Category Archives: Software

While doing my morning browse for new ideas I came across a great post at Spindrop about Version Numbers and how to include very pertinent information inside of them. On the otherhand if version numbers incorporated a date, we’d be … Continue reading →

If you have not tried Spotback yet, you really need to! I did not think I would be this Wowed again for quite some time but this web application is knocking my socks off today. Give it a try and … Continue reading →

Found an interesting new website called Cambrian House which is setting up a new idea for making money for Web Software ideas. Here is their Mission Statement. Cambrian House Mission StatementCambrian House’s mission is to discover and commercialize software ideas … Continue reading →

When is a perceived Bug to a User really just a Feature that the Developer was never asked for? Your email alert pops up and you open an email from one of your users who is asking for some specific … Continue reading →

I have been playing with the Ubuntu Live CD and was wondering how this could be done. A short guide with pictures on how to put windows partitions on your desktop. read more | digg story

I found a wonderful In Progress book and read the following section that really struck a chord within me. Craftsmen could be considered experts at learning, identifying an area of ignorance and working to reduce it. Like bare patches in … Continue reading →

This is for designers who are going to be working with Rails and is intended to give them a good starting point to jump into work with a Rails developer. This is all introductory material. Basics are covered (MVC, locations … Continue reading →

I am not sure why I never heard about this extension before now but it is very interesting. Nightly Tester Tools This extension adds a few extras useful to those that regularly test nightly builds of Firefox, Thunderbird and the … Continue reading →

via McD a new book for Ruby programming Learn to Program Maybe you’ve always wanted to learn how to program computers, but couldn’t find a book that made sense. Maybe you’re already a programmer, and you’d like to help your … Continue reading →

This is a beautiful tool at CSS Source Ordered 1-3 Columned Page Maker by ClevaTreva Designs – The Generator Form v2.90

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Mozilla Developer News » Blog Archive » What the heck is with this 1.5.0.1 update? There have been more than a few people wondering why they got a 1.5.0.1 update when there is no announcement on any of the Mozilla … Continue reading →

I was trying to read the Rails mailing lists via email but the volume is so high even with Daily digest set that it became problematic. Along comes Dave Teare with a potential solution. I have tried various mail clients … Continue reading →

A very nice all in one place set of tidbits for Ruby on Rails RubyOnRails-Cheatsheet

Via Netweb Smarkets works in a very similar way to the ‘fantasy-sports’ type games only with shares of products based on the Amazon sales rank.

The UWIN package provides a mechanism for building and running UNIX applications on Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 98, and Windows 95 with few, if any, changes necessary. read more | digg story

Source TextDrive Weblog Minimize the amount of FCGI listeners Use caching NEVER run “developmentâ€? on FastCGI for more than 1-2 hours Observe your memory consumption Rotate your logs Write and run unit tests Check for memory leaks when you are … Continue reading →

This is a lengthy but informative post that contains some really good information for how to create a Production environment for Rails. Highly Recommended! Real Lessons for Rails Deployment There’s nothing wrong with DIY. But, like working on your own … Continue reading →

Warpspire » Journal » Are you a Rails developer on the inside? Where to get started? There are a growing number of resources out there for Ruby on Rails newbies. The best investment I could suggest is Agile Web Development … Continue reading →

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