Supersonic Feet

My previous post mentioned FireBug and how handy it is in tracking/debugging AJAX requests and code. This was particularly important as the problem I'm having is with Sortable lists (in tree form) and child elements not being serialized when they're added via AJAX. To explain a bit further, I'm using the technique to list the pages ...

I spent part of my weekend doing a bit more work on my super-semi-secret Rails CMS, especially on part of the admin area that involved some nice AJAX effects that of course caused more trouble than is immediately worth it. One of the main problems is that it's very awkward to debug AJAX code without writing ...

When embarking on Random Photography Mission (TM), don't do it in a huge forest an hour before sunset when no-one knows where you've gone. Forests get dark a lot quicker than open fields thanks to all the trees. They're also generally far less well signposted than roads. They also tend not to have very good mobile ...

Lighthouse and fog horn I've been taking lots of pictures at the coast near my Dad's house recently.

Another area I was having trouble with in Rails and found a simple plugin solution - switching layouts depending on whether you're logged in and which theme you've chosen if you are. Matt McCray comes to the rescue with his Rails Theme Support Plugin. It allows you to have multiple themes in their own sub-directories and ...