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Rails Templates

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:29:00 -0600

So Rails Templates have been around now since 2.3.0. I have finally found the time to dig in and enjoy them, after watching Ryan Bates’ screencast episode 148. Feel free to use...

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From NetNewsWire to Vienna

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:41:00 -0600

First, Merry Christmas! Now, my "bah humbug"! I despise adware. Its not that it is evil, in and of itself. Its just that, well, it is irritating to be exposed to someone's attempt at...

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Ruby Script to Generate Custom Numbered Google Map Markers

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:05:00 -0600

While working on a project I found it necessary to generate some custom Google map markers and I wanted them numbered 1..999. I searched for a while and found a few php scripts and some snippets...

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Rails config.plugins exclusions

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:03:00 -0500

Running RCOV, and having it complain about a p articular plugin that it should not have been looking at in the first place, made me want to find a way to exclude it. In my usual practical fashion, I...

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Converting a Rails application from Gettext to I18n

Fri, 29 May 2009 17:23:00 -0500

‘jaap’ wrote a rake task to convert your Rails application from using Gettext translation into the new I18n support, which is really great! WARNING: Before you run the new rake task...

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