June 2009
102 posts
RubyTu.be - Ruby Screencasts and Videos for Ruby... →
The Devver Blog - A dozen (or so) ways to start... →
A dozen (or so) ways to start sub-processes in Ruby: Part 1
New blog post: A dozen (or so) ways to start sub-processes in Ruby: Part 1 http://bit.ly/DsJug (via @devver)
http://rubytu.be/ A site for sharing Ruby/Rails-related screencasts
Building my first DataMapper adapter (incidentally, for MailChimp). Pretty slick.
The Amazing Blog : Writing DataMapper Adapters - A... →
$ cheat datamapper →
is it me or has the threat level been “orange” for like 3 years now? I think the knob is stuck. (via @avdi)
It turns out I can’t use Safari 4 to change settings on the web interface of my old Linksys router (WRT54G) … FF works fine
R Tutorial →
I feel scammed when Google asks me “Did you mean?” and, upon clicking the link for the “corrected” search, there are zero results
In Ruby, if you call Dir.chdir, ruby-debug can no longer show the source (“No sourcefile available for foo.rb”). Workaround?
RubyFlow : Ruby Community Link Blog →
Trying to get set up with SmartGridCity - signed up, got accepted, but haven’t heard anything. Anyone else get further? http://bit.ly/xIkN5
watching @ericries discuss what to do when customers don’t love your product http://mixergy.com/ries-lean/ (via @dgcohen23)
$5.9B??? Oh for fuck’s sake LET FORD DIE and let a thousand innovators spring from its corpse. (via @avdi)
Socket Timeouts in Ruby →
Reliable Ruby timeouts with SystemTimer: Do not... →
Should we stop masking passwords (showing dots instead of actual password when users log in)? Alertbox thinks so http://bit.ly/9vLG
Enjoying the beautiful day by working at the Bookend cafe
Discussion Forum - MailChimp Jungle →
Feature requests for mailchimp
Gotta love math/cogsci: lack of randomness in Iran’s election results indicates 99.5% chance of fraud http://bit.ly/UCSIg
TechStars post on @devver (thanks!) http://bit.ly/3xQPkV
Need to test your Ruby code that relies on AMQP, but don’t want to have to keep a connection to the server? Try Moqueue http://bit.ly/3G3wk
Just learned that Ed Helms got his tooth pulled out for The Hangover (well, it was a fake tooth he’d had since he was a teenager)
Meta Bates » Blog Archive » The Evolving Table of... →
Jason A. Nunnelley (i140) on Twitter →
I wish CNN had the balls to just say “Yup, they’re still rioting. Check back in tomorrow, kthnxbye.” (via @jhuggins)
iPhone 3.0 cut and paste may not be perfect, but it works pretty darn well and already made my life way easier since upgrading on Thurs
Devver is on TechCrunch! http://bit.ly/18pGv8
Headed to the DevCipital rooftop for a beer. Boulderites, if you want to join, DM for directions (it’s on Pearl)
Just realized my keyboard has a USB port on the right side as well as left. Feel like an idiot for stretching my mouse cord across my desk
It just occurred to me that when RT a tweet that starts with ‘“woo-hoo we got TechCrunched” … you need to be clear upfront its a RT.
woo-hoo we got TechCrunched! http://tcrn.ch/4FV Cutting RedLaser to $0.99 NOW. (via @occipital)
http://www.doineedanewiphonetoscanbarcodes.com (http://tinyurl.com/ngj6wa) ? (via @vikasreddy)
The Ten Minute Guide to diff and patch →
Got my money back from Kiva … I think this same $50 has been re-loaned like 5 times now
I’m so influenced by music in movie trailers. Example: after seeing the trailer for Where the Wild Things Are, I can’t get enough of Wake Up
Yo Boulder, what’s up with these storms?
Searched for ‘wake up’ in iTunes. Four songs match (contain “wake” and “up” somewhere) and I like them all.
… either way, it’ll help me get more code out the door. There may be a detectible difference in quality, however.
Uh oh. I’m out of Diet Coke at my apt. Does whiskey count as Diet Coke?
Starcraft Strategy Guide at Team Liquid →
Got the new version of RedLaser from @occipital. It’s awesome. Now I’m looking around for more stuff to scan! http://bit.ly/aA6oB
Google spreadsheets in Firefox has been really weird for me yesterday and today.
Just got FreeAgent Go 500GB portable drive. Currently backing up my entire hard drive with Time Machine …
If you have emailed me recently @ my Devver email address and I haven’t responded, will you reply or DM me? Debugging email delivery issue.
When you don’t have a roommate & try to eat fresh fruits/veggies, meals are a constant race to use up the next thing that’s going bad
change your TZ to “+03.30 Tehran” and your location to Tehran. here’s why http://bit.ly/S8UpD (via @gilesgoatboy)
Page caching with ‘cache’ method does funky things if you have a 2nd cache named :default in Merb. You need to use cache_action #standup