Yogi Maricris' Chronicles

How I went from Facebook to News

Let's face it. How many people do you know doesn't have a Facebook profile? But, do we really need it? Facebook is for personal, social networking needs. In a tame description, its for keeping in touch with friends and family. In a wild manner, its for dating and getting hookups.

So, be yourself

Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are. - John W. Gardner

Where's the share?

Ever wondered how you can get the shares made for your url?  Here's a ruby library that might just save and put some color to your day! require 'open-uri' module SocialUtils def self.get_facebook_shares(url) f = open("http://graph.facebook.com/?id=#{url}") response = f.read() shares = JSON.

Closing the OpenSSL problem

So, you've fixed your initial deploy setup.  Not yet a final hurrah? You're running an ROR-Paperclip-S3 setup.  Works fine locally, but not in production.  Server boots, pages do load up, but no love for assets?! OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError (SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=SSLv3 read server certificate B:

A movie to inspire

It is always great to revisit old movies that once taught you a good word of wisdom to live by.  Here's one excerpt from Lionel.  He was Marissa's boss at the Hotel.  After Marissa was shamed by some rich, bratty girl suffering from her own evils of unrequited love, Marissa

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