ELC was at Structure 2010!
After two full days of incredibly powerful and informative speakers, one of the better panels at Structure 2010 was all about hybrid clouds and included a couple of our colleagues from Santa Barbara; CEOs Michael Crandell and Marten Mickos from RightSc...
Arithmetic with Liquid
The Liquid templating language is quite limited due to concerns about the safety of user supplied code. However, it introduces issues when some basic actions, such as arithmetic, are required.
One issue is that you can’t perform an operation o...
Amazon Reduced Redundancy Storage Released
Amazon recently announced their new storage service, Reduced Redundancy Storage (RRS).
We are pleased to introduce a new storage option for Amazon S3 called Reduced Redundancy Storage (RRS) that enables customers to reduce their costs by storing non-c...
ELC Founder Jonathan Siegel to deliver Keynote at BizConf 2010
Jonathan Siegel will be the opening keynote speaker at this year’s BizConf 2010 (www.bizconf.org), being held at the Ritz Carlton Amelia Island here from August 4-6. Siegel’s presentation entitled “Embracing the F Word” will offer attendees insight into how to find inspiration from failure. ELC Technologies is co-sponsoring this year’s BizConf business learning and networking...
Annotate Your Models
One of the primary functions of any ORM (e.g. Active::Record) is to provide all those neat little “ghost” methods to manipulate your persistent data. The problem is that ghosts are invisible. It can be frustrating to open a model file and see nothing about the model’s attributes. For Active::Record the solution is the annotate gem.
sudo...
has_many :collaborations, :through => :local_rails_community
Here in Portland we have the pleasure of working around lots of other great developers. Last Thursday, April 15th, our friends over at Kongregate invited us and some other developers (entp, and Puppet Labs) from around the area to a little hackfest. Beer, Pizza and side project collaborations were on the table. I was...
Applescript: The Forgotten Scripting Language
Like most members of ELC, I do all of my work on a Mac. As a result of my Master’s work here at Arizona State University, I have extensively used the Applescript and Scripting Bridge technology in OS X to rapidly create some highly functional custom pieces of software. First a little bit of background...
Interesting HTML5 Projects That Further Prove Flash Is On Its Way Out
I for one am very excited about the adoption of HTML5. Now with Canvas, WebGL, and Web Sockets among many other libraries, you now have the power to create robust web applications that truly function like their desktop equivalents.
I wanted to share with you, some...Rack::Bug setup
Lately, I’ve been using Rack::Bug to help me find some slow queries. Here’s a quick 6 step tutorial on setting it up.
1. Install Plugin:
script/plugin install git://github.com/brynary/rack-bug.git
2. Add this to development.rb:
config.middleware.use ("Rack::Bug", :secret_key => "epT5uCIchlsHCeR9dloOeAPG66PtHd9K8l0q9avitiaA/KUrY7DE52hD4yWY+8z1",
:password => "some_pass"
)
If you want restricted access by IP, you can add this to the hash
:ip_masks => [IPAddr.new("127.0.0.1")]
3....
Blocking Amazon advertisements
Dealing with advertisements is a part of life, from watching TV to running free apps on the iPhone. It’s made Google the envy of all tech companies. Fortunately for those who want to minimize exposure to them, there are some options such as DVR for the TV and Adblock Plus for Firefox. I haven’t read...
UI.fail
Every now and then I come across a piece of software with a “feature” that just irks me. I have been using Adobe Media Player to play my media clips, as an alternative to VLC. But after having played quite a few, I wanted to clear out the list of personal videos. ...
ELC in Edinburgh Sponsoring Scottish Ruby Conference
Find ELC at the Scottish Ruby Conference in Edinburgh. The weather may be poor but the people and town are fantastic. We encourage you to find us for hack tomorrow afternoon or a pint in the evening.
