Categories: Programming, Rails
MySql Ruby Examples
Decided to learn a little more about Ruby by writing a Ruby program to manipulate some MySql tables that I have. I could have used "ActiveRecord" but I wanted to use Ruby classes only. Originally I had errors because it was not finding the MySql gem. T… more »
Fabricating Robots
Working today on a Rails app that groups client generated webapges and we need to have the ability to screen out "child safety challenged" and "naughtyware" from being indexed by google so we are not blacklisted from adwords. The final step was generatin… more »
Firefox Addon
Built my first firefox plugin! Fun to see something like this working. Here are the steps to just get a basic one up and running.Setup a profile on firefoxTo do this usefirefox firefox -p // win (may have to set windows env var: MOZ_NO_REMOT… more »
Virtualbox
Need to have a Linux instance running on my windows xp laptop. Have downloaded and installed Virtualbox and it runs like a charm. Its Open Source (GPL) and is has full virtualization, meaning that the OS that runs in it runs unmodified! I downloaded a Ub… more »
Geolocation and PHP
Geo location is now so easy:
$geo = unserialize(file_get_contents('http://www.geoplugin.net/php.gp?ip='.$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']));
print_r($geo);
echo "City: " . $geo['geoplugin_city'];
...
Thanks geoPlugin! more »
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