This afternoon, I introduced myself to Asterisk Very interesting, and once you start playing with it, you start to realise its quite versatile. Hmmm, there is even Rails integration with RAGI. Nice.
Role based ACL handling in Rails Controllers
Came across this today. Neat take on the idea, and has some nifty features. Does not handle row based security in the models. but hey, one problem at a time. New Plugin ACL system
Moving Pictures … Moving Story
I have just finished watching one of the most innovative and moving short films I have ever seen. Stop reading this. Go to this link and download it. Go on, do it now, you won’t regret it.
Ahhhh…. Spam!
As anyone who has known me for a while, you will probably know I like my food. I am not a pretentious cook, quite happy doing burgers and chips, just as much as doing a rack of lamb with celeriac…
Eternal Optimism of the Rare Steak Officianado
For my current contract I have to do a fair amount of travelling. The client requires me to be onsite in their offices for two days a week. This means I get to stay in a hotel for one night…
Trudging through the Dark
Darkness all around, wind pushing me back, rain spitting in my face like an angry fishwife. I trudge, slouched, through the night. Clockwise, ever clockwise, no end in sight to footsteps, through desolation forbidding, unwelcome at every side. Crest of…
Poems, Music, Daughters.
This morning, my daughter came into my office and noticed a piece of paper I have up on the wall. On this paper is a poem. ‘Abort, Retry, Ignore’ It’s a parody of The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe. So,…
A thing of beauty is a joy forever
Or so the old saying goes. About a year ago, I purchased an Apple Mac Book Pro. It is the most expensive single piece of computer equipment I have ever bought. I have never regretted this. The grin that was…
Filthy Starbucks
Cory Doctorow in a recent BoingBoing posting says… That Starbucks in Britain are filthier than their US counterparts because the US customers are conditioned to clean up after themselves while the British customers do not. Well, maybe, but its deeper…
Life is Risk
Anthony Bourdaine in his book ‘Kitchen Confidential’ gives lots of advice about restaurants. One of the main ones is “Don’t order fish on Mondays”. The idea is that its probably been around since the friday produce delivery. But Tony ALSO…