Adam Bair

Rails 3.1 Asset Pipeline Strange Javascript Errors

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:02:11 -0400

If you’re getting strange Javascript errors in Rails 3.1 while using the new asset pipeline - you might be dealing with a corrupt cache issue.

Clear out tmp/assets/* and reload.

If your scripts are in good order you should be back up and running.

JSTN

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:38:27 -0400

JSTN

slushy: RIP NANCY WAKE (30 August 1912 – 7 August 2011) Ms...

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:59:04 -0400

slushy:

RIP NANCY WAKE (30 August 1912 – 7 August 2011)

Ms Wake, who has died in London just before her 99th birthday, was a New Zealander brought up in Australia. She became a nurse, a journalist who interviewed Adolf Hitler, a wealthy French socialite, a British agent and a French resistance leader. She led 7,000 guerrilla fighters in battles against the Nazis in the northern Auvergne, just before the D-Day landings in 1944. On one occasion, she strangled an SS sentry with her bare hands. On another, she cycled 500 miles to replace lost codes. In June 1944, she led her fighters in an attack on the Gestapo headquarters at Montlucon in central France.

Work began earlier this month on a feature film about Nancy Wake’s life. Ms Wake, one of the models for Sebastian Faulks’ fictional heroine, Charlotte Gray, had mixed feelings about previous cinematic efforts to portray her wartime exploits, including a TV mini-series made in 1987.

“It was well-acted but in parts it was extremely stupid,” she said. “At one stage they had me cooking eggs and bacon to feed the men. For goodness’ sake, did the Allies parachute me into France to fry eggs and bacon for the men? There wasn’t an egg to be had for love nor money. Even if there had been why would I be frying it? I had men to do that sort of thing.”

Ms Wake was also furious the TV series suggested she had had a love affair with one of her fellow fighters. She was too busy killing Nazis for amorous entanglements, she said.

Even before she escaped to Britain, through Spain, in 1943 to train as a guerrilla leader, Nancy had been top of the Gestapo’s French “wanted” list. With her husband, she ran a resistance network which helped to smuggle Jews and allied airmen out of the country.

Nancy recalled later in life that her parachute had snagged in a tree. The French resistance fighter who freed her said he wished all trees bore “such beautiful fruit”. Nancy retorted: “Don’t give me that French shit.”

<3 what a bad ass <3

How to Re-Download OSX Lion from the App Store (after Purchase / Install)

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:22:46 -0400

Launch the App Store
Hold down the OPTION key
Click on the “Purchases” section
“OS X Lion” and “Install” should now be gray and you can click that to re-download

New Altoids Packaging (inner wrapper)

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:23:44 -0400

As a long-time user and abuser of Altoids mints I was surprised when I opened a fresh tin to see that the classic white internal wrapper had changed…

It seems that Callard and Bowser decided to add a few words to the usually blank thin inner white paper wrapper. I know, the death of a classic, fine, purists: take a moment to mourn the loss of the pristine, virginal white wrapper… The cool part is when you finish all of the Altoids and reach the bottom of the tin. You are presented with nicely faded/misty text that fades through the other side of the wrapper. If you take out the wrapper you’ll discover the text is printed in reverse on the backside of the paper. This is different than the text on the front/topside of the wrapper. C&B took the time and resources to print on both sides of the wrapper in such a way to make the experience more pleasurable.

This, my friends, is why I buy Altoids. The experience. Tin, crinkly wrapper, strong simplistic mints, attention to detail. A modern classic.

The results from my first straight razor (shavette) shave. I'll never go back. What a fantastic experience!

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:23:24 -0400

Elite Force live from Rough Tempo Radio’s London studio.

Fri, 20 May 2011 11:21:00 -0400

Elite Force live from Rough Tempo Radio’s London studio.

Serenity Bair - Pet Detective

Sun, 15 May 2011 20:10:00 -0400

Serenity Bair - Pet Detective

Coffee, laptop, glasses. Who brought the cool kid?

Thu, 12 May 2011 15:26:55 -0400

Coffee, laptop, glasses. Who brought the cool kid?

Rare Exports on NYE

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 01:19:55 -0500

artlove: New Gallery for Kelly Reemtsen

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:21:36 -0500

artlove:

New Gallery for Kelly Reemtsen

I started working on a background deck for the Maine Ruby User's Group

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:58:47 -0500

coffee-shower-profit

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:42:41 -0500

Hacking on the Linux box

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:33:51 -0500

Standing in my kitchen

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:48:24 -0500

Good morning Atlanta

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:17:58 -0500

"Mommy, look, I drew something for you!" What is it? "That's me and daddy" #melt

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:06:32 -0400

If you were me this is what you'd see ;)

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:12:38 -0400

Serenity enjoying gelato at @bardcoffee

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:42:54 -0400

Sent from my phone

Working at @bardcoffee

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:33:53 -0400