June 2008
37 posts
git_remote_branch →
The basic idea for git_remote_branch is to trivialize the interaction with remote branches in simple situations.
“At what point does a person abandon political affiliation? This is the question...”
– Who Is IOZ?: Ipsos custodiet
appjour →
Publish your web app in the ether using Bonjour.
dejour →
find awesome stuff on the network
starjour →
Watches the ether for the handy *jour scripts.
gemjour →
Serve and install gems over Bonjour
rewrite →
Rewrite adds sexp-rewriting metaprogramming to Ruby.
“With its aggressive advertising campaign and a CEO who publishes his Social...”
– Schneier on Security: LifeLock and Identity Theft
Who Is IOZ?: Big Questions, Small Answers →
Is Google Making Us Stupid? →
What the Internet is doing to our brains
acts_as_rated →
Revision 417: /lowpro →
This Peanut Looks Like A Duck →
mod_xsendfile →
mod_xsendfile is a small Apache2 module that processes X-SENDFILE headers registered by the original output handler.
“I agree with Chomsky that political dissidence reaches many more people than it...”
– Dennis Perrin: Lining The Cage
try() →
guarded method invocation
Object#andand →
guarded method invocation
Paperclip File Attachments →
libtrash - a trash can for GNU/Linux →
Rak →
Rak is a grep replacement in pure Ruby.
osx-trash →
osx-trash manipulates the Mac OS X trash from the command line, just like the Finder does.
“A slide word, I gather, is a word or phrase that has come to serve as shorthand...”
– David A. Black, Slide words (if that’s really what they’re called)
Middle East Pop Quiz - by Charley Reese →
Phusion Passenger →
Rails deployment on Apache
XML.ObjTree →
XML.ObjTree class is a parser/generater for XML source code and JavaScript object.
Jester →
JavaScript client for REST APIs that use Rails conventions
An Introduction to Using Patterns in Web Design →
Async Observer →
Async Observer is a Rails plugin that provides deep integration with Beanstalk. beanstalkd is a fast, distributed, in-memory work-queue service.
BackgrounDRb →
BackgrounDRb is a Ruby job server and scheduler. Its main intent is to be used with Ruby on Rails applications for offloading long-running tasks.
spawn plugin →
The spawn plugin allows you to easily “spawn” a process for background processing using either forking or threading.
Homemade Yogurt Recipe →
Family Finance: How to Save Money on Groceries →
Light 'n' Easy Chocolate Pudding →
rest-client →
Simple REST client for Ruby, inspired by microframework syntax for specifying actions.
embedded-actions →
A Rails plugin that lets you embed actions in your views (with caching and response_to support)
gitjour →
Serve git and advertise with bonjour