June 2008
14 posts
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Trouble getting git-svn to work on OSX Leopard?
By default, if you don’t have the subversion-perl bindings installed — git will not come with the sexy git-svn command.  You can fix this with ease through portage.  First uninstall git-core, then use the following command: sudo port install git-core +svn This will install all the perlness required and provide the git-svn command for you.
Jun 11th
Speaking at LoneStar Ruby Conf 08! →
Chris Selmer, Pradeep Elankumaran, and I will be giving a 6 hour (six!!) training session titled “Rails Refactoring: Triage, Prevention, and Performance”. If you’ve got questions on how to wrangle crazy/ugly code, come down and join us in Austin, Texas, September 4th through the 6th! I’ll throw up a link to the speaker schedule once it’s posted by LSRC.
Jun 11th
Fu-fu mentioned on the Rails Envy Podcast! →
Fu-fu: The Profanity Filter for Rails gets metnioned at 10:12.  Gregg even pronounced my last name correctly!  Thanks guys!
Jun 11th
“Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter...”
– Albert Einstein
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Jun 7th
Officially Announcing Fu-fu: The Profanity Filter... →
That’s the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered word you ever set eyes on! Look, that word’s got a vicious streak a mile wide! It’s a killer! There will be no killer words in this application: Behold the mighty Fu-fu! And there was much rejoicing…
Jun 6th
Fu-fu: The Profanity Filter for Rails is now...
Fu-Fu: The Profanity Filter for Rails will no longer modify the data in your database (unless you want it to).  From the README: Notice — there are two profanity filters, one is destructive.  Beware the exclamation point (profanity_filter!). Non-Destructive (filters content when called, original text remains in the database) profanity_filter :foo, :bar # banned words will be replaced with...
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