Monthly Archives: October 2006

jscalendar onFocus and onBlur with Prototype

10/27/2006 – 11:48 pm

I have found jscalendar to be an effective, if bloated, solution for integrating a DHTML calendar into an existing form input field requiring a user to enter a date and optionally a time. However, for it transparently effective, it needs to appear when a user brings focus to the form field and disappear when focus [...]

By jasonb | Posted in JavaScript | Comments (0)

Amusement from Citibank and mailbox security

10/21/2006 – 3:05 pm

While signing up for an account at Citibank’s Web site, I came across the most amusing scare to prod you into selecting electronic statements. Security. Specifically, is your physical postal mailbox really secure? You know your computer’s secure…how about your mailbox? I find that flatly amusing. The typical Citibank customer’s computer is likely owned by [...]

By jasonb | Posted in Money | Comments (0)

What is Linux?

10/14/2006 – 5:15 pm

So is Linux a city? No. It’s a game you play on Windows XPee The object is to refill armadillo by punishing fat ponies. hmmm? Or else you end up in the closet with the amorous aardvark. It’s pretty fun. ill take your word for it

By jasonb | Posted in IRC | Comments (0)

Fixes for acts_as_wizard plugin

10/5/2006 – 10:48 pm

Before I could start using acts_as_wizard a few things had to be changed. First, core_extensions.rb defined, class Symbol def to_str id2name end end But its presence broke filtered_access plugin. The purpose of the above seemed identical to the existing Symbol#to_s, so I don’t know why it’s there. I commented it out. Second, I had to [...]

By jasonb | Posted in Rails | Comments (1)