Rails 2.1 Time Zone Trouble

Making an app deal with multiple time zones is easy in Rails 2.1. Right? Just include a default time zone your environment.rb: Rails::Initializer.run do |config| # ...   config.time_zone =...

Too Many Choices

Photo By Tomotaka I have spent a silly amount of time lately contemplating what I want in a blogging engine/system/platform/thing. I know one thing: Drupal, the system I am currently...

Thor, Sake, and Rails Log Stats

![Thor Action Figure](http://soyunperdedor.com/files/thor.jpg "Thor and Mjolnir!") [Photo By Ben Northern](http://www.flickr.com/photos/bnorthern/) Of course, converting the Rake task from my previous post to a Sake task was simple. namespace :log do  ...

Rake Rails Log Stats

![Stack of Logs](http://soyunperdedor.com/files/logs.jpg "Logs! Everywhere!") [Photo By mer de glace](http://flickr.com/photos/marts-pics) There are several log analyzers for all sorts of logs. You can find analyzers for Apache logs, Nginx logs, auth...

My Favorite Rails Tips

![screwdriver drill bit tips](http://soyunperdedor.com/files/drill_bit_tips.jpg "Photo By Dion Gillard") [Photo By Dion Gillard](http://www.flickr.com/photos/diongillard/ "Photo By Dion Gillard") The Rails tips contest held by Ryan Bates at Railscasts.com recently produced a great...