Maybe it’s me. Maybe it’s a feature of ubuntu, but on two separate systems, when I went to upgrade rubygems to the latest via gem update –system it didn’t work for me. So, I had to go the more extreme route of: gem install rubygems-updateupdatee_rubygems This is mostly for my own reference, it’s not the …
Monthly Archive: November 2008
Nov 18
Signs I’ve not had enough sleep
I just named a rails controller class ElmoController, because it gets invoked by a tickler…
Nov 14
Concatenation Note to Self
To concatenate in PHP you use a ‘.’, not a ‘+’. Likewise, you don’t use ‘.’ to reference an object’s members, you use ‘->’. Move along, nothing to see.
Nov 12
DIY Maps and Linux Firefox/Flash Quirks
First off, let me say that I really like DIY Map. It’s quick, and responsive, with an easy to use interface, as well as allowing you to make changes on the fly easily. That said, I discovered lastnight / this morning that there are some quirks with its updating through the Flash JavaScript Integration Kit. …
Nov 11
YUI Datasources
Been a while since I’ve written. I’ve been sick and working on a side project. That said, I’ll be writing more…… Today’s note/reminder is a gotcha about YUI datasources. If you have JSON feeding the datasource and you’re getting back more fields in the results than you’re expecting, the datasource will not behave properly. For …