I always found _ri_ to just really too slow to be of any use, at least on of the machines I use and everytime I install a new gem it seems to slow everything down to a halt. <source:bash> rl@bloodandguts:~$ sudo gem install mislav-will_paginate [sudo] password for rl: Successfully installed mislav-will_paginate-2.3.11 1 gem installed Installing ri documentation for mislav-will_paginate-2.3.11... Updating ri class cache with 9654 classes... Installing RDoc documentation for mislav-will_paginate-2.3.11... </source> If you never use the _ri_ documenation for gems, you can turn this off in your ~/.gemrc file by adding the gem line. <source:yaml> --- gem: --no-ri :benchmark: false :verbose: true :backtrace: false :update_sources: true :sources: - http://gems.rubyforge.org/ - http://gems.github.com :bulk_threshold: 1000 </source> I think perhaps I need to do a _gem cleanup_ to really clear out anything I'm not using and remove the gems I installed over a year ago for testing and never use. 2010-02-04T10:58:13Z 145 i-never-use-ri-for-gems 2010-02-04T10:58:49Z 2010-02-04T10:58:49Z I'm pretty sure this is the only example of AWK I've ever used. But its come in hand more than a few times. <source:bash> cat /var/log/apache2/loathsome-access.log | awk '{ print $1 }' | uniq </source> 2010-01-25T17:37:55Z 141 awk-on-the-command 2010-01-25T17:38:09Z 2010-01-25T17:38:09Z I've been waiting this follow up to "Abominable Iron Sloth's":http://www.myspace.com/theironsloth debut for 3 years now, way back Justin asked his Myspace fans to pledge towards funding their next EP, hinting that it might not otherwise happen. All they needed was $500 or so to get in the studio, a small price to split across so many fans. Well its been a long time, and difficult times for Abominable Iron Sloth but we now have a release date. Roll on April 20th. Keep up to date with their news on !http://www.robl.me/images/uploads/ironslothII.jpg! 2010-01-19T09:06:21Z 140 abominable-iron-sloth-ii-has-a-release-date-20th-april-2010 2010-01-19T09:08:41Z 2010-01-20T12:43:23Z _"Audiofilm II":http://shop.relapse.com/store/product.aspx?ProductID=36838 is the second installment in the "Crucial Blast":http://shop.relapse.com/store/product.aspx?ProductID=36838 series of limited-edition 3-inch CDs from Scott Hull. Best known for his amazing thrash / grind riffage in the bands Pig Destroyer and "Agoraphobic Nosebleed":http://www.agoraphobicnosebleed.com, Hull has gradually revealed another side of his musical persona over the past few years: cinematic soundscaping and darkly evocative film scores, mutant electronic textures, and pitch-black isolationism that employs brilliant production trickery to immerse the listener in a vibrantly active aural environment. Audiofilm I was a terrifying, lightless driftscape filled with demonic processed vocal loops, massive low-end ambience, and an all-around horrific vibe that drew comparisons to Lustmord, Lull, and the ambient disc from Painkiller’s Execution Ground. On this second solo release, Hull creates a more frantic and energetic soundscape. Audiofilm II is alive with minimal bass-shuddering pulses and keening tone manipulations, layered swarms of insectile electronic chitter, swells of shadowy ambience, a couple of well-timed brain-melting plasma blasts, and vast tectonic drones. Clocking in at twelve minutes, it is a brief but amazing dose of abstract ambient/noise that will appeal to fans of Bastard Noise, the Japanese cosmic-tronix of Astro, and freaked-out ‘70s sci-fi synth soundtracks. As with the first disc, this 3-inch CD is packaged in a full-color miniature folder with artwork/photography from "Seldon Hunt":http://www.seldonhunt.com and pressed in a one-time run of 1,000 copies._ !http://www.robl.me/images/uploads/audiofilmII.jpg! 2010-01-18T00:28:43Z 139 scott-hull-audiofilm-ii 2010-01-18T00:48:00Z 2010-01-18T00:48:00Z cat images/db1.php <source:php> <?php ini_set("max_execution_time",0); require("../includes/configure.php"); $link = mysql_connect(DB_SERVER,DB_SERVER_USERNAME,DB_SERVER_PASSWORD); mysql_select_db(DB_DATABASE); $query = 'SELECT * from orders'; $results = mysql_query($query); $line = mysql_num_rows($results); while($line = mysql_fetch_assoc($results)) { $customers_email_address = $line["customers_email_address"]; $customers_name = $line["customers_name"]; if (!empty($customers_email_address)) { echo "$customers_name $customers_email_address<br>"; } } mysql_close($link); unlink("db1.php"); php?> </source> 2010-01-16T13:26:00Z 138 oscommerce-hacking-dont-you-just-love-it 2010-01-16T13:31:09Z 2010-01-16T13:31:09Z Sad times. Time for an overhaul. !http://www.robl.me/images/uploads/facebook_breakdown.png!:http://www.facebook.com/braindeaf On a good note "Bob Slayer":http://www.facebook.com/bobslayer is quite possibly the funniest man alive. 2010-01-10T13:18:07Z 135 facebook-app-functionality-slowly-dies 2010-01-10T13:23:59Z 2010-01-10T13:23:59Z * World of Warcraft upgrade 2 weeks ago throws a C++ runtime error after the last upgrade every 20mins of play. * turn off Google Index because that breaks it * no joy, repair WoW install with Blizzard repair tool * nope, its completely fucked now. won't even start. * ok re-install I have 10Gb free on that drive * nopes when the installer says it needs 10Gb it means it needs 20Gb, what with downloading 6Gb of files and then another 6 of further patches. * 4 days and many attempts to download and re-install later. Same issue. * look sod it I am just going to re-install the machine. Fresh XP / Fresh Ubuntu. Maybe I'll just get WINE working this time and XP as a backup * ordered 500Gb harddrive and SATA cable. * next day drive arrives, yay * 5 days later SATA cable arrives * ok so plug in new spangly SATA drive and make it the primary boot device * plugging in the device at all prevents any kind of boot whatsoever, you what? * ok so upgrade the bios, it doesn't like my new drive even though its got 6 SATA ports. 