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Meet... Chris, Graeme., and Gary

almost 5 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
Okay, this is a little overdue… but better late than never! ;-) We’ve had several new people start with PLANET ARGON over the past few months...

Seattle in late March

almost 5 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
I’m going to be hanging out in Redmond, WA. late next month… why? That… I’ll explain at a later date. ;-) What I can say is...

On Apologies

almost 5 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
Recently, Seth Godin posted a short blog post, titled, Apologies, ranked, which points out several ways of apologizing. When you work in a service industry...

Get to Know a Gem: Hpricot

almost 5 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
In this new series, Get to Know a Gem, we’re going to take a look at hpricot. What is Hpricot? WhyTheLuckyStiff released Hpricot in July of...

Be Careful that you don't Stub your Big Toe

almost 5 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
In a project that I’m currently working on, we’re handling recurring payments for subscribers. I’ve decided to play with a different payment...

RSpec Bundle for TextMate

almost 5 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
Just a quick follow up to my post last night, Sharing Custom TextMate Bundles with Subversion. It appears that I missed the RSpec bundle for TextMate, which...

Poke My Brain

almost 5 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
I’m working on a few blog articles that I’ll be posting over the next few weeks. The other day, I got another email from someone that asked...

Gems Gone Wild!

almost 5 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
Mike Clark is offering everyone1 in the Ruby community Mardis Gras beads… in exchange for showing everyone your sexy gems. Chad and Bryan showed us...

Sharing Custom TextMate Bundles with Subversion

almost 5 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
Early last year, I began to start creating a bunch of snippets and such for TextMate, all of which were lost several months ago due to Hurricane iSight...

Extending ActionController, part two

almost 5 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
One of our consulting clients consists of a team of .NET developers that are rewriting a rather large product in Ruby on Rails. Every once in a while they...