Russ•Works

The Offical Weblog of Russell Jennings

Schneier on Security: Who Owns Your Computer?

Just because computers were a liberating force in the past doesn’t mean they will be in the future. There is enormous political and economic power behind the idea that you shouldn’t truly own your computer or your software, despite having paid for it.

Becoming more relevant, especially with iOS and Android.

Git Preflight

I wrote this script because I kept committing errors to github and wanted to avoid the really stupid mistakes; for me thats was commented code, binding.pry entries, console.log entries, and failing specs. I use it every day, and felt like sharing.

Octopussy

I always get the name mixed up. Octopress lets you host your blog on github. It’s what this site runs on. Highly recommend.

Gem Me Not

In this I cover how to utilize a custom Gemfile in a rails app. Useful for when you use additional gems that developers you work with do not.

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