Jason Amster

Issues Installing Nokogiri

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:22:37 -0500

Had some issues installing Nokogiri this morning on my slicehost account running Ubuntu (Hardy 8.04). Every time I tried installing the gem, I would get this :


sudo gem install nokogiri
Building...

A little snippit to tell if it’s Unix time 1234567890

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:17:13 -0500

A little snippit to tell if it’s Unix time 1234567890:

Facebook Purgatory

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:11:17 -0500

I think I’ve coined a new term:

Facebook Purgatory: The place where people stay when I choose to neither accept or ignore their friendship request.

Sorry, I just don’t always know if I want that connection. So, I have like 70 people in my queue of friendship requests. My mood determines if you get in or not. Usually after time I grant friendship.

What I learned this year (not me... this guy)

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:57:58 -0500

What I learned this year (not me... this guy)

Yes, that’s all me. patricktulskie: Custom Jay Amster...

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:31:28 -0500

Yes, that’s all me.

patricktulskie:

Custom Jay Amster magazine and news paper rack.

Follow your passion?

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:27:46 -0500

Follow your passion?

Top 100 Greatest Movie Characters (Scraped)

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:14:44 -0500

Top 100 Greatest Movie Characters (Scraped):

Some scraping code I did for fun last night. I used Nokogiri and Ruby to scrape this site for the names and photos. Take a look at the code if you want to mess around with it.

I wrote this is…

An easy way to see the top 100 movie characters (Ruby Code)

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:58:15 -0500

An easy way to see the top 100 movie characters (Ruby Code):

I wrote this is code b/c I didn’t want to click through the 100 pages of the top 100 movie characters site. I mean, it’s like 100 clicks. I just wanted to see the name and the pictures. If you feel like clicking through, check this out. If you don’t want to execute any code, I posted it on my blog here: http://blog.jayamster.com/

On building community

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:12:00 -0500

On building community:

via @saulcolt on twitter

Lorem 2: An all-around better Lorem experience.

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:15:56 -0500

Lorem 2: An all-around better Lorem experience.:

Awesome… I always wanted this.

kylewritescode:

mattmcinerney:

Includes Lorem Ipsum in short paragraphs, long paragraphs, short list items, and long list items. I do find myself breaking up lipsum into lists quite often. And if you’re not sure what Lorem Ipsum is, it’s the most frequently used placeholder text by graphic designers.

This is my new lipsum.com.

Now that’s a knife

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:14:35 -0500

Now that’s a knife

How to Turn Your Car Into an Unstoppable Murder Machine

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:26:17 -0500

How to Turn Your Car Into an Unstoppable Murder Machine

How to clean stuff

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:00:34 -0500

How to clean stuff

This is pretty dope. Portable Pocket Projector. I want me...

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:59:08 -0500

This is pretty dope. Portable Pocket Projector. I want me one of these

Makes you rethink buying a Prius instead of a SUV. (via...

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:33:32 -0500

Makes you rethink buying a Prius instead of a SUV. (via kylewritescode)

1000 Emails… So much for inbox 0

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:01:03 -0500

1000 Emails… So much for inbox 0

Cool lobby renovation

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:07:07 -0400

Cool lobby renovation

Was at Web 2.0 Expo today!!!

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:30:39 -0400

Didn’t get to see any talks, but the BeenVerified booth was great and my colleages are really talking it up. Great to see the awesome response from all the people that walked by. Now on to code more stuff.

Ubuntu Hardy Desktop

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:25:06 -0400

I’m installing Ubuntu Desktop on an old Thinkpad. Just curious to how it works

Rails Footnotes Plugin

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:18:51 -0400

Rails Footnotes Plugin:

Really cool plugin… How did I live without it?