10 to 20-years ago, I don’t believe we would have seen such great advertising:
Archives for April 2011
CanCan For Easy Role Authorization in Rails
Most applications that support login and authentication in their system also have some type of roles. That is, administrators, users, contributers perhaps, and so on. You get the idea.
One of the nicest things about the Rails ecosystem is the available gems that make certain pieces of a functionality trivial to include in an application.
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Cost of Being Hacked [8BIT PSA]
Getting hacked can cause you a lot of embarrassment.
In fact, sometimes it’s not even your security that’s breeched, but someone else’s!
Either way, it’s still your information.
Consider this a Public Service Announcement from 8BIT:
- Update your passwords.
- Update your virus software.
- Update your virus/spyware/malware definitions.
- Run your scans.
- There is no $348,000 waiting to be wire transfered directly into your bank account.
Or else:
Google Translate for Missionaries
Google Translate is available for the iPhone and packs a lot of really awesome features!
I can tell you that a translation tool like Google Translate for the iPhone would make both language learning and daily life easier.
Check out these features:
Beautiful Docomo Commercial [Video]
Really very cool!
Is “Free” the Right Price?
There are many “free” products out there.
Look at the Google Suite, for instance. I’m pretty sure they’re taking over the world. Email, word processing, spreadsheets, blogging, dev tools, voice chat, on and on the list goes. All. For. Free.
Kind of.