pat

ActionView::Helpers::AssetTagHelper.register_javascript_expansion(
  :jquery => if Rails.env.production?
    ["http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"]
  else
    ['jquery-1.4.2']
  end
)

pat

# Since rubygems should have been required already, we can determine from the
# Gem object what is and isn't available.
if Gem.available?('thinking-sphinx')
  require 'thinking_sphinx/0.9.8'
  require 'thinking_sphinx/tasks'
  require 'thinking_sphinx/deltas/datetime_delta/tasks'
else
  puts 'gem thinking-sphinx required for all rake tasks'
end

pat

   # Examples:
    #   Post.by_day
    #   Post.by_day(Time.yesterday)
    #   Post.by_day("next tuesday")
    def by_day(time = Time.zone.now, options = {}, &block)
      time = parse(time)
      by_star(time.utc.beginning_of_day, time.utc.end_of_day, options, &block)
    end
    alias_method :today, :by_day
    

pat

1) Add the function below into your .bash_profile, .bash_login, or other shell profile file.
2) Then you can hit nt (for new tab) anywhere
   and a new tab will open up in same directory.

All credit for the idea and applescript goes to @jnunemaker - I just tidied it up.
If you can improve it further, let him know -- nunemaker@gmail.com.

pat

class A
  def initialize
    dispatch if respond_to?(:dispatch)
  end
end

class B < A
  def dispatch
    puts "called dispatch"
  end

pat

- filtered_filenames(@items).each do |name|
  %p do some stuff

pat

# Goal is => Client.first.items... Can do with finder_sql, but want an activerecord way!
 
class Client < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :contacts
  has_many :tasks, :through => :contacts
  # has_many :items, :through => :tasks # THIS DOESNT WORK
  
  def items
    @items ||= self.tasks.collect { |task| task.items }.flatten
  end

pat

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