Rod McLaughlin

"Valhalla, I am coming" - The Immigrant Song

how i ported a rails 2.3 app to 3.2

how i ported a merb app to rails


A solution to the Falklands crisis   31jan12  

They get the Malvinas, we get Messi

Topless Russian feminists take a winter break   28jan12  
Ever wanted to change all filenames containing one string to another?   27jan12  
What I had to do to get authlogic working with Ruby on Rails 3.1.3   25jan12  
Is Europe a 'vast continent'?   21jan12  
An article explaining why 'scientific consensus' is a non-starter   18jan12  
Saudi Arabia goes soft   13jan12  
BLACK FRIDAY FOR THE EURO!!!   13jan12  
Climate sceptic wins temperature bet   13jan12  
Manchester Untied?   08jan12  
Our Declining Moral Standards   07jan12  
Beaches, babes, surf and sun   03jan12  
You can't make it up IV: "Mammals adapt to changes in the climate"   28dec11  
UK police raid climate skeptics and seize their computers   15dec11  
Toystore ends 'gender apartheid' in time for Christmas/Hannukah/Kumbaya/whatever   14dec11  
You can't make it up III: "Polar bear cannibalism caused by global warming"   10dec11  
Protestors in Russia take their clothes off and sing anti Tsar songs   09dec11  
Eurozone countries go it alone with new treaty that excludes Britain   09dec11  
Another candidate for the Darwin award   06dec11  
Mixing miles and meters   03dec11  
You can't make it up II: "Climate change insight gleaned from Yellowstone wolves"   02dec11  
Ever wondered what 'dew point' means in weather forecasts?   30nov11  
Cultural relativism in 'The Sun'   18nov11  
Ever wondered what '~>' means in a Rails Gemfile?   17nov11  
"I think we need to get much angrier" says Gloria Steinem   14nov11  
Interesting times   01nov11  
More misleading information about global warming scepticism   24oct11  
Ruby on Rails - Direct client requirement - Prem Kumar to me   20oct11  
Guy crashes car at high speed, dies   17oct11  
Wellington to Auckland on the 'Overlander' train   12oct11  
Climb-it change   25sep11  
Christiano Ronaldo summarizes Nietzsche in twenty-three words   15sep11  
The Guardian deletes my comments about global warming   08sep11  
Britney's back   30aug11  
Significant iconic new words highlight impact scenario cliché   25aug11  
Moving to Rails 3.1   05aug11  
Bankers are masters of saying nothing   05aug11  
Subversion can't handle soft link reversal   29jul11  
'The Sun' uses an old word in a new way   28jul11  
My first movie   25jul11  
California shows the way   16jul11  
Lindsay Lohan - Che Male Vi Ho Fatto?   06jul11  
"Even the mere accusation of harassment can destroy a person's career and personal life"   29jun11  
Princess Di at fifty   27jun11  
What happens if the Greeks welch on their debts - or vice versa?   25jun11  
Scottish parties unable to reach agreement on sectarianism   23jun11  
The Roundhouse has re-opened (where I saw the Stones in '71)   21jun11  
Argentina's president claims Falklands, denounces 'crude colonial power'   17jun11  
How to get customer service at Bank of America - 866-797-8464   08jun11  
Bentleys and Aston Martins abandoned on the streets of Delhi   31may11  
Lithuanian sex doll swimming contest video   28may11  
You can't make it up - "Getting Wise to the Owl, a Charismatic Sentry in Climate Change"   25may11  
self and other in ruby   24may11  
The perfect monosyllabic headline: "Eck told: Get Brum up or else"   24may11  
Cricket - the only game in which you can enjoy watching your own team lose   20may11  
Montana Supreme Court orders state to respond to climate petition filed on behalf of youths   19may11  
The Guardian redeems itself   18may11  
The new Yorkshire Ripper is a woman named Arab Sultana, say police   16may11  
The Guardian's liberal élitism re. the Eurovision Song Contest   14may11  
More tabloid illiteracy   08may11  
El Clàssic   03may11  
The Tess of the D'Urbervilles problem   03may11  
My final piece about the royal wedding   02may11  
Another important article about the royal wedding   29apr11  
Tabloid illiteracy   21apr11  
Bwlch y Gle Dam Tragedy   21apr11  
Moving to Rails 3.1 beta   19apr11  
