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Ruby 1.9 is here

~3 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
It seems that Ruby 1.9 is finally here (thanks Lenmeister). The latest version of my current favorite scripting language promises speed above all and decent...

Rails too much focused on technical details?

~3 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
A new release of Ruby on Rails is imminent, and i am worried. I am worried the focus is too much on attaining nerdvana and not enough on actual productivity...

Are you POSH?

almost 3 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
In my work on websites I strive to be POSH: Plain Old Semantic HTML. I have actually been POSH avant la lettre. Good to know there’s now an acronym for...

Canonical URLs

almost 3 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
There’s now an official way to denounce the ‘canonical’ URL of a website. Say that my website would listen to ’spacebabies.nl’ as wel as ‘www...

Back to your maker

almost 3 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
Sometimes I wonder if there are any sane people left. This week, a fundamental Christian organization will deliver a leaflet disclaiming Darwin’s Theory...

Custom pagination links

almost 3 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
Do you know what pagination links are? They are at the bottom of web pages and allow you to scroll to a next page, and scroll back when you’re at some...

Less verbose Rails logging

almost 3 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
Sometimes I wonder why it took me so long to do something so simple. Today I toned down the logging on many live Rails applications. By default this is...

Brilliant addition to Rails: ‘touch’ in ActiveRecord

almost 3 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
Today marks the glorious day of another brilliant addition to ActiveRecord. ‘touch’ is now an option for both individual records and associations. By...

Copyright is obsolete

almost 3 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
From Slashdot: If I said I didn’t have an incentive to grow oranges unless I could plant a tree in your yard, or if I said I didn’t have an incentive...

Much2c

almost 3 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
Time for a small shameless plug. Nico Schilders, the artist who designed our wedding rings, has a blog. There’s not “much 2 c” yet (har har) but he...