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Find an office close to home

over 3 years ago by Ben on BenCurtis.com.
After I got a hold of Jacques’ Map Rails Kit, I decided to try it out by scratching my own itch: I’m looking for a new office close to my home. ...

Go to MerbCamp for free!

over 3 years ago by Ben on BenCurtis.com.
Kudos to the guys organizing MerbCamp for putting together an event that you can attend without breaking the bank. But why spend even $50 when you can...

Drag and Drop Sorting with JQuery and Rails

over 3 years ago by Ben on BenCurtis.com.
I decided to switch to JQuery recently, and I’ve been enjoying it. Part of the fun is trying out all the plugins that are available. :) This past week...

Rubyconf, done(ish)

~3 years ago by Ben on culann.com.
Second day of Rubyconf (for most people; first day for me, unfortunately) is done, and that includes my talk, “All I Need to Know* I Learned by Writing...

2008 Rails Rumble, Done

~3 years ago by Ben on culann.com.
Ack! In the process of writing that quick post on my Rubyconf presentation, I noticed that I’ve completely neglected talking about the Rails Rumble. As...

A simple jQuery validation plugin

~3 years ago by Ben on BenCurtis.com.
I needed to do some client-side validation for my most recently-launched client project, Fretbase (for guitar enthusiasts), so I did a quick search for...

Upgraded, rethinking

~3 years ago by Ben on culann.com.
Upgraded the blog to WP 2.7, which seems cool so far. I’m rethinking what exactly I want this to be, however, given that previous intentions (obviously...

Lots of Rails Plugins

~3 years ago by Ben on BenCurtis.com.
Since it’s the last day of 2008, it seems like a good time to take a quick look at the number of plugins in the Rails plugin directory. When I first...

Method Visibility and Modules

~3 years ago by Ben on culann.com.
I was doing some debugging on a Rails application the other day, and I noticed the following in script/console: >> (MonkeysController.new.methods - ActionController...

Happy Anniversary to me!

~3 years ago by Ben on culann.com.
I was just on Working with Rails the other day, and I noticed that my profile says I’ve been using Ruby and Rails for 4 years now. After thinking a bit...