Monthly Archives: June 2010
rake task for extracting database contents
This is the inverse of db:fixtures:load. I modified the version I found to take the FIXTURES environment variable as a parameter. Saved as gist 440058. # extract_fixtures.rake # by Paul Schreiber <paulschreiber at gmail.com> # 15 June 2010 # # … Continue reading
Why I don’t like Salsa labs, reason #1
They don’t support Safari or Chrome: Here’s what goes wrong:
TIFF file dimensions in Ruby
Using Ruby, I wanted to get the dimensions of image files without using a full-on image library. I found handy code for PNG, BMP, GIF and JPEG and adapted the JPEG code for TIFF. Saved as gist 431893. # TIFF.rb … Continue reading
The truth about what motivates us
(via White African)
Work
A big part of your job is asking other people how to do your job (better).
Stand behind what you say
“I don’t care what you, or you shouldn’t care what I have to say if I’m not willing to put my name behind it.” — Daniel Okrent