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	<title>Doug McInnes</title>
	<link>http://dougmcinnes.com</link>
	<description>Chuckle and Chortle</description>
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		<title>Ruby Single Test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I, like many developers, do my best to follow the practice of Test Driven Development (TDD).  In practical terms this means you write a test to test your code before you write the code itself.  This approach forces your mindset into having a clearer sense of how the code will be used since [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dougmcinnes.com/2009/02/16/ruby-single-test/</link>
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		<title>Javascript Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
 I&#8217;ve been a busy bee releasing stuff into the wild lately.  Most of them have been Ruby on Rails plugins but I&#8217;ve also been doing some Javascript work.  Here&#8217;s two tidbits that I developed at the Los Angeles Times.
Inplace_preview
Inplace_preview is the first.  It monkeypatches Scriptaculous&#8216; InPlaceEditor to give it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dougmcinnes.com/2008/11/13/javascript-love/</link>
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		<title>Couple of Railsy Tidbits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I made a post on the Gem Install That blog detailing the simple_admin plugin which adds a simple authentication scheme to your Ruby on Rails application.  It stores usernames and passwords in a YAML file to make it extra easy.
Reid also posted on Gem Install That about another plugin we worked on, Subselector, which extends [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dougmcinnes.com/2008/11/10/couple-of-railsy-tidbits/</link>
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		<title>cached_resource</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another Ruby on Rails plugin that I&#8217;ve developed at the Los Angeles Times is cached_resource.
In a nutshell cached_resource automagically caches ActiveResource response objects in a memcached instance.  The plugin requires cache_fu for memcached configuration goodness.  See also: Kickin&#8217; ass with cache-fu.
The code for cached_resource is also up on GitHub along with a many other Los [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dougmcinnes.com/2008/10/30/cached_resource/</link>
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		<title>Craken</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the first of hopefully many (a few?) Ruby on Rails plugins I&#8217;ve created as a developer for the Los Angeles Times.
This one is called Craken.  In a nutshell it manages and installs rake-centric cron jobs.  Coupled with Capistrano goodness it is the answer to your recurring task needs in Rails.
It&#8217;s up on GitHub: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dougmcinnes.com/2008/07/14/craken/</link>
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		<title>LED Flowerpot</title>
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The LED Flowerpot!
This is a little project I built as a gift for the Wife for the combined 5-year being together anniversary/Valentine&#8217;s Day.  I did most of the work on the weekends, soldering and gluing in the back yard out of sight from prying wifey eyes.
The circuit is not terribly complicated, it&#8217;s a modified [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dougmcinnes.com/2008/04/10/led-flowerpot/</link>
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		<title>Barack Obama on Religion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re going to see any Obama video see this one.  I thought I liked him before!

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		<link>http://dougmcinnes.com/2008/02/10/barak-obama-on-religion/</link>
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		<title>Apple Blackberry Pie</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After watching an episode of Jamie Oliver&#8217;s new show, Jamie at Home, I made apple blackberry pie using blackberries bought from our local farmer&#8217;s market.  It was my first attempt at making dessert-y pie; I&#8217;ve twice made Alton Brown&#8217;s crazy tasty Curry Chicken Pot Pie to much delight of the wife.  This new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://dougmcinnes.com/2008/01/26/apple-blackberry-pie/</link>
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