I’ve delivered simple, clear and easy-to-use services for 20 years, for startups, scaleups and government. I write about the nerdy bits here.
— @joahua
josh@joah:~/Desktop/test$ rails Test
Rails requires Ruby version 1.8.2 (2004-12-25) or later.
You're running 1.8.2 (2004-12-23); please upgrade to continue.
josh@joah:~/Desktop/test$ ruby -v
ruby 1.8.2 (2004-12-23) [i386-linux]
I am indeed running a build released two days prior. The version number is the same. What gives?
“View Style Information” wasn’t working here for a while, and I couldn’t figure out why. Turns out it’s dependent upon the Firefox DOM Inspector being installed — and, in Ubuntu at least, that’s a separate package.
If this feature of Chris Pederick‘s excellent Web Developer Extension isn’t happening for you, try adding the firefox-dom-inspector package. If you’re not using packages, reinstall Firefox ensuring that the “Developer Tools” option is checked (more on this issue for non-packaged versions here)
As a result of trying to transfer a domain between registrars in not-quite-enough time, Ben’s domain dropped off the map. Hopefully, when it’s released back onto the market next month, we’ll be able to grab it again — but, until then, you can get to his site (which, you know, hasn’t been updated for ages! Update your site, Ben!) at cat-man.joahua.com or simply via cat-man.homeip.net.
The DNS change should have propagated most places now — cat-man.homeip.net will definitely be working, even if cat-man.joahua.com isn’t yet.
I’ve been advised that Ansearch’s style indexing bug has been ironed out, and will wash out as the next round of indexing comes into service. Chances are this hasn’t really affected anyone, as it’s unlikely a substantial number of the top 500,000 sites according to Ansearch’s statistics would have firstly picked up on it, and secondly bothered to do something meaningful about it.
But hey, it’s still nice to know, right?
So I was looking for some light reading on the Ruby language, just because it [or the Rails framework that builds on it] seems cool and shortly before the biggest exams I’ve ever done commence is always a great time to acquire new and completely irrelevant skills (but, be assured — or disappointed — to know, I’m saving learning a language until afterwards!).
In my searching, I stumbled across a Creative Commons licensed work, entitled Why’s (Poignant) Guide to Ruby. It’s a work of moderate genius and… well… poignancy. Tis most poignant indeed. On a scale of one to poignant, it’s… towards poignant.
If you’re looking to learn something about Ruby and don’t mind occasional, rather amusing, diversions, I’d say (at twelve pages into the PDF version) it’s well worth a read.