Month: March 2008

  • Ruby woes: NameError and uninitialized constant

    The thing I hate most about learning a new programming language is the time it takes to do the simplest things… something goes wrong and it takes hours to figure it. Sure, it’s worth it once you know but boy do I hate that time consuming learning process. Meet today’s problem. NameError in StoryController#index uninitialized…

  • Spam filter that blocks the spam senders from RECEIVING email!

    Interesting, I just tried to report spam to a company who I assume ran the campaign in good faith. The report got an unexpected response: : host lonvs07.kinexus.net[212.113.24.167] said: 554 Service unavailable; Client host [89.234.3.158] blocked using relays.ordb.org; ordb.org was shut down on December 18, 2006. Please remove from your mailserver. (in reply to RCPT…

  • We featured on ITN National news

    I’ve got a backlog of things I want to post, delayed by a backlog of things I need spend time on at work first, but this one jumps all the queues. Our family business (Roots Kitchens Bedrooms Bathrooms) was featured on ITN news as a small business case study. The wonders of modern technology mean…