Ian Irving's Code and Culture from Toronto
Now browser sniffing is basically a bad thing but there is still a need to fix / hack issues on older browsers, in particular Internet Explorer. Okay, almost entirely in Internet Explorer. IE6 may be -mostly- dead, but IE8 will Continue reading Doing Conditional Comments for your Internet Explorer css fixes better, with HTML top tag classes
the following code was extracted from my Mobile Ruby on Rails Web App Demo, which was intended as a very simple Mobile Ruby on Rails Web Application (Web App) which uses Ruby 1.9.2, Ruby on Rails 3.0.7 and jQuery Mobile Continue reading Detecting a Mobile Browser on the Server in your Rails app
This is for Ruby on Rails 2.5.x, and MySQL 5, and the MySQL2 gem (there is a problem with mysql2-0.3.2. and rails 3.0.x, but using 0.2.7 for Ruby 2.5.x and 3.0.x is good). I do hope to test some of Continue reading Rails Migration Rollback with compound indexes fail and fix
Newly launched is the web site of Toronto based http://www.James-Signs.com, a designer and manufacturer of signs and graphics for a variety of applications for both standard stock-type signage and accessories but also catering to the individual needs of a diverse Continue reading James Signs, built as a custom Ruby on Rails CMS site
If you are a news, twitter or trend junkie, then Twendr is for for you! Located at http://Twendr.com it shows you at a glance what’s happening across geography’s (or time, for a single place), using trending topics on Twitter. What Continue reading Twendr, your Global Twitter Trend Dashboard
This is a preamble to the last years post Building a Cascading Drop Down Selection List for Ruby on Rails with jQuery Ajax, In part because I’ve realized that people where are lost without some basic setup I assumed as Continue reading a preamble to Building a Cascading Drop Down Selection List for Ruby on Rails with jQuery Ajax