If you develop on OSX and want to try out image_science, things just got even easier: % sudo port selfupdate % sudo port install freeimage % sudo gem install image_science I welcome any and all help on the linux side to get freeimage packaged up in their various packaging systems. It'll make it easier to get freeimage accepted on various...

If you happen to be hit by Ticket #5704: Bug in ActiveRecord::Base when mixing STI and abstract models, and you're seeing failures to find STI instances intermittently in development mode, try the following: class MyAbstractModel < ActiveRecard::Base self.abstract_class = false # ... end ----- class MySTIModel < MyAbstractModel TYPES =...

If you happen to be hit by Ticket #5704: Bug in ActiveRecord::Base when mixing STI and abstract models, and you're seeing failures to find STI instances intermittently in development mode, try the following: class MyAbstractModel < ActiveRecard::Base self.abstract_class = false # ... end ----- class MySTIModel < MyAbstractModel TYPES =...

image_science version 1.1.0 has been released! sudo gem install image_science http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb ImageScience is a clean and happy Ruby library that generates thumbnails -- and kicks the living crap out of RMagick. Oh, and it doesn't leak memory like a sieve. :) For more information including build steps, see...

image_science version 1.1.0 has been released! sudo gem install image_science http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb ImageScience is a clean and happy Ruby library that generates thumbnails -- and kicks the living crap out of RMagick. Oh, and it doesn't leak memory like a sieve. :) For more information including build steps, see...

I've been quiet lately, both bloggy and email (sorry if I haven't gotten back to you!). I think I'm hitting information overload and my brain is pushing back. That said, I'm going to try to actively fix this. I have a bunch of stuff to release and even more stuff sitting around that could be blog-fodder. Hopefully from here on I'll be...

I've been quiet lately, both bloggy and email (sorry if I haven't gotten back to you!). I think I'm hitting information overload and my brain is pushing back. That said, I'm going to try to actively fix this. I have a bunch of stuff to release and even more stuff sitting around that could be blog-fodder. Hopefully from here on I'll be...

As I semi-jokingly stated for _why's Year in Review, 2006 for me could best be summed up by: "release lecture release consult release overwhelmed release conference release".

As I semi-jokingly stated for _why's Year in Review, 2006 for me could best be summed up by: "release lecture release consult release overwhelmed release conference release".

Three releases today: sudo gem install -y heckle Also coming soon: a post on how heckle beats the crap out misleading metrics like coverage. ParseTree version 1.6.3 ParseTree is a C extension (using RubyInline) that extracts the parse tree for an entire class or a specific method and returns it as a s-expression (aka sexp) using ruby's arrays,...

Three releases today: sudo gem install -y heckle Also coming soon: a post on how heckle beats the crap out misleading metrics like coverage. ParseTree version 1.6.3 ParseTree is a C extension (using RubyInline) that extracts the parse tree for an entire class or a specific method and returns it as a s-expression (aka sexp) using ruby's arrays,...

Heckle version 1.1.0 has been released! http://www.rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb by Ryan Davis and Kevin Clark From http://glu.ttono.us/articles/2006/12/19/tormenting-your-tests-with-heckle : Heckle is a mutation tester. It modifies your code and runs your tests to make sure they fail. The idea is that if code can be changed and your tests...

Heckle version 1.1.0 has been released! http://www.rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb by Ryan Davis and Kevin Clark From http://glu.ttono.us/articles/2006/12/19/tormenting-your-tests-with-heckle : Heckle is a mutation tester. It modifies your code and runs your tests to make sure they fail. The idea is that if code can be changed and your tests...

ruby2ruby version 1.1.2 has been released! ruby2ruby provides a means of generating pure ruby code easily from ParseTree's Sexps. This makes making dynamic language processors much easier in ruby than ever before. Changes: 1.1.2 / 2006-12-19 2 minor enhancements Improved []= and [] to be more idiomatic. Support for nested whens (from when case...

ruby2ruby version 1.1.2 has been released! ruby2ruby provides a means of generating pure ruby code easily from ParseTree's Sexps. This makes making dynamic language processors much easier in ruby than ever before. Changes: 1.1.2 / 2006-12-19 2 minor enhancements Improved []= and [] to be more idiomatic. Support for nested whens (from when case...