If you are building geography based mashups in Rails, or just need some simple calculations for distance, be sure to check out GeoKit plugin and Geonames API Gem. They will save you hours of time.
What is GeoKit?
“Geokit is a Rails plugin for building location-based apps. It provides geocoding, location finders, and distance [...]
Is it me or are there too many choices for Rails production stacks?
Depending on what kind of server you are deploying to, you can have any or all of the following in your mix:
ApacheLighty (LightTPD)PoundPenMongrel (or mongrel_cluster)NgnixFastCGI
Whoa! That is way more confusing than even the most obsfucated Java stack.
I am a huge [...]
Today CNET published an article claiming that Facebook could cost employers as much as $4 billion (yes, thats BILLION) dollars per year.
Internet security company SurfControl looked at the phenomenon and found that Australian workers who keep a close watch on their Facebook profile page were cumulatively costing their employers up to 5 billion Australian dollars [...]
I recently converted from an IBM ThinkPad T43 to a MacBook Pro. I was able to keep all of my PC-specific software, including MS Office, Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server, QuickBooks, etc. This method allowed me to preserve my PC as it was - perfectly frozen in time with all my preferences - [...]
