For sometime now I have known that my time at COSL was running out. I wasn’t sure exactly when it would expire, but last Friday basically became my last day. I know that there have been various issues surrounding the center, but think what you may it would be hard to find a gathering of…
Month: October 2008
Some Cool House Plans
Just playing with Theplancollection.com this morning and noticed a couple of new plans that I thought looked pretty cool so I am sharing: This one looks like something you’d see in New England. It is kind of a craftsman house plan and kind of a cape code house plan: Stonegate house plan I thought this…
My Junkfood Goeth Quietly Into the Night
The world is coming to an end. The current financial crisis has taken its tole on a staple of my diet – Mother’s Animal Cookies has gone bankrupt. First we loose Snelgrove’s Ice Cream and now this. I might be thinner but I am going to be an ornery old man.
My Bike Wreck Could Have Been Worse
Instead of a snake this guy had a branch flip up and go through his leg. The pictures are gruesome enough to make me want to hurl and make my accident look like a little scratch. Click only if you have a strong constitution.
It’s Your Head Not Your Butt That Matters
I’ve been writing code all day, again. Luckily I enjoy writing software. There are moments when I and the computer don’t get along. On those days I consider becoming a garbage man or maybe a bulldozer driver. Just keep me off the bull dozer on the days I don’t agree with my code. Anyway I’ve…
Marginal Improvements Make People Happy
I saw a recent post on Slashdot that got my attention – What Google Engineers do for Fun: Computerized Lego Art Project. I have to admit I am a total Lego nut so whenever I see Lego in the headline I have to read the article. Justin Voskuhl spent his weekend writing an application that…
New Apple Laptops – I’m so Excited
I’ve been wanting to buy a Macbook pro for a while now. I hate to be yet another one of those Apple nuts but I have been waiting for Oct 14 ever since the rumor came out that Apple would be announcing new laptops on that date. Since they hadn’t said anything I was getting…
ERROR: While executing gem (ArgumentError) Illformed requirement
I like to use to deploy my applications because of its simplicity. The other nice thing is that they give you free developer space so if you are just getting an application up and running or just need to show it to a client you can do so without having to pay a bunch of…
Using Shoulda to test login – should_require_login
I’ve had my problems with shoulda, but one very powerful component of the testing framework is the ability to create macros. Here’s one that checks to make sure a user has to be logged in to access an action. Put it into test/shoulda_macros/authentication.rb. (You can name the file anything you want I just thought authentication.rb…