Technology: If you've thought it, we've blogged it.

An interesting, yet logical tip I recently found: You can speed up Ruby on Rails rendering times exponentially with an *asterisk*. In my example, ROR renders a page three times, so that it can then be converted into a PDF, printed, and cut out into three sections, reducing paper consumption and allowing more text to fit on a smaller space. The rendering section of the interface.html.erb file used to look like so:

This code would take roughly three times as long as the body to load, as it was rendering it three individual times. Our new code looks like so:

And magically, the page renders in record time, just around 1.25 times as long as the body, and produces the same, exact thing as our primary code did. Just my little tip for the day.

-dwmcc

Condo Internet boasts that they have amazingly fast speeds, such as 100Mbps. Check out their website by clicking on the logo.

The iPhone 4th Generation was recently announced, and although they’ve given it a major design overhaul, not much seems to have changed with the software, albeit multi-tasking, which is still important. We’re all anxious to see how Apple has incorporated multi-tasking and we can’t wait to get our hands on it!

This video was recently released on YouTube, and apparently, it’s using Google Chrome’s real webpage rendering speed. Watch it! Trust me, it’s epic.

Take a look at this amazing and terrifying video of the LittleDog robot. It can autonomously navigate over changing terrain unlike any previous robots. Take a look:

Google released an awesome new homepage, in celebration of Pacman’s 30th birthday. It’s a game, disguised as their logo. Needless to say, it’s EPIC.

Flame is an awesome, interactive online painting program. It’s unbelievably dynamic, and, well, amazing. Click on the image created using Flame below to navigate to the Flame site.

An awesome thing I’ve ‘stumbled upon’. It’s like 20 Questions, yet more advanced. I tried it about six times and it correctly guessed my answer every time. It even guessed the Weighted Companion Cube from Portal! The Weighted Companion Cube! Anyway, check it out, it’s definitely worth the time.

Giveawayoftheday is a unique website that gives away software that usually costs money, for free, every day. But wait! There’s no catch. It’s legal, it’s fast, and it’s free. No login required. Seriously, it’s awesome. Check it out:

If you’re asking yourself ‘What the heck does this have to do with technology, I can assure you that it is indirectly linked to it, through the Young Director award, honoring young directors of short films. After I ‘stumbled’ upon this commercial, I had to post it, because it’s epic, and a WIN, and it’s incredibly hard to find both of those qualities is one specific thing. Watch the video below.