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HTTP Errors for civilisations

Posted on January 24, 2012 by James Smith

The other day, John Barton created a brilliant list of 700-series HTTP codes for developer errors. Here at AMEE, we spend our days looking to the future, so we reckon that at some point we’ll need another set of higher-level … Continue reading →

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Cleanweb Hackathon NYC

Posted on January 23, 2012 by James Smith

AMEE were proud to be sponsors of last weekend’s Cleanweb Hackathon in New York, so even though I was on the other site of the Atlantic, I thought I’d tune in for the presentations at the end. It looked like … Continue reading →

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Sharing sessions between Rails 2 and 3

Posted on December 23, 2011 by James Smith

We are currently in the process of upgrading AMEEdiscover to Rails 3.1, which is good. However, Discover shares a session cookie with MyAMEE to provide single sign-on functionality. The way sessions are stored and signed has changed a little, so … Continue reading →

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Homecamp 4

Posted on October 27, 2011 by James Smith

This weekend in London, it’s time for Homecamp 4, a two-day unconference all about hacking your home to improve the way it uses energy. With contributors from Nanode, Pachube, OpenEnergyMonitor and more, it should be a great event. Sign up … Continue reading →

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Hacking Carbon Emissions into Minecraft

Posted on October 24, 2011 by James Smith

Saving the planet’s all very well, but it’s not always the most fun thing in the world. Games, however, are fun. Why not combine the two? Luckily, AMEE can support both! My favourite game at the moment is Minecraft, which … Continue reading →

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AMEEconnect and Autodesk for product design

Posted on October 11, 2011 by James Smith

Recently, with the help of the guys from the Autodesk Developer Network, we built a prototype (in two days!) to show how AMEE could be used for product design. Check out this video of it in action. We made an … Continue reading →

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