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Dr Nic’s Magic Show at RejectConf2007

over 4 years ago by Dr Nic on Dr Nic.
The original Dr Nic’s Magic Models were named as such because I entertained the idea of showing them off as a live magic show. So, given 3 minutes...

New Gem Generates gets RSpec [video]

over 4 years ago by Dr Nic on Dr Nic.
One day you will be able to write a human description of a RubyGem and it will make it for you. Ok, that’s crap. But the New Gem Generator is doing...

8 steps for fixing other people’s code

over 4 years ago by Dr Nic on Dr Nic.
Before or after you’re sharing your own code as open-source, you might find yourself itching to fix someone else’s code. Twelve months ago I...

Missed Ze Frank at Railsconf? [video]

over 4 years ago by Dr Nic on Dr Nic.
Neat. Here is Ze Frank at TED 2006. A lot of the material is similar to the 2nd half of his Railsconf presentation; so if you missed it or miss it, check...

Another use for const_missing - generating unicode characters in strings

over 4 years ago by Dr Nic on Dr Nic.
I just spotted something very sexy on the RubyForge News-vine (subscribe to all RubyForge news and new releases): a new use for Ruby’s const_missing...

Smart people doing smart things in Netherlands - RubyEnRails 2007

over 4 years ago by Dr Nic on Dr Nic.
For one million people in Amsterdam, time stood still as a parade of Rails gurus in Netherlands/ Belgium talked up a storm at RubyEnRails 2007. Only 240...

Want a new $$$ stream for your Rails consulting business?

over 4 years ago by Dr Nic on Dr Nic.
Summary: click to select Ruby on Rails started in the DHH’s “basement” and was picked up by alpha geeks around the world over the last...

Where art thou generator?

over 4 years ago by Dr Nic on Dr Nic.
Summary: click to select Generators in Rails are awesome. No? So you don’t use the rails command to create a new rails app? Nor the model, migration...

Pastie paradise

over 4 years ago by Dr Nic on Dr Nic.
Summary: click to select Ever tried emailing someone a chunk of code? Some program output? It starts in the default font, then you change it to a fix-width...

Auto-completer for my blog comments

over 4 years ago by Dr Nic on Dr Nic.
It took 4 hours to return from the town of Strängnäs to Stockholm via train. Normally, its 40 minutes. The train never turned up. 4 * 60 - 40 = 200 minutes...