George Monbiot loses his marbles   07apr11  
Not UN's job to kill Gaddafi: to view this you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser   22mar11  
Ukraine feminists in topless protest at New Zealand Win a Wife competition   02mar11  
Another humbling experience   27feb11  
An obscure unit of velocity - attoparsecs per microfortnight   25feb11  
A really important article about the forthcoming royal wedding   23feb11  
An Austrian with a funny name   17feb11  
Important news item: "I put poison in lingerie boss's soup, says nanny"   04feb11  
Global warming confirmed - no snow in Florida   18jan11  
My favourite academic subjects   12jan11  
Expert: 'Bullet to the brain leaves poor prognosis'   09jan11  
Lines on the demise of Gerry Rafferty   06jan11  
Air crash death toll was up 13% in 2010 - but overall trend is improving, says the Guardian   04jan11  
England retain the Ashes   30dec10  
Do they really call it 'stormy Monday'?   20dec10  
There'll always be a Luton   14dec10  
A humbling experience   11dec10  
"Fraudster Madoff's Son Found Hanged": you need Flash and Javascript enabled   11dec10  
Good Vibrations   17nov10  
Self-testing Software: A Paradigm Is Born   16nov10  
i am not using any method for geeting full path   12nov10  
Ruby Version Manager (RVM) Rocks   10nov10  
Rails 3.0.0 can crash Ruby 1.9.2p0   23oct10  
Clever databases, Rails performance issues, and stored procedures   09oct10  
Norman Wisdom - last of the traditional British comedians   06oct10  
Let me know if you are interest on the below opening   30sep10  
subversion-hell.sh   28sep10  
A hard week at work with SOAP4R   25sep10  
Another Rails tip   07sep10  
The Liberal Assault On Our Culture Reaches Australia   03sep10  
DROID!   01sep10  
Welsh Dentists Pay Shock   20aug10  
Whingeing POM - the stupidity of Maven   18aug10  
Real programmers don't use SOAP   11aug10  
Obfuscated Ruby   28jul10  
Back in Blighty   10jul10  
Ruby Asynchronous Messaging   05jul10  
Jobsworth FIFA official throws girls out of match   15jun10  
Moving back to Subversion source control   07jun10  
Moving back to Rails 2   01jun10  
Moving to Rails 3   16may10  
A further refinement of a new temperature scale   20apr10  
Truth and Motivation   20apr10  
Climategate   12apr10  
JRuby - yet another web application framework   27mar10  
A script to modify an HTML file   24mar10  
How to install Rails on the EEEPC subnotebook part 2   17mar10  
A new temperature scale - degrees McLaughlin   13mar10  
Meaningful URLs in Rails   13mar10  
A shell script to consolidate your iTunes mp3s into one folder   21feb10  
The homogeneity of Latin America   07feb10  
Rushdie's Relativism   19jan10  
Grails - another web development environment   19jan10  
A wierd reply to a room-4-rent ad   12dec09  
I just ported this application from Merb to Rails   22oct09  
Cowboys and Indians   14oct09  
Management and pair programming   21jul09  
The Rabble and the Royal Bank   18jun09  
The Best   09jun09  
Ruby and Rationalization   06jun09  
Class variables in Ruby on Rails   05may09  
How to Install Rails on Ubuntu 9   05may09  
Ruby will give you a RAISE   13apr09  
Over the Siskiyous   01apr09  
Mount Shasta   29mar09  
Cloughie and me   13mar09  
How to tell the time using Java   11mar09  
Over the Sierras   10mar09  
Death Valley   05mar09  
Las Vegas UZI   24feb09  
Climate Change Deniers Should Die   19feb09  
Las Vegas   18feb09  
Will Obama close CIA secret prisons?   01feb09  
Joshua Tree   28jan09  
America Has A Black President   22jan09  
Well, you know what kinda eyes she got   13jan09  
CRUSHED - a new acronym   09jan09  
Bike Touring in the Central Valley in Winter   08jan09  
On the road again   06jan09  
Rails and Merb Merge   24dec08  
Farewell Adrian Mitchell - 1932-2008   24dec08  
How to install Rails on the EEEPC subnotebook   17dec08  
How to Install Rails on Ubuntu   17dec08  
How to add a Delete Confirmation Dialog in Merb   15dec08  
A Great American   15dec08  
Enough (Edward) Said   13dec08  
Arundhati Roy's take on the Mumbai massacre   12dec08  
Kittens   12dec08  

 

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