Author Archives: Bradly Feeley

My First Lesson In Programming

Today I stumbled upon the first program I ever wrote. It’s an interesting story looking back twenty years later.
When I was somewhere between 8-10 years old my uncle gave my family our first computer, a Coleco Adam. Along with the computer we were given the now classic book BASIC Computer Games. No one in my [...]

Merb Overheard Launched

Recently, Merb has been getting a lot of attention. With significant changes leading up to the 1.0 release, and now with it’s own conference, the Merb community needs a centralized place where relevant information can be found. Say hello to Merb Overheard.
Merb Overheard follows the planet-type aggregation sites similar to Planet Ruby on Rails and [...]

Installing a Ruby on Rails Plugin from a Github Branch

One of the coolest things about Git is how easy it makes working with branches. Rails has been playing catch up with Git’s distributed methodologies and recently took a nice step forward. Previously you could only useĀ ./script/plugin install to install from the master branch of a Github repository. Now you can specify the branch name [...]