LaunchUp.org
I was at conferences all week last week. My time in Salt Lake happened to coincide with LaunchUp so I and Joel figured we’d head down and mooch free dinner.
I’ve been to a lot of different user groups around the state, but I have to admit that LaunchUp really impressed me. It’s a great gathering [...]
Mountain West Ruby Conference
I spent last week at the Mountain West Ruby Conference which is by far the best conference I’ve ever attended due to the brilliant minds that gather from all over the country. This year Yukihiro Matsumoto (Matz), the creator of ruby came from Japan to provide his aura to to adoring minions. I had [...]
Logitech Sucks Twice
Last Christmas my wife bought me a Logitech Harmony remote. Over the past few months I’ve noticed that it barely holds a charge and so if I don’t leave it on the charger all the time it just dies. Last night I went to use the remote and it burned my hand it [...]
Uses for banana
My two year old son has picked up an interesting habit of using ‘banana’ like the f-bomb. “I hate that! Banana you!”
Add Theming Engine to Your Rails Application
I’ve written about the disguise gem before, but I’ve made enough changes that it warrants a new blog post. I noticed a few performance problems which have now been fixed and the configuration has been cleaned up a bit.
Disguise makes it simple to swap out the views used by your rails application either by [...]
acts_as_taggable libraries and the big case problem.
Over the years I’ve had a chance to use the three tagging libraries available for Ruby on Rails:
acts-as-taggable-on
acts_as_taggable_on_steroids
acts_as_taggable
I think the original acts as taggable is now defunct. The other libraries are derivatives of that library. In using tags on various sites the problem I always seem to run across is how to deal [...]
Justin Ball is a software consultant and entrepreneur with a passion for Ruby. He evolved from a C++ and .Net monkey into a python programmer and finally found Ruby. In the rare moments when he isn't writing code, talking about code or measuring his code productivity in profanity per hour, you can find him on his bike in the mountains or on the roads surrounding Cache Valley. 
