Double Shot #574
Busy weekend. Let’s unload some of these browser tabs.
Improving Code using Metric_fu – A concrete example of how metrics can drive better code.
Eventbug (alpha) Released – New firebug extension to help in debugging event-related issues.
Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 – Probably about time for developers to think about upgrading. I’ve been running 3.7 alphas with no...
Double Shot #537
Small child is back on early waking cycle, so you get an early cup.
Increase Firefox 3.* Performance by Optimizing the SQLite Databases [Windows, Linux and Mac OSX] – Probably of marginal use unless you’re a really heavy user.
auth_helpers – Extra code modules for authlogic to save you from writing the common bits like password resets...
Double Shot #532
Life goes on after Snow Leopard.
Dear Github – I’m seeing more rumblings of discontent with GitHub lately. As a paying customer myself, I certainly hope their plans to fix
things come to fruition relatively quickly.
Codaset – And these guys look like a potential GitHub competitor, now in closed beta.
FireCrystal – Firefox extension that provides a timeline...
Double Shot #519
Who invented teeth, anyhow? Bad idea.
Skype call recording with bookmarked, mind-mapped notes – Nice. Might be almost enough to make me start using Skype for voice calls.
A/Bingo – New plugin for Rails A/B testing. Looks pretty slick.
about:me – Cute Firefox addin to show your usage trends.
I switched to Ruby 1.9 (and you should too) –...
Double Shot #514
The 1.0 release of Rails Freelancing Handbook is out. Head over to the site to pick up your copy if you’re registered, or to find out how to buy one if you haven’t already.
distance_of_time_in_words – This version by Ryan Bigg removes the vagueness in the Rails core version.
Mercurial: The Definitive Guide – Online book covering...
Double Shot #509
My latest production, released over the weekend: Rails Freelancing Handbook.
cmon – Cutesy HTML preprocessor for columnar/tabular cross-browser layouts
Bluefeather – Another alternative/extended Markdown converter.
Bag O’Links – By the way, Elad Meidar is also doing a great link blog, in case Fresh Cup isn’t enough for you.
Installing And Using SQLite With Ruby On Windows – Helpful info...
Double Shot #498
Early morning with small child and thunderstorms.
Passenger/Nginx much better than Mongrel (at least for StatSheet) – Not clear how much of this is stack and how much is application style, but it’s an interesting data point.
The Great Ruby IDE Smackdown of ‘09 – Chad Woolley puts a few through their pages, and likes RubyMine.
Critical JavaScript...
Favicons for 37signals apps
If you’re using Highrise or Basecamp and miss not having favicons load in your browser, you can install either of the following greasemonkey scripts that I created.
These will just add a little html to the page to load some favicons that I created from their logos. Will look like this:
BetterFavicon for Google
Not loving Google’s new favicon too much?
Check out my quick and dirty hack… BetterFavicon for Firefox. (greasemonkey required)
Install it here: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/40367
Enjoy!
Ubiquity meets RubyURL
Alex Malinovich decided to take some time this afternoon to write a Ubiquity command for RubyURL using the new RubyURL API. You can take a look at Alex’s Ubiquity code for RubyURL. He’s taking advantage of the JSON support that I added to RubyURL this weekend and JQuery....
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