It is what Muad’dib said: “fear is the mind-killer” (full quote below). Oh I feared installing RMagick on OS X. The fear nearly paralyzed me (well not really). Turns out I had nothing to fear.
Installing RMagick on OS X
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Things I love the bestest about Rails 2.1
These are the features I am most pleased with. Thanks to Carlos Brando, who created an excellent free PDF. Hey my name is in there too! [return-path bug fix]
Subversion tasks for Rails
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!
Mac OS X 10.6
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! Continue reading
Facebook hookup
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.
Screwed using globalize_rails
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 Open Source? Continue reading
Ack, I bought the iMac!
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 in the Mac menu bar. I still can’t believe this is not easier to do.
In the mood for hardware
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 month for the first production bugs to be ironed out? Decisions … decisions!
Another Rails changeset by yours truly
Tears are welling up… no I cannot hold it in any more! Another changeset in Rails means that one of my patches is now included in Rails again. This one fixes the return-path header in emails. Ahhh … it’s so satisfying to see them grow up.
Enjoy my muxtape
Thanks to John Gruber I recently discovered Muxtape – a great app to create and share mixtapes. I’ve created one, naturally, and invite you to listen!