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LAMP, or LAMR, how about LASR?

Posted on 9/29/2006 by dru

Fred Hwang pointed to this post by Steve Jones about the problem of the LAMP acronym with Ruby for the language instead of PHP. The problem being that it would be called LAMR. For those so inclined to drop buzzwords, … Continue reading →

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Rails – real data – database loading

Posted on 9/29/2006 by dru

Quick tip… When working on a rails project you need to have REAL DATA to work with in your development environment. The easiest way is to grab data from a production database. Ah, but won\’t that require SQL and effort? … Continue reading →

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Rails – How I get a new model up

Posted on 9/29/2006 by dru

Quick tip… When working on a rails project and I need to get a new model up and running, I do the following. ./script/generate model Fruit That will generate the model files, and most-importantly an empty migration… all in one … Continue reading →

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Rails, Ruby, etc.

Posted on 9/29/2006 by dru

So I finally have some time to handle a series of posts on Ruby and Ruby on Rails. I’ve been playing with Rails for a while, at least over 1 year. I like it and I wouldn’t consider using anything … Continue reading →

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Interesting development in the Computer Game Industry

Posted on 9/20/2006 by dru

I think the following article/blog post at GigaOm is great news for the game industry. Greg Costikyan’s Gaming Manifesto Update: Greg’s blog is a great read to, just check this post

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Nice Quote

Posted on 9/19/2006 by dru

“Of all races in an advanced stage of civilization, the American is the least accessible to long views… Always and everywhere in a hurry to get rich, he does not give a thought to remote consequences; he sees only present … Continue reading →

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Ruby vs. Python on Domain Specific Languages

Posted on 9/16/2006 by dru

As I get more and more into the Rails Ruby thing, I’ve thought of a bunch of comments. One that recently pushed me to the ‘blog about this’ limit is the discussion of Domain Specific Languages or DSLs. There appears … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Releases Zune – Domain Owner Hits Jackpot

Posted on 9/15/2006 by dru

Microsoft announces the Zune… finally. As I travel to http://www.zune.com/ I am greeted with an all-black ‘UNDER CONSTRUCTION’ page. Apparently, Microsoft didn’t acquire the domain name before the announcement. I have a feeling that the owner, GATE MARKET RESEARCH LIMITED … Continue reading →

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