Dynamically Generating SSL Certificates with Ruby on Rails
OpenRain had a couple projects recently need to programmatically generate private keys and SSL certificates in Ruby. To contribute back to the community, we’re releasing several small things today....
View ArticleRails attachment_fu/Kropper Scaling Fix: attachment_fu_skip_resize
I recently integrated Kropper into a custom RoR application for OpenRain affiliate img surf. A fundamental flaw in the upload-save-crop-save process used by Kropper is that attachment_fu automatically...
View ArticleRails 2.0: Testing For Well-Formed XML With assert_well_formed
Here’s an easy way to validate that you’re always rendering well-formed HTML in an ordinary Rails application. I’ve written and verified this on Rails 2.0.1… First, define the custom assert_well_formed...
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Installing The MySQL Ruby Gem When Using The Official MySQL .dmg
If you installed MySQL using the official .dmg package provided by MySQL AB/Sun and are trying to install the native MySQL gem, you’ll need to pass a bunch of flags to the gem install process to get...
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Speaking Twice At ABLEconf: Saturday, September 20th, 2008
I’ll be giving two sessions this Saturday, September 20th, 2008 at ABLEconf: Arizona Business and Liberty Experience hosted at the University of Advancing Technology. The first will be a ~50 minute...
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Photography Is A Lie: Creating Compelling Event Photos
When it comes to “good” event photography, it’s a misconception that a given photo is representative of the entire event condensed down to a few well-framed shots. My process is both equal and...
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How To Change A WordPress Permalink Structure While Preserving SEO
I’ve been putting off changing my blog permalink structure for about 2 years for fear of getting SEO-smacked by Google. No joke. WordPress allows you to easy change the permalink structure with a few...
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How To Prepare For Ignite
I recently had the pleasure of speaking at Ignite Phoenix 4, and thought I’d share my perspective to those presenting in the future. See, all my life I’ve been in performing musical groups–rock bands,...
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iCal Domain Account Errors For New Events
Over the past couple weeks I’ve had issues getting my OSX 10.5 iCal client to continue working properly with our centralized CalDav server. I stopped being able to invite other domain users to my...
View ArticleVideo: How To Produce A Live Music Event Recording: Post-Production
To help answer the question of why it takes so long to get an event recording on disc, even for small events, I’ve put together this high-level, high definition (720p) behind-the-scenes walkthrough of...
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