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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 [...]
Blogging, again
I’m now several failed attempts in to starting a blog. For me, its really a technical issue – what platform to use? Sure, there’s plenty of blogging platforms that would meet my needs – but I’m always looking to try something new, and (as a developer) I always lean towards the host-it-yourself [...]
Changing the Rails field_error_proc on a per-controller or per-action basis