I recently posted about getting Ruby on Rails running on Fedora Core. If you’ve installed Rails before you’ve probably seen the default index page for your app. Actually, you’ve probably seen the default screen without even installing Rails. It’s just a basic index page to let you know the server is running and everything is [...]

I have an old Inspiron 2100 that I use for lightweight development. I break it out every now and then just to be truly mobile around the house. It’s running Fedora Core 4 and today I made the decision to install Ruby on Rails on it. Since this was the first time [...]

I’ve been doing a fair amount of research comparing JSON to XML. We do a good bit of XML transactions at work so it seems appropriate to research alternatives. While this post isn’t really about which approach is better I do want to share a couple of thoughts. First off, JSON appears to be [...]

I had to share this link that Jamie sent to me today. Skynmobile has released what they call “Skyntones”. I’m always intrigued by innovative ideas where a lot of people might see them as fairly lame. A good example is a skin for your laptop. It’s just a simple cover that adheres (without leaving [...]

The title of this post may suggest a few contradictory things. First of all, why would anyone in their right mind try to hook Ruby on Rails to Oracle? Secondly, why would you run Rails on a Windows server? While I don’t have adequate answers for these questions I can tell you that it’s [...]

A buddy sent me a great clip today of a streaker that made it on the WFAA DFW news last night. It apparently happened on channel 8 after Grey’s Anatomy. The newscaster in the clip does an amazing of job of completely playing it off and not even cracking a smile. I can say [...]

While the whole concept behind Ruby on Rails is don’t repeat yourself (DRY), sometimes I think it’s more like don’t write code  (DWC).  I speak, in this instance, of paging through data using Ruby on Rails.  I also say this coming from a ColdFusion background where you normally had to roll your own paging logic.  [...]

In my recent post about programming my Cingular 8125 to talk to my Bluetooth GPS receiver, I failed to realize one minor detail.  Since I was pretty excited about getting longitude, latitude, and altitude to display on my phone I didn’t realize that it wasn’t updating.  No matter how long I let it run the [...]