Archive for November, 2007

Low Pro revisited

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Wow, Dan wasn't kidding when he said keep watching. I just downloaded the latest trunk of Low Pro, and it works flawlessly with my Edge Rails project. Looks like there's some sweet, sweet javascripting in my immediate future.

The Parable of Brewster’s Millions

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

Ah, nostalgia. It's different for everyone, but my nostalgiac tendencies lean towards the movies of my youth. Embarassingly enough, that includes such classics as Brewster's Millions. For those not familiar with this film, let me summarize the plot: a minor-league pitcher (Brewster, played by Richard Pryor) inherits $300 million from ...

Is it just me?

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Or has everyone "worked on (one|some|all) of the (biggest|most popular) Rails (sites|deployments) around"?

Low Pro - not ready for prime time?

Monday, November 19th, 2007

For those who haven't seen it, Low Pro is a Javascript library that makes progressive enhancement much easier for Rails apps. It's supposed to be dead simple - just drop a couple of scripts into your public/javascripts folder, code your app as if there were no AJAX involved, and add ...

Disappointed

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

I used to love Television without Pity. Their tagline, "Spare the snark, spoil the networks," was oh-so-apropos, as the recaps were bitingly funny. Sure, it may have taken them a couple of days to get a fresh recap out, but the wait was worth it. No longer. I'm not sure if ...