Archive for May, 2008
I came across an interesting pastie to setup two often-used Subversion tasks inside a Rails project. I decided to add my own twist to it and namespace the thing. I think it can be very helpful, rock it! [ READ MORE ]
Ohhh … brrrrrrr … I love reading all the Apple gossip out there! I just read a tiny post about the next version of Mac OS X, which has never been discussed, is at least 1.5 year away, is unknown to anyone and already I want it! [ READ MORE ]
Recently I have sent out stickers by post with basic building blocks of ‘Space Babies’. They’re a huge hit! After the break you can see xhtmlized’s Dave Rosen enjoying his baby. So sweet! [ READ MORE ]
In six weeks time, Holland will join the other developed countries of this world and the smoking ban in bars and restaurants will go in effect. And recently I have found myself more and more annoyed by people smoking. The funny thing is, I never used to be anti-smoking like this. In fact I considered [ READ MORE ]
I completed a hefty process of hooking Facebook up to a Rails application. Now that it’s done I am so proud. Read the entire saga on bembamedia. [ READ MORE ]
So I work on a few Rails apps that need i18n. I thought the purrrrrfect tool to do this with would be Globalize. It seemed the most active and the least cumbersome. But lo and behold. The project has disappeared from the face of the earth and left me fucking screwed! How is that for [ READ MORE ]
With a decent amount of pride I can announce the launch of Z@PPBIOS. This is a small website I created for the public broadcasters of Z@PP. The site shows a series of films that will be aired on Dutch TV. [ READ MORE ]
So … I am a sucker! I went ahead and bought the iMac I wanted. I am a sucker, I know. So far it’s an awesome piece of hardware. (knock on wood) no dead pixels, no software flaws, it’s fast and teh awesome! Also, I wanted to share this great tip to show the date [ READ MORE ]
I am not sure why but I am in the mood for some new hardware. Oh wait, it might be those cool new iMacs. Yep I definitely want to get one of those. The high-end 20 inch model works best for me I think. So now the age-old question: get one ASAP or wait a [ READ MORE ]