http://www.pauldanter.com Ruby, Rails, Apple, Mobile Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:28:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm currently using a trial copy of Versions by Sofa. It's a nice and slick client app, that is beautifully designed and looks and feels native on the mac. I've been using ZigVersion, which is free for personal use, and I've been pretty pleased with it, but Versions has a little ... http://www.pauldanter.com/svn-client-for-leopard-the-fits-right-in I'm not stupid. But... 1. I should be able to compare mobile phone contacts and weigh up the benefits 2. Why are phone bills impossible to interpret? 3. I know 1 & 2 are done to confuse me and stop me asking questions, but why do we all put up with it? The reason ... http://www.pauldanter.com/phone-contract-confusion-even-voicemail-varies The attacks in India served as another case study in how technology is transforming people into potential reporters, adding a new dimension to the news media. The New York Times discusses how, as the story unfolded, news emerged from a new breed of sources - including Twitter and Flickr - as ... http://www.pauldanter.com/citizen-journalists-and-mobile-technology There are some great guides for installing and configuring ImageMagick and RMagick on OS X for use with Ruby on Rails. In my experience, there's always something missing. I recently wanted to use the Gruff gem for generating graphs and my standard install failed. It turns out there are some font ... http://www.pauldanter.com/rmagick-on-rails A couple of nice tips for a fresh install: * Dan Benjamin has the most comprehensive guide online for a purpose built rails install. It can be found here. * If you want to install a sepecific version of rails, the syntax is: sudo gem install -v=2.1.0 rails * If you use MySQL rather ... http://www.pauldanter.com/ruby-on-rails-install-on-leopard It looks like Apple and AT&T have decided to do the right thing and offer an official mechanism to tether your iPhone to your laptop. Hurrah. Details will follow. You can read more about it here. Here's my purely academic *unoffical* guide to how this can be achieved today. http://www.pauldanter.com/iphone-tethering-will-be-official-in-2009 What do you put on a shiny new MacBook Pro? Here's my list of must have apps one day in (as in - the ones I can't live without): Here's a quick explanation of some of the key items... * 1Password. Handy app to keep all those online identities under control. * Adobe ... http://www.pauldanter.com/great-os-x-apps This is a very funny message from Sarah Silverman to get Jewish kids to Schelp over to FL and encourage their grandparents to vote for Obama... The Great Schlep from The Great Schlep on Vimeo. http://www.pauldanter.com/great-get-out-and-vote-message I finally got my new MBP and it's overwhelmingly impressive. The unibody make the whole thing very solid and I'll be interested to see how it handles wear-and-tear. For me, it's the little things that count. Apple always seems to be able to pay attention to things that could be overlooked. ... http://www.pauldanter.com/new-macbook-pro-supports-iphone-headset Even though the iPhone comes with an *unlimited* data plan, that does not extend to connecting via the iPhone from your computer - a process known as tethering. For this reason, you will not find an application on the iTunes App Store to help if you'd like to do this. ... http://www.pauldanter.com/iphone-tethering