f0i2Z373r1o/googleclosuretmbundle.png" /> <p>I love the <a class="reference external" href="http://code.google.com/closure/utilities/">Google Closure</a> project. As a big fan of its compiler and the linter, I use both regularly at work and for my personal projects. However, it is ...</p> Adam Thurlow2010-07-05T21:20:00Z2010-07-05T21:20:00Zthurloat.com/2010/07/05/rietveld-rocks-tips-for-other-newbies <div class="section" id="the-potatoes"> <h2>The Potatoes</h2> <p>Peer code review has become one of my favorite feedback processes by far. At the SheepDog office, we're forming the habit of reviewing any code that comes ...</p></div> Adam Thurlow2010-06-10T14:50:00Z2010-06-10T14:50:00Zthurloat.com/2010/06/10/github-gists-rss-reader-gistrss <p>I am pleased to announce <a class="reference external" href="http://gistrss.appspot.com/">GistRSS</a> (a.k.a &quot;Pretty GitHub Gist RSS Feed App&quot;) to the world. The idea for this application came about after a frustrating conversation with ...</p> Adam Thurlow2010-06-07T21:08:00Z2010-06-07T21:08:00Zthurloat.com/2010/06/07/google-storage-and-app-engine <p>I've been using <a class="reference external" href="http://code.google.com/apis/storage/">Google Storage</a> since I/O 2010, and I'm impressed with it so far. At <a class="reference external" href="http://sheepdoginc.ca">work</a>, we've converted some of our application resources from using ...</p> Adam Thurlow2010-01-02T21:21:00Z2010-01-02T21:21:00Zthurloat.com/2010/01/02/new-flash <p>I've been a little behind on my photography posts, but I have not been behind on expanding my horizons and taking all kinds of crazy pictures; most of which ...</p> Adam Thurlow2009-12-12T10:43:00Z2009-12-12T10:43:00Zthurloat.com/2009/12/12/swat-team-in-my-building <p>All of the Police activity around my apartment building is winding down, and Police report was finally submitted to halifax.ca, but they don't have permalinks for their reports ...</p> Adam Thurlow2009-11-09T23:14:00Z2009-11-09T23:14:00Zthurloat.com/2009/11/09/photography-the-tilt-shift-effect <p>On a regular basis I find myself looking at something and thinking &quot;damnit, I wish i could keep this&quot;... often times what I'm seeing in my head isn't ...</p> Adam Thurlow2009-09-22T15:32:00Z2009-09-22T15:32:00Zthurloat.com/2009/09/22/google-app-engine-case-study <p>Earlier this week I was presented with the opportunity to write a blog post / case study for the Google App Engine Blog about how I leveraged App Engine while developing ...</p> Adam Thurlow2009-08-29T23:33:00Z2009-08-29T23:33:00Zthurloat.com/2009/08/29/iphone-tethering <p>This is my iPhone tethering story. With the cable down and no where else to turn I looked to my trusty swiss-army knife of utilities: My iPhone... did it pass ...</p> Adam Thurlow2009-07-13T20:57:00Z2009-07-13T20:57:00Zthurloat.com/2009/07/13/goals-in-review <p>It's about that time that I come out and see how my planned goals are coming. I hate making excuses for not doing things, and it hurts me to ...</p> Adam Thurlow2009-06-28T14:14:00Z2009-06-28T14:14:00Zthurloat.com/2009/06/28/the-greatest-man <p>I took a day off from going to the hospital and visiting my Dad. As much as we love to be there with him, we there are other people's ...</p> Adam Thurlow2009-06-26T11:35:00Z2009-06-26T11:35:00Zthurloat.com/2009/06/26/its-time-for-a-change <p>I had a good chat with Jessica the other day about my work load, the things I say I will do, things promise I will do, priorities, and life decisions ...</p> Adam Thurlow2009-06-22T17:35:00Z2009-06-22T17:35:00Zthurloat.com/2009/06/22/the-picard-loop <p>So, here I was (you are here). Sitting on the couch, leisurely watching “John and Kate plus 8”. When I looked over at Jessica’s Psychology Quiz. This text is ...</p> Adam Thurlow2009-06-05T08:50:00Z2009-06-05T08:50:00Zthurloat.com/2009/06/05/google-chrome-for-mac <p>I just got my mitts on Google Chrome for Mac. The JS speed is incredible.</p> <div class="floatleft container"> <img alt="http://img.skitch.com/20090605-gwj26p3tbqtwfak4f9u1t6kwna.png" src="http://img.skitch.com/20090605-gwj26p3tbqtwfak4f9u1t6kwna.png" /> </div> <p>There is actually a visually noticeable speed difference when using our Framework back-end. I might ...</p>