Category Archives: Ruby
Back In Print
My article on Ruby/Amazon has finally made it into print in the February issue of Dr Dobb’s Journal. This is my first published work for a computer magazine in just under ten years. It’s hard to imagine it was that … Continue reading
ruby-ldap controls patch
I’ve put out a series of patches to ruby-ldap 0.8.3 to allow the easy use of controls. Controls take advantage of the extensible nature of LDAPv3 to provide functionality not part of the original protocol specification. < p> Specifically, I … Continue reading
On The Money
Ruby/Finance is finally available for public consumption. I released version 0.1.0 yesterday evening to a deafening roar of silence. Currently, it handles basic Yahoo Finance stuff, such as currency conversions and stock data retrieval from the American, Australian, Asian and … Continue reading
The Bug Returns
I’ve been farting around, looking for another programming project to sink some time into. I haven’t felt like doing any programming for a couple of months now, and I needed something to get my teeth into enough that it would … Continue reading
Accounting for spam
Since I wrote about my new anti-spam measures, the spam has been furiously banging up against my virtual front door. Talking to a colleague on IRC tonight, I was inspired to write a quick Ruby script to report the progress … Continue reading