April 2009
23 posts
Atlas: a visual IDE for desktop-like web apps →
280North is amazing.
March 2009
37 posts
Sign up for Google Apps - Standard Edition →
For some reason Google seems to be trying to hide the free version of Google Apps for business.
Here is a link to the signup page.
How to set up a mail server on a GNU / Linux... →
Might need to get this up and running as we are having trouble with a provider.
Railscasts - Beginning with Cucumber →
Okay, it uses RSpec not Shoulda. Still, I was just talking about Cucumber. Weird.
10 Creative & Rich UI interfaces & How to Create... →
This is pretty cool. I am seriously going to look into that form auto-completion.
Mixing Cucumber with Test::Unit/Shoulda →
I am going to try some Shoulda + Cucumber this weekend.
thoughtbot's clearance at master - GitHub →
I usually like what thoughtbot does. I am wondering why we need yet another auth framework…
Anyone using this?
RubyRags // Ruby and Ruby on Rails t-shirts for... →
Vote for this shirt. You know we both want one.
Shoulda for Rails 2.3 Branch
If you are using Shoulda with Rails 2.3 it is going to be grumpy. There are some changes that cause them to fight with each other.
So instead of script/install-ing grab the Shoulda Rails-2.3 branch from Github.
And be happy again.
Confreaks: MountainWest RubyConf 2009 →
They have some videos of their talks up. Interesting and free. I like free…
The Omni Group - OmniGraphSketcher →
Looks like a neet/neat way to make charts and graphs…
IP address geolocation SQL database →
Saw this on Reddit. Is there anything you can’t get on the web?
famfamfam.com: Silk Icons. →
Is there anything cooler than free web icons?!?
Okay maybe that…
But, c’mon.
“The RubyRags site looks funny in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
So does your...”
– RubyRags // Ruby and Ruby on Rails t-shirts for stylish Rubyists
Ordering via associated model in RoR.
I have had to search this 2 times today so I thought I better leave myself a note. I just can’t remember the syntax to save my life:
@downloads = Download.find(:all, :include => :asset, :order => “asset.file_type, asset.file_name”)
iPhone OS 3.0 Preview Keynote →
Watch the iPhone 3.0 keynote.
iPhone OS 3.0
Apple announced the iPhone OS 3.0 today.
Very exciting!
Check out their website for the details.
Cloud Compute, Cloud Server, Cloud Servers, On... →
Rackspace now has cloud servers!
Git Commands to get things going.
Once you have some code and a Gitosis server, what do you do?
cd project
git init
git add .
git remote add origin git@git.server.com:project.git
git push origin master:refs/heads/master
This should have your code in git faster that you can say ‘mark is cool’.
He sure is.
Sharing git repositories via OS X’s built-in web... →
I need to try this…
scie.nti.st » Hosting Git repositories, The Easy... →
Simple tutorial to get Gitosis up and running.
GitX - (OSX)
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Git tool for osx - just make sure that you actually have a /user/local/bin directory before you add the command-line tool or it will fail.
Formating date Time in Rails →
Nice little reference…
Protected File Downloads with Ruby on Rails and... →
Nice way to use paperclip to secure file access.
thoughtbot - Shoulda →
This is #1 on my list of things to learn more about…
Authlogic →
Looks like a interesting replacement for my current auth plugin…
Phusion Passenger Issue on OSX - paperclip -... →
This fixes Paperclip on OSX with Passenger
RedCloth Textile Reference Manual →
thoughtbot - Paperclip →
An attachment plugin for RoR’s ActiveRecord that lets files work as simply as any other attributes do.
Google Toolbox for Mac →
Some pretty sweet tools that, amongst other things, allow you to Unit Test iPhone code
Upgrading Rails on OS X [sic]
The truth of the matter is that you shouldn’t gem update rails on OSX because it will not update the rest of the gems that you need to run Rails (Active Record for example).
You will get much more success with gem install rails as this will ensure that the correct version of all of the Rails required gems are installed as well.
SVN 1.5.5 Binaries (OSX) | CollabNet →
With a little export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH you too can have svn --version say 1.5.5.
Passenger Preference Pane · Fingertips →
A Preference Pane for OSX that lets you kick it with Phusion’s Passenger minus the whole configure Apache2 thing.
ikea - Google Search →
The first sponsored link looks like IKEA right? WRONG!!!
Click on it and you will find it is a SMS2Win scam where 10,000 people give them $2 for a chance at a $500 IKEA gift card.
I am pretty sure this type of misrepresentation is violating both the law and IKEA’s trademarks.
Google, you need to verify your ads a bit better…
"Office Biggest Loser" Competition
I am taking part in an office wide Biggest Loser competition.
And I am off to a great start. I am down 20lbs or about 10% of my weight in 4 weeks.
How, you might ask? Well actually it is simple. The only reason that I am overweight is simply laziness. I get focussed on a problem or project and simply cannot be bothered to do anything else.
This means that I work late into the night and go...