http://www.runfatboy.net/blog Fitness for the buffet enthusiast. Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:24:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Upgraded to ruby 1.8.7. Went to the script/console, executed a basic activerecord find command and received the following error : Mysql::Error: Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server. From the accompanying stack trace, it’s obvious that ActiveRecord is looking at the old mysql adapter that comes packaged with ruby 1.8.7. from ... http://www.runfatboy.net/blog/2010/05/14/ruby-187-mysqlerror-client-does-not-support-authentication-protocol-requested-by-server/ I’ve recently made some modifications to my auto cross fading script for kJams. Instead of querying the lyrics window to see if it’s full screen (and just assuming that karaoke is being played), it now simply queries kJams to see if it’s playing a song or not. Dave, the ... http://www.runfatboy.net/blog/2010/05/12/kjams-and-autocross-fading-v20/ Anybody who knows me knows that I am a huge fan of karaoke. Back in the college days we took it upon ourselves to build a karaoke stage in the living room complete with mounted multi-monitors on the wall. Those were the good ole’ days In an attempt ... http://www.runfatboy.net/blog/2008/10/27/karaoke-kjams-and-auto-crossfading-with-itunes/ My Uncle Bob bought my family growing up their first ever telescope, a telescope so big that at the time it stood taller than me. I can remember watching the stars with the neighbors on a few summers nights. He took us on a tour of StorageTek in 1988 ... http://www.runfatboy.net/blog/2008/05/28/uncle-bob/ So, I have this web app that I am creating for a friend that helps with managing inventory for eBay auctions. When a user created a product, my intention was to allow them to upload as many images as they would like to be associated with that product. When they ... http://www.runfatboy.net/blog/2008/05/16/allowing-multiple-uploads-attachment_fu-for-multi-model-forms/ I just got done reading Steve Yegge’s “Dyanmic Languages Strike Back”. He notes that one of the perceived problems with dynamic languages is the lack of tools, (he notes specifically the autocomplete feature). While the thought of type declarations or any sort of annotations makes me cringe, is there ... http://www.runfatboy.net/blog/2008/05/13/recording-type-definitions-from-unit-tests-for-autocompletion/ Ever since Jr. High I looked forward to the winter time. I loved the way the cool breezes hit against my face. I loved the fact that I could wear a long sleeve shirt and not worry about breaking into a sweat or develop pit stains. Winter ... http://www.runfatboy.net/blog/2008/05/03/lower-blood-pressure-and-seasonal-changes/ I absolutely loves Rails 2.0 and the command line conveniences it provides for the RESTful scaffolding and models. Here’s a couple of tricks to generate a migration to quickly to add/remove columns from an existing table. Assume you already have a table called ‘Users’. You would like to add ... http://www.runfatboy.net/blog/2008/03/01/rails-migrations-command-line-power-in-20/ I am posting an image and three movies. The image represents a chest x-ray that was performed on May 2, 2006.  The collection of movies are of a CT scan that was performed in early December. I am hoping that a few qualified (and curious) individuals will take the time to review ... http://www.runfatboy.net/blog/2007/12/28/diagnose-me/ My mother called me yesterday and told me that my sister had a mole removed from her leg and the doctors found it be cancerous.  My sister has been known to lay out the in the sun a little too long, but at only age 30, the percentages were definitely ... http://www.runfatboy.net/blog/2007/04/18/hyperfocus-and-the-loss-of-sensitivity/