Category Archives: Hosting

Smart Searching Using Anonymous Scopes

By John | Published: June 21, 2009
I really like how Lovetastic’s search works.  Instead of a plethora of select boxes, users can simply use expressions to create searches.  We did something similar with Tryst’s searching.  One text field and you enter stuff like age ranges (30-45), things like smoke-yes or smoke-no, cities, zipcodes, etc. To make this whole thing more Rails like, [...]
Also posted in Geeky, PHP, Ruby, Ruby On Rails, Seattle, Vacations | 1 Comment

Deployment Nightmare: Godaddy

By John | Published: November 4, 2008
Against the advice of, well, the entire Rails community, I attempted to deploy a project to Godaddy. Godaddy proudly displays the little Ruby logo next to Php when browsing through their hosting plans, and seeing as you can get Rails hosting for $7/month through them, it seems like a decent deal, even if you know it’s [...]
Also posted in Programming, Rants, Ruby, Ruby On Rails | 3 Comments

Uncrappifying your Qwest Modem (if it is a GT-701WG that is)

By John | Published: July 8, 2008
I have DSL service from Qwest.  It is ok.  Beats the competition. The one thing I HATE is the modem I got from them, an Actiontec GT-701WG. The problem?  It was darn near impossible to make it be JUST a modem, not act as a router/gateway, not act as a NAT, no frickin Actioncrap firewall, just [...]
Also posted in Geeky | 2 Comments