It is no secret that I have been excited to see the new 2008 Trek Madonne for a while. I have now seen the 5.5 and 5.2 in the local shop. They say they will get a 6.5. I am still hoping that is true. It took a long time for the production bikes to…
Month: February 2008
The Uninsured
I saw an ad on TV last night (while learning about the history of drug addiction on the History Channel). It was sponsored by the AMA but highlights the health care crisis in the United States. 1 out of 7 people does not have health insurance. This is bound to be a major topic in…
Creative Commons Opens Legal Documents
A couple of developers from Creative Commons were at the code sprint last week. It is fun to interact with guys who are making the world a better place. Creative Commons latest move was to make it easy to get to 1.8 million pages of case law. Here’s some more information and ReadWriteWeb.. This could…
WordPress Makes Me Happy
I have used WordPress for years. Not long after I started using it I went to the Web 2.0 Summit in San Fransisco. While there I engaged in the requisite schmoozing even though I am a developer and not especially great in social situations. At one of the CEO of a small startup that developed…
Vinegar and Jello
My wife hates it but I love the history channel. Tonight I am learning how they make gelatin. Gross does not even begin to describe the process that starts with 40,000 lbs of cow bones and hydrochloric acid. I can better handle the vinegar process. It starts with 195 proof corn grain alcohol. Move over…
You’re Welcome
Aubrey has been really good lately. Callie told her, “thank you for having such a good attitude.” She replied, “Thanks .., “ then whispered, “whatever that means.”
Setting up Subversion on Bluehost
I love subversion. It is handy for all kinds of development. I needed an easier way to update WordPress on my Bluehost account. I tried the standard compile methods but kept running into errors. The problem I ran into was that the server my account runs on is a 64bit machine. I gave up until…
WordPress Multiuser
I have a couple of blogs – this one and some family ones. Since WordPress updates their code fairly often it has become a royal pain to manage all of them. I debated setting up sym links so that I wouldn’t have to deploy the code in several directories. I even found someone doing just…
WordPress Multiuser Extensions
I didn’t just want to setup a WordPress Multiuser site. I also wanted to be able to use multiple domains. Here’s the plugin to make that happen. Setting up the multi site manager plugin might not be obvious. Here’s some more information about the plugin. That’s everything you’ll need.
secret given to the #protect_from_forgery call
My code was running fine under Rails 2.0.2. Then I enabled the db based session store by uncommenting this: config.action_controller.session_store = :active_record_store </pre> in environment.rb. Anything that used the session after that gave me this error: No :secret given to the #protect_from_forgery call. Set that or use a session store capable of generating its own…