Migrating my blogs to WiredTree

by sylv3rblade on April 7, 2011

Because of several stability issues with my current VPS provider (not for this site), I decided to move forward and transfer to a new host. By reputation, it was a choice between Servint, WiredTree and KnownHost. I chose WiredTree out (…)

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uninitialized constant Rack::Test (NameError)

by sylv3rblade on April 4, 2011

Cucumber-rails 0.4.0 was released for Rails 3.x. If you try to use it with anything below that (Rails 2.3.x), you’ll encounter the error: Is the rack-test driver missing? Nope. Well you still need that installed but the root cause of (…)

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Resize or reprocess all Paperclip attachments

by sylv3rblade on March 23, 2011

I’ve been using the Paperclip plugin/ gem for image attachment in several of my apps and I’ve encountered a scenario wherein I needed to change one of the styles configured in the model to accommodate the client’s request. At that (…)

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New Macbooks are out

by sylv3rblade on February 25, 2011

Apple’s 2011 refresh for it’s Macbook Pro line is out and wow am I excited to get one (read more via TechieXplorer). I’m looking to get this SKU: 2.0GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 or 2.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 4GB (…)

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Autofit an image in a div using JQuery

by sylv3rblade on February 7, 2011

I had a problem with one of my current projects where I was supposed to have an image enclosed in a div with fixed dimensions. For the dimensions of the div, you can set it inline or use css file: (…)

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Hurrah! A new server

by sylv3rblade on January 20, 2011

I decided to move this blog together into a new VPS to host my personal rails projects . Now, I’m not sure if this’ll be a permanent thing since I sort of jumped on the offer upon impulse but so (…)

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Looking forward to my camera for next year :)

by sylv3rblade on September 16, 2010

I’ll be getting one of these next year and possibly an SB-800 (an SB-900 if my budget can still afford one). While I know I should be thinking of investing in a full-frame, I think I should amass a healthy (…)

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Jumping in to the fire

by sylv3rblade on September 7, 2010

I’ve decided to take a leap forward today and move forward.  My current predicament is that I’m being held back by my current company in terms of personal growth and experience in the field That along with several other factors (…)

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Lily is the newest Vocaloid

by sylv3rblade on July 13, 2010

From the same company the brought Gakuppoido and Meguppoido, the INTERNET Corp has unveiled a new Vocaloid to join Miku and the gang. This new cutey is named Lily, a member of the group “anim.o.v.e.”. Here’s another artwork of Lily.  (…)

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Installing the mysql gem on OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)

by sylv3rblade on April 21, 2010

The first thing on my developer itinerary after getting my MacBook Pro is to install my development tools. That includes upgrading the ruby and rails gem versions packaged with OS X 10.6 and installing Xcode which is included on Snow (…)

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