minimalmac: Share files, passwords, and more with self-destructing private links. Really handy. I’ve used it a few times now. Works as advertised. I had this idea a while ago, before I even knew how to code. I was thinking of building it as a web app, but this still looks great. I’m just glad that it’s out there so I can cross it off my To Make list. [goto](https://usetorpedo.com/)
My latest project: a Sinatra-based Stoic quote generator that yammers on Twitter. Working from the “Meditations” written by Marcus Aurelius, a Ruby gem by the name of marky_markov creates a Markov chain and the Twitter gem feeds it into the Twitter silo. Which is to say, Marcus is [sorta] still sharing his insights today. Currently, the thing posts only when hitting a local URL. Next steps are to give it a presentable face, host it online, and automate posting [looking at you, Heroku Scheduler]. Give a follow if you don’t already have enough bots in your life. ...
I made a thing. It started out as an assignment and a learning experience, using JavaScript for the whole stack. Then I learned that it was taking too long. Thus, a classic Ruby on Rails application with some AJAX-y goodness thrown in. Perhaps my favorite features are the differentiation between to-do items and those overdue; and the inclusion of Action Mailer to send a daily agenda. a basic todo list that let’s you know when you’ve failed as a person daily agendas delivered early every morning! [goto](http://arcane-ridge-2246.herokuapp.com/)
mikeebert: For the past couple of months I’ve been searching for (and bemoaning the lack of) a proper ‘console’ command in Sinatra to access my data. Rails has its aptly named rails console command that allows you to quickly see things like User.all or User.last—but despite my best Googling, I’d found no… [goto](http://mikeebert.tumblr.com/post/29941784481/running-a-sinatra-console)
Our final project for MakerSquare: an app for booking flights to Mars. Whimsical? Absolutely. Ahead of its time? Slightly. Completely ridiculous? Only if you’ve forgotten how to dream. [goto](http://marsattracts.com)
TL;DR If you are new to the asset pipeline in rails, using custom fonts can be a bit confusing. This is how I recommend getting started: add fonts… [goto](http://aokolish.me/blog/2011/12/24/at-font-face-with-the-asset-pipeline/)
timoarnall: mostlysignssomeportents: Try as I might, I can’t shake the feeling that 2014 is the year we lose the Web. The W3C push for DRM in all browsers is going to ensure that all interfaces built in HTML5 (which will be pretty much everything) will be opaque to users, and it will be illegal to report on security flaws in them… It’s basically all being driven by Netflix. Everyone in the browser world is convinced that not supporting Netflix will lead to total marginalization, and Netflix demands that computers be designed to keep secrets from, and disobey, their owners (so that you can’t save streams to disk in the clear).We are Huxleying ourselves into the full Orwell. ...
Alias for my command line - Gist is a simple way to share snippets of text and code with others. Listened to a Ruby Rogues episode on sharpening one’s tools. Finally started to put together shortcuts for my command line. Thanks to Boggsy & Mike for sharing how to get started over the MakerSquare mailing list.
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