Attachment_fu Tip
I installed the latest version of attachment_fu for a project I’m working on. I ran into a problem that I wanted to document here in case anyone else runs into the same thing. The...
View ArticleMy Tools of the Trade
Whenever I learn a new set of skills—such as photography or cooking—I want to learn as much as I can about the tools that the pros use. Sure, to learn photography you need to understand exposure and...
View ArticleRuby on Rails version 2.2
I have been very delinquent in posting to this blog. Fatherhood plus several big projects have forced me to put it on the back burner. I’m hoping to resume regular blogging in January. But until then,...
View ArticleWorthwhile Links
I promised myself that I would pick up blogging again. I miss it and I think (hope) that my workload will allow me the time again. To kick things off, here are two articles that are definitely worth...
View ArticleRails Hosting Survey 2009
The results of the Rails Hosting Survey for 2009 are out. Thanks to Planet Argon for putting it together! With about 1250 respondents, it has some pretty interesting results. Here are the things that...
View ArticlePHP with MySQL Beyond the Basics
I am proud to announce that PHP with MySQL Beyond the Basics has been released on the lynda.com Online Training Library. It is the sequel to my previous video title, PHP with MySQL Essential Training....
View ArticleStarting Good CSS Habits: Part 1
I am often surprised by how much bad HTML is out there. Especially HTML that does not use Cascading Style Sheets yet. CSS has been around for over 10 years now! It was added to HTML in 1997 and...
View ArticleStarting Good CSS Habits: Part 2
Christoph Wiese, a friend who already has good CSS habits, made some good points I forgot to put in the last post. Before we keep going, it is worth going over them. HTML vs. XHTML and Self-Closing...
View ArticleStarting Good CSS Habits: Part 3
Now that we have work on improving our HTML in the previous articles, we are ready to start applying some CSS to the page. We will begin by discussing text and fonts.
View ArticlePHP 5.3 Released
PHP 5.3 has been released. Hooray for late static bindings! There is also a helpful migration guide that outlines the new features since 5.2.
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