Working With Rails

Coudal Partners' Field Notes

Like many other web developers / hipsters / musicians I carry my trusty Moleskine pocket notebook wherever I go.

It’s a great resource to have handy when inspiration strikes for a new design, painting, or idea I need to capture.

For those not in the know, the Moleskine is a popular notebook / sketchbook that’s been adopted by creative types everywhere since its release in 1998.

It’s basically just a fancier, smaller version of the Trapper Keeper you had when you were in school.

It seems Coudal Partners and Draplin Design Co. have spotted this trend and come up with their own brand of the notebook they’re calling Field Notes.

Field Notes appear more rugged and somewhat slimmer than my trusty Moleskine. Perhaps slender enough to even fit in most of my jeans pockets.

You get 3 Field Notes for $9.95, which is a good price compared to the relatively expensive Moleskine.

I’ve had a sip of the Kool-Aid and it tastes good. I’ll be placing my order shortly…

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Ruby on Rails em produção na Locaweb!

Galera, vocês sabem que estamos há algum tempo com o Trial de Rails aqui na Locaweb. Como eu disse antes o principal é que meu objetivo não é só oferecer produtos: graças aos esforços da Phusion, isso ficou muito mais fácil agora para todos nós. O objetivo é auxiliar o mercado Rails a realmente ganhar asas.

Sexta-feira passada, colocamos o site de registro para o Rails Summit Latin America e agora estamos finalmente lançando o suporte oficial a Ruby on Rails na Locaweb!

Sim, é com Passenger + Ruby Enterprise Edition, temos mais de 430 RubyGems pré-instaladas, se existir mais que são importantes por favor nos digam que podemos considerar colocar, mas vocês também sabem que é possível congelar as gems localmente no seu projeto Rails. Mais do que isso: nós temos suporte a múltiplas aplicações Rails na mesma hospedagem !!

Não existe empresa de hosting mais comprometida com Ruby on Rails do que nós, isso eu garanto. E, claro, meu e-mail continua aberto para quaisquer dúvidas. Não deixem de entrar em contato: fabio.akita@locaweb.com.br

Rails IDE: jEdit wins?

I just switched in the last couple of days from Eclipse to jEdit for Rails development, following the tips here. I knew jEdit was a nice editor on Linux (about on par with TextWrangler on Mac OS), but never seriously considered putting it on my Mac -- or considering it an IDE -- till I read that article.

As much as I like Eclipse for other languages, I am coming to the conclusion that it's overkill for Ruby, and that the Aptana team has not really followed through on RadRails' early promise. jEdit has Ruby code completion and Haml syntax coloring modules that work now, not whenever the bugs get around to getting fixed. jEdit's UI isn't quite as nice as Eclipse's, but it's a lot less bloated and more responsive.

(And before you ask, I really don't understand all the fuss among Rails developers about TextMate at €39, when TextWrangler is free and seems to be no worse, and jEdit and -- yes -- Eclipse are free and apparently better. Would someone care to enlighten me on why it's worth the €39?)

Yeah! i have a new domain!

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http://politweets.com running smoothly again (via Twitter)

Kinderen en China.

Ik ben toch serieus onder de indruk van die reportage op één: één wereld, kindroof in China

• ouders zijn 5 jarig zoontje kwijt.
• dat gebeurt zo dikwijls dat ze geen affiches meer mogen ophangen (verboden bij wet)
• man is kinderhandelaar
• diezelfde man heeft 2 kinderen
• diezelfde man verliest zijn vrouw en beslist om zijn 6 jarige zoon te verkopen
• vrouw verkoopt kind omdat ze de boete niet kan betalen
• mensen kopen kinderen, bij voorkeur jongetjes van +2 jaar

... en ga zo maar verder. Die waren precies over 2de hands auto’s bezig. Het kan gewoon in mijne kop niet in. Écht niet.

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John Wulff posted a photo:

Introducing Diaroogle.com

Over the past couple of months I’ve been working on a project that has the potential to change the way New Yorkers deal with the inevitable call to nature in a city where nature is difficult to find. In a nutshell Diaroogle.com lets you search for publicly accessible bathrooms for when you need them most.

The first and foremost goal of the site is to assist in finding bathrooms but the greater goal is to establish a community database of toilets - something that every New Yorker is forced to maintain in an informal way out of pure necessity.

As development continues we plan to:

• create a text-only version of the site for basic accessibility on mobile phones
• create an iPhone optimized version
• streamline the submission process
• once New York is tamed, go global

You can see our initial 10 toilets by going here: http://diaroogle.com/toilets.

If you have questions or feedback or wish to share a hidden gem of a toilet feel free to email Kevin (Designer) and Evan (Developer) at: diaroogle@gmail.com

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NGA: Martin Puryear

saw an exhibit of martin puryear’s work yesterday. while I loved the work, I couldn’t stop thinking about how the pieces are transported and installed. this link provides a glimpse into the installation if you click on ‘time-lapse’

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Open Flash Chart II - X Axis Label rotations

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class TestItController < ApplicationController
  def index
    @graph = open_flash_chart_object(600,300,"/test_it/graph_code")
  end

  def graph_code
    # based on this example - http://teethgrinder.co.uk/open-flash-chart-2/data-lines-2.php
    # and parts from this example - http://teethgrinder.co.uk/open-flash-chart-2/x-axis-labels-3.php
    title = Title.new("Multiple Lines")

    data1 = []
    data2 = []
    data3 = []

    10.times do |x|
    data1 << rand(5) + 1
    data2 << rand(6) + 7
    data3 << rand(5) + 14
    end

    line_dot = LineDot.new
    line_dot.width = 4
    line_dot.colour = '#DFC329'
    line_dot.dot_size = 5
    line_dot.values = data1

    line_hollow = LineHollow.new
    line_hollow.width = 1
    line_hollow.colour = '#6363AC'
    line_hollow.dot_size = 5
    line_hollow.values = data2

    line = Line.new
    line.width = 1
    line.colour = '#5E4725'
    line.dot_size = 5
    line.values = data3

    # Added these lines since the previous tutorial
    tmp = []
    x_labels = XAxisLabels.new
    x_labels.set_vertical()

    %w(one two three four five six seven eight nine ten).each do |text|
      tmp << XAxisLabel.new(text, '#0000ff', 20, 'diagonal')
    end

    x_labels.labels = tmp

    x = XAxis.new
    x.set_labels(x_labels)
    # new up to here ...

    y = YAxis.new
    y.set_range(0,20,5)

    x_legend = XLegend.new("MY X Legend")
    x_legend.set_style('{font-size: 20px; color: #778877}')

    y_legend = YLegend.new("MY Y Legend")
    y_legend.set_style('{font-size: 20px; color: #770077}')

    chart =OpenFlashChart.new
    chart.set_title(title)
    chart.set_x_legend(x_legend)
    chart.set_y_legend(y_legend)
    chart.x_axis = x # Added this line since the previous tutorial
    chart.y_axis = y

    chart.add_element(line_dot)
    chart.add_element(line_hollow)
    chart.add_element(line)

    render :text => chart.to_s
  end
end

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<script type="text/javascript" src="/javascripts/swfobject.js"></script>
<%= @graph %>