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Advertisement opt-out

almost 2 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
I just discovered this page, which presumably opts me out from receiving targeted ads. Yey! No idea if this actually works, but seems like a good idea....

Launched today: human rights survey

almost 2 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
Today I launched www.mensenrechtenonderzoek.nl. This is a national survey aimed at three age groups: children 10-12, children 15-18 and adults. It surveys...

Colors in Capistrano

almost 2 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
Wow, purdee colors in my Capistrano output!...

Z@PPzone: a world for kids

almost 2 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
This week saw the launch of Z@PPzone: an new online world/game for children. It revolves around the five Z@PP characters Chica, B.B., Lizz, Olec and Spark...

Migration to Ruby 1.9.1

almost 2 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
Today I migrated one of my apps to Ruby 1.9.1. Just for fun. It actually went quite well. There were a couple of issues, most of them related to old gems...

This is what happens when you screw people

almost 2 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
When you screw people, eventually they are going to screw you back. This is exactly what is happening with Adobe right now. They have been hurting their...

Modernizing RSpec

over 1 year ago by joost on Space Babies.
A recent blog post on the Rubyonrails weblog led me to a great presentation about modernizing specs written in RSpec. In the everlasting quest to reduce...

I heart git

over 1 year ago by joost on Space Babies.
You only appreciate fast version control when you’re on a slow link. Thank you Linus for creating git, I would have gone insane without it today! PS...

CouchDB as document store

over 1 year ago by joost on Space Babies.
I am at RailsWayCon 2010 and just enjoyed a pleasant presentation by Jonathan Weiss. He told us about CouchDB as a document store and why it rocks. Why...

Components in Rails

over 1 year ago by joost on Space Babies.
I’m at RailsWayCon2010 and yesterday attended ‘Small is Sexy’ by Nick Sutterer. Besides funny, it was a great little presentation from someone yearning...