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pws: The ruby-powered command-line password manager

~1 month ago by Jan Lelis on J-_-L.
stores your passwords in a file on your disk encrypts the file with a master password is designed for every-day-use is written in 234 lines of understandable...

Access the system clipboard with JRuby

~1 month ago by Jan Lelis on J-_-L.
This is my first jruby code (written for the clipboard gem) and I was quite surprised that you only need one-liners ;) Listing 1 /59/jruby_clipboard_oneliners...

RubyBuntu -6- gedit 3! wtf? set it up for ruby/web development :)

3 months ago by Jan Lelis on J-_-L.
So you’ve installed (or upgraded to) ubuntu 11.10 and everything looks great… Except – uh!, lots of gedit plugins are only compatible...

Fixing a little anchor permalinks vs. pagination issue (using javascript and jekyll)

3 months ago by Jan Lelis on J-_-L.
I am using the Jekyll blog generator for some projects (still not sure if I really like it..) and came across the following requirement the other day: ...

Why you should switch to 1.9: Three Ruby 1.8 bugs

3 months ago by Jan Lelis on J-_-L.
Ruby 1.8 dies in June 2012. This post shows some small examples, why this is good ;) Version used for testing: ruby-1.8.7-p352. Everything works well in...

Pass multiple blocks to methods using named procs

4 months ago by Jan Lelis on J-_-L.
My codebrawl entry (gist) got the 5th place (out of 20). Want to use it in real life :) CC-BY (DE) ...

RubyBuntu -5- Modernize your gedit Ruby language specs!

6 months ago by Jan Lelis on J-_-L.
How to get the following for your gedit: Up-to-date Ruby syntax highlighting Proper highlighting for .js.erb or .yml.erb files Gemfile.lock highlighting...

Three little tips for slimmer Rails migrations

7 months ago by Jan Lelis on J-_-L.
Rails migrations are easy to understand and easy to write. However, you can save some unnecessary key strokes by applying these three tips :) Let’...

Building yet another terminal colors gem: term-ansicolor meets rainbow

8 months ago by Jan Lelis on J-_-L.
There are plenty terminal color gems out there. Now, there is one more. Why? What’s out there? I’ve found about 14 miscellaneous ansi color...

eurucamp: Tweak your Ruby consoles - 2011 edition

9 months ago by Jan Lelis on J-_-L.
My eurucamp talk: pdf / odp / speakerrate Thanks to Alex for organizing the camp, it’s been a greate alternative to euruko (for which it was hardly...