Sliced Software

Back in Business

I was finally able to get my expired SSL certificate situation resolved. The store is back online....

Mar 2nd

A Simple .union Extension For...

I just wrote and released my first rails plugin, called union. It’s absurdly simple and fairly...

Feb 28th

Rake That Data into A Pile of YAML

My friend, @milaniliev, pointed me to his very useful db:fixtures:dump rake task that allows for...

Feb 27th

Nested Object Forms in Rails 2.3

I’ve just found this great overview of the Nested Object Forms feature that’s new in...

Feb 27th

Safari and Gmail Just Won't Play Nice

I’ve been having an issue lately with Safari and Gmail not playing nice. I leave Gmail open...

Feb 26th

Expired SSL Certificate

The SSL certificate expired for secure.slicedsoftware.com. I’m trying to get a new one but for...

Feb 24th

My Problem With before_filters

Although I think using before_filters is sometimes appropriate, I often find that it reduces the...

Feb 13th

MySQL Isn't Very Sensitive

When writing SQL conditions in MySQL, using an equal sign is case insensitive. For example: SELECT...

Feb 11th