Monthly Archives: July 2007

Gmail Thread URL

Posted on July 26, 2007 by

Why can’t I copy the URL for a Gmail thread into e.g. Google Calendar? That would be so useful! Actually I think there is an URL syntax that would work if I only knew the incantation. Wouldn’t it be nice … Continue reading →

Posted in usability, Web as Platform | 1 Comment

Migration of Rails Development from PowerBook to MacBook Pro Marred by Annoying OS X File Sharing

Posted on July 20, 2007 by

Well I spent yesterday getting the new computer in shape and it’ll now run all my Rails projects. Overall the process has been surprisingly easy. The initial 45 minute FireWire brain transfer was extremely effective. After that, most productivity apps … Continue reading →

Posted in OS X, Ruby on Rails | Leave a comment

Apple Packaging Porno

Posted on July 20, 2007 by

Update 3/28/08:Here’s a young man of like mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjS89zUxtgM 

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:has_many Associations with Complex Joins (Kind of)

Posted on July 6, 2007 by

In this episode, your fearless Jedi delves within the dark tree of associations, with_scope, inner joins, duck typing and meta-programming all in an effort to keep DRY… In Joyomi I create an Omi when I lend you a book. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Ruby on Rails, SQL | 1 Comment

ID Proliferation Eradication Technique #1: Leverage page.select with page.insert

Posted on July 5, 2007 by

update 3/29/2009 8:34 AM: In November, 2007 Brad Wilson pointed out an even cleaner fix. Rather than relying on page.select you can just use page.literal to inject (literal) JavaScript code right where you want it. So recasting my example using … Continue reading →

Posted in AJAX, CSS, RJS templates, Ruby on Rails | 1 Comment