http://dougmcinnes.com Chuckle and Chortle Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:21:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been a busy bee releasing stuff into the wild lately. Most of them have been Ruby on Rails plugins but I've also been doing some Javascript work. Here's two tidbits that I developed at the Los Angeles Times. Inplace_preview Inplace_preview is the first. It monkeypatches ... http://dougmcinnes.com/2008/11/13/javascript-love/ 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 ... http://dougmcinnes.com/2008/11/10/couple-of-railsy-tidbits/ Another Ruby on Rails plugin that I'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' ass with cache-fu. The code for cached_resource is also up on GitHub along ... http://dougmcinnes.com/2008/10/30/cached_resource/ This is the first of hopefully many (a few?) Ruby on Rails plugins I'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 ... http://dougmcinnes.com/2008/07/14/craken/ 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'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 ... http://dougmcinnes.com/2008/04/10/led-flowerpot/ If you're going to see any Obama video see this one. I thought I liked him before! http://dougmcinnes.com/2008/02/10/barak-obama-on-religion/ After watching an episode of Jamie Oliver's new show, Jamie at Home, I made apple blackberry pie using blackberries bought from our local farmer's market. It was my first attempt at making dessert-y pie; I've twice made Alton Brown's crazy tasty Curry Chicken Pot Pie to much delight of ... http://dougmcinnes.com/2008/01/26/apple-blackberry-pie/