:rails => 'Clearing the Memcached Cache'

#drop in: /lib/tasks/cache.rake

namespace :cache do??desc 'Clear memcache cache'??task :clear => :environment do?? ActionController::Base.cache_store.clear??endend

#call:

rake cache:clear

Obviously, this is only useful if you’re using Memcached with your Rails site.

Via Strictly Untyped

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Yes we can!

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Earth, observed - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Make sure to check out the source of the images at Nasa’s Earth Observatory site.

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BigStopWatch. I wish this was available as an actual watch with a widescreen OLED display. Alas, it’s not, but it is almost as good: an iPhone app.

:php => 'Force Errors Off'

This trick just saved me a few hours, so it’s perfect for sharing. If you need to force the display of PHP errors off on a specific site, add this to your .htaccess file:

php_flag display_errors off

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The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, “You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done.

George Carlin

:rails_2_1 => 'Using AR validations with non-AR models'

http://www.neeraj.name/blog/articles/646

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Porsche WorldTime. Haute.

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Web Development Project Estimator

From the site: “The Web Development Project Estimator is a simple tool that allows web designers and site developers to quickly and thoroughly estimate the time and materials required for a proposed web project.”

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Google ‘Quick Search Box’ for Mac

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Quickly, easily browse through the fonts available on your computer. Nice.

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If the user can’t find it, the function’s not there.

Human Factors

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Yes, please.

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The Cue Cat concept makes yet another comeback with Microsoft Tag. I???ve tried this app, and every other one like it (QR, etc.). My issue with this is that it???s still just as much work as typing a URL; you have to start the barcode reader, take a good pic, approve the pic, and if the pic is okay, wait for the browser (or whatever) to launch. Why not just put a TinyURL in the ad and be done?

Until scanning a barcode is effortless, it???s pointless.

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Exactly. Via Coding Horror

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I. Want. This. Watch. I’m addicted to watches. Anyone feeling generous?