Underpants Gnome

New Gems

Michael — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:28:32 +0000

I have created Gem versions of the ConfigReader plugin and GemTools plugin.

You can install them with

sudo gem install config_reader

and

sudo gem install gem_tools

The source is on GitHub.

GitHub oops…

Michael — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:21:04 +0000

So I realized that when I imported all my stuff to GitHub I spaced on setting the svn.authorsfile on a few. So I deleted and reimported them from svn.

If there’s a better way to fix that kind of thing, somebody let me know.

Location Watcher for OS X

Michael — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:03:54 +0000

So this morning in the office we were discussing the hassle of swapping out host files based on whether we were in the office or on the outside. I said “You know if I wasn’t so lazy I’d write an AppleScript to do it for me when the network changed”.

This evening I went looking to see if somebody had already do it for me and I found this LocationChanger which was very close to what I wanted. But…

I didn’t want to be limited to only 2 locations (work and home) and I wanted it to be a little easier to manage what happened for each location. So I started with Onne’s code and ended up with Location Watcher.

Enjoy it. Comments and suggestions are always welcome.

GitHub for the win

Michael — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:56:12 +0000

So I’ve moved all the stuff that is currently hosted on svn.underpantsgnome.com to GitHub.

The stuff will continue to be accessible for a while, but I will not be posting any updates. In addition I will be setting the trac pages to redirect to GitHub shortly as well.

Yawn… Stretch…

Michael — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:33:30 +0000

What’d I miss?? So I’ve been in a cave for a little over a year. I know, I know.

I was working for a company that had me doing things that really didn’t pertain to the real world so I didn’t have much to say.

Well, I’m back and working on some goodies. It sure feels good.

I’ll post updates as I have things worth sharing.

Sorry…

Michael — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:53:18 +0000

If you were a Twitter user and it all of a sudden tanks… It’s all my fault, I created a Twitter account.

Again, My apologies.

RcovNotifier a CruiseControl.rb plugin

Michael — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:30:14 +0000

So I stumbled onto CruiseControl.rb a couple days ago, yeah I’ve been under a rock, very nice. I’ve already switched from continuous_builder plugin. Being able to browse the output of past builds is nice. I’ve also set it up to drop the rcov reports into the artifacts so they are easily viewable as well.

I also wrote a plugin to monitor your rcov coverage and if t falls outside of a specified range you get email. Yay, good ole public shaming.

More info on RcovNotifier

HpricotScrub is now a Gem

Michael — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 17:58:49 +0000

I turned HpricotScrub into a Gem so that it’s easier to use across projects.

You can find the RubyForge project here and the Trac is here

Rails Plugins

Michael — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 17:58:34 +0000

Most folks wont much care about these, but I’ve taken some code I found myself using in every project I worked on and made them plugins to make life a little easier.

The current plugins are GemTools (previously mentioned on the blog), Core Extensions and Config Reader. More info here.

Devalot, Rocks a lot

Michael — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 07:57:23 +0000

So I stumbled onto Devalot, and I have to say I like what I see. This thing has the potential to kick some butt. I really like the blog aggregation to the front page. If they go the right direction with the source integration this thing will replace Trac and Wordpress on my stuff no problem.

I just wish I had more “free-time” to help out with it, new gigs tend to eat a lot of time.