Author Archives: Michael Klett
Windy City Rails 2009 Recap
One of the best things about my new job in Grasshopper Labs is that we’ve made it part of my goal plan to attend some Ruby/Rails conferences. I made a good choice to attend Windy City Rails in Chicago a couple weekends ago.
The location == great. I wish I had more time to explore Chicago [...]
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Changing the Rails field_error_proc on a per-controller or per-action basis
So we know we can change how rails displays errors in forms with fields that fail validation. I came across a reason to need to change the ActionView::Base.field_error_proc temporarily, and then set it back… sort of like having different values for the field_error_proc in different places. I came across this post that basically [...]
Solving a blank page problem with the Comatose CMS
I’ve hit this on 2 different installs of the Comatose CMS plugin for Ruby on Rails (now hosted on Google Code ) so I thought I’d write it down. Just after the install, I can go to the admin page (example.com/comatose_admin) just fine. But if I try to go to the root of [...]
Using ActionMailer with SMTP in a development environment
I just ran in to a problem where I wanted to use SMTP delivery for an ActionMailer mail in a Rails app running on my local development machine. When I sent the email, it seemed to send with no problems (no errors raised) but it didn’t get delivered and I couldn’t find it. [...]
I hate GI Joe
GI Joe ruined my weekend. I was cleaning out the attic in preparation for selling our house, and I came across my childhood toys (that my attic inherited from my parents’ attic when they sold their house). At first it was a nice moment of nostalgia as I recalled the easy life of [...]
Crash Monkey Porter
I brewed some beer a few months back. It was my 2nd batch ever (and first in about 2 years) and I thought it turned out pretty good! Good enough that almost all 5 gallons are almost gone. Granted, I did give a lot of it away; but I did have [...]
Return to Reynolds
I just got back from historic Reynolds Coliseum where I watched NC State beat Marist in the 2nd round of the NIT. That was a wild game, but returning to Reynolds brought back a lot of memories for me. I was at State during the Pack’s last 3 seasons in Reynolds (before they [...]
Quittin’ Time
It’s definitely worth a mention here – I resigned from my “real job” last week to pursue my passion for web development and design. The title of this post is a little harsh, because I don’t like to think I’ve “quit” anything. I’m just moving on to an exciting new chapter. I [...]
Go Pack!
Just wanted to give a shout out to my NC State Wolfpack as they try to complete their improbable run through the ACC tournament. Can they knock off Carolina? I don’t expect it. But then again, I haven’t expected much this season and have been pleasantly surprised again and again. Thanks [...]
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