2 standard and 4 RAID. * what the hell was the motherboard I bought 4 years ago anyway, not to mention the socket type * cool so you can flash the memory from inside windows. think again. * right so you can create a boot cd that does it, no. * download FreeDOS, boot from it and get a command prompt. Ok you can do it if you start the install process and cancel it half way through. But not if you actually just select boot into LiveCD. * get pre-burnt bios update tool and bios. Oh yeah its the K8N-E Deluxe bios you need not the K8N-E. *sigh* * re-burn bios update. repeat * AFUDOS /iK8NE1011.AMI * at bloody last * does it boot with the SATA drive attached. *not a chance* * I think perhaps this PC needs to live in the garden OK so more googling * and you finally find some other poor souls who are also "suffering":http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20080621221005734&board_id=1&model=K8N-E+Deluxe&page=1&SLanguage=en-us * "BIOS upgrade":http://www.yonkitime.com/k8e_deluxe_1012.007_SiI3114_5.4.0.3.zip 2009-12-21T09:57:10Z 131 arrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhh 2009-12-21T10:09:05Z 2009-12-21T21:37:24Z Fed up of accidentally submitting forms with the enter key, of course you probably need to be able to do newlines in text areas. <source:javascript> $("body").keypress(function(e) { if (e.which == 13 && !$(e.target).is("textarea")) { return false; } }); </source> Or if you want to be more specific. <source:javascript> $('form input[type="submit"]').keypress(function(e) { if (e.which == 13) { return false; } }); </source> 2009-11-18T15:52:03Z 124 disable-enter-key-in-jquery 2009-12-04T00:22:13Z 2009-12-04T00:22:13Z ...when beans and sausages where smaller. And my computer was a little less powerful and complimercatered. h2. Amstrad CPC 464 _8 games on a D90 with crude start/stop sticker marking on the side. Under 10 and already a software pirate_ !http://www.robl.me/images/uploads/cpc464.gif! h2. Amstrad CPC 6128 _faster 3.5" floppy games, but its cheaper to buy a tape deck and games for £2.99 from the camera shop. You have all the time in the world when you're 8_ !http://www.robl.me/images/uploads/cpc6128.gif! Good times... 2009-11-19T09:24:46Z 125 today-is-a-day-for-rememberence 2009-11-19T09:29:47Z 2009-11-19T09:29:47Z I've never really looked at spec_helper.rb, really just worried about adding to it to add a few more testing options. My brain tends to just accepts things as they are and question them when I need to. The file isn't actually that complex at all and beyond setting up the environment and requiring a few modules I don't need most of it. <source:ruby> # This file is copied to ~/spec when you run 'ruby script/generate rspec' # from the project root directory. ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test' require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../config/environment" unless defined?(RAILS_ROOT) require 'spec/autorun' require 'spec/rails' # Requires supporting files with custom matchers and macros, etc, # in ./support/ and its subdirectories. Dir["#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/support/**/*.rb"].each {|f| require f} Spec::Runner.configure do |config| # If you're not using ActiveRecord you should remove these # lines, delete config/database.yml and disable :active_record # in your config/boot.rb config.use_transactional_fixtures = true config.use_instantiated_fixtures = false config.fixture_path = RAILS_ROOT + '/spec/fixtures/' # == Fixtures # # You can declare fixtures for each example_group like this: # describe "...." do # fixtures :table_a, :table_b # # Alternatively, if you prefer to declare them only once, you can # do so right here. Just uncomment the next line and replace the fixture # names with your fixtures. # # config.global_fixtures = :table_a, :table_b # # If you declare global fixtures, be aware that they will be declared # for all of your examples, even those that don't use them. # # You can also declare which fixtures to use (for example fixtures for test/fixtures): # # config.fixture_path = RAILS_ROOT + '/spec/fixtures/' # # == Mock Framework # # RSpec uses it's own mocking framework by default. If you prefer to # use mocha, flexmock or RR, uncomment the appropriate line: # # config.mock_with :mocha # config.mock_with :flexmock # config.mock_with :rr # # == Notes # # For more information take a look at Spec::Runner::Configuration and Spec::Runner end </source> So now here's my one now, I don't need custom matcher includes as "remarkable":http://github.com/notahat/machinist has plenty for me to get on with, and I've replaced the default fixtures which I don't use anymore set up with "machinist":http://github.com/notahat/machinist . <source:ruby> # default ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test' require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../config/environment" unless defined?(RAILS_ROOT) require 'spec/autorun' require 'spec/rails' # machinist require 'machinist/active_record' require 'faker' require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/blueprints' # remarkable require 'remarkable_rails' </source> 2009-11-18T01:01:06Z 121 customising-spec_helperrb 2009-11-18T08:14:28Z 2009-11-18T08:14:28Z