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New Radiant Extensions

~3 years ago by Nick Plante aka nap on zerosum dirt(nap) - Home.
We launched a new Radiant-based site for a client last month. It was a small project but involved the creation of a couple new extensions, so I thought...

The Way You Wear Your Hat

~3 years ago by Nick Plante aka nap on zerosum dirt(nap) - Home.
So the Sinatra guys just kicked out v0.9. Classy and well-dressed, as always. If you haven’t played around with Sinatra before, you should really...

Micro App: Tweet Dreams

~3 years ago by Nick Plante aka nap on zerosum dirt(nap) - Home.
I was feeling kind of meh last week, so I decided I’d take a day off from the paid projects and hack out an ‘app-in-a-day’ microapp. If...

Design Refresh

almost 3 years ago by Nick Plante aka nap on zerosum dirt(nap) - Home.
It was about time, I guess. This blog had been in need of a facelift for many many moons. Anyway, let me know what you think. It’s rocking a tweaked-out...

Rumble Panel At Railsconf

almost 3 years ago by Nick Plante aka nap on zerosum dirt(nap) - Home.
I’m happy to report that our panel, Starting Up Fast: Lessons from the Rails Rumble, has been accepted for the 4th annual Railsconf event in Las Vegas...

Sinatra Isn't Pushy

almost 3 years ago by Nick Plante aka nap on zerosum dirt(nap) - Home.
I gave a hands-on introductory talk about Sinatra at last weeks NH.rb meetup. In case anyone is interested, I’m also embedding the slides below. Looks...

New Biz Cards

almost 3 years ago by Nick Plante aka nap on zerosum dirt(nap) - Home.
So what do you think? Btw, it’s true about the sci-fi gadgets — they’re made to order :). I’m also available to build web applications...

Hello Mogo

almost 3 years ago by Nick Plante aka nap on zerosum dirt(nap) - Home.
“In brightest day, in blackest night, no feed shall escape my sight!” MogoFeed is a small planet-style feed aggregator built on top of Sinatra...

Getting Started with CouchDB

almost 3 years ago by Nick Plante aka nap on zerosum dirt(nap) - Home.
I’m a little late to the party on this one, but CouchDB sure is the new hotness. We’ve been tossing around an idea for a new project and it...

Why Namespaces Are Important

almost 3 years ago by Nick Plante aka nap on zerosum dirt(nap) - Home.
Apparently both Extlib and the Mash library, which the latest version of the Twitter gem relies on, both define Mash as a top-level class. This is lameIt...