Including gems with new rubygems

Have You seen something like this: NameError (undefined local variable or method `acts_as_taggable’ for Route:Class): after You have upgraded to rubygems-0.9.2? Well I saw and did a little investigation. The results: With new rubygems require_gem is replaced with gem command. One of the differences is that with gem autorequire feature is no longer enabled. In …

Google Maps API setImage or no more events redefinition

Before Google Maps API in version 2.75 changing icon for GMarker was not so easy. Why? Deleting old marker and creating new one is quite straightforward. But deleting marker means delete events associated with this particular marker. And recreating them for new one makes things much more complicated. Especially when events are added during application …

RuPy 2007 or why Rails still amazes me

Last weekend I was speaking on RuPy conference. I had time to take part only on Sunday, so I missed first day, and what is probably key event of every conference, evening meeting in bar. Well, maybe next year. For RuPy I had to refresh my speaker skills (last my speak on conference was something …

MUD, AJAX and real world

Before I have left for Internet free zone (Easter!) I have found this site http://www.ajaxmud.com/. It is somehow realization of my idea from almost year ago. This MUD sucks ;-) even if subtitle says it does not, but hey! this early development stage. But I don’t think ajaxmud.com will move out of this stage, since …

Toggling GMarker on and off

Finally, with new release (v2.77) Google Maps API provides interface to toggle on and off markers on map. I will test it soon, since right now with Run-N-Share I have some problems with markers highlighting. Now to highlight marker I have destroy old one and create new one. In FireFox it causes some delay, and …