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At Coco, we are starting to build out some e-commerce sites. In order to expedite the process, we are using Substruct as a solution. While working with it, I have noticed a few things that needed to be fixed.

With engines setup properly, you are capable of extending routes beyond what's provided with the substruct engine. This was not the case beforehand. I was able to track down the bug and submit some patches to mend the problem.

If you are using substruct and want to customize it (adding additional controllers either to the admin or outside the admin) you'll need to get the latest substruct. Check out the issue here.

You can find download links there.

Working on open source projects is a lot of fun. It's interesting to see how other people do things. Contributing gives developers like me a boost of confidence. I plan on finding and fixing more bugs in the future for this project and others.

Labels: hacks, programming, ruby on rails, software

I’m in the process of almost exclusively using my keyboard for my daily tasks. I want to eventually get to a point where most everything I want to do can be accomplished with a keyboard. This works well because I am a programmer. This article will continually be updated as I find more stuff.

First’s First

Firefox is a very powerful browser with a ton of tweaks available. This, in conjunction with yubnub, can transform your web browsing experience into that of a command-line operating system, like UNIX. There are innumerable commands available at yubnub. For instance:

m 32312

will return the Yahoo! movie listings in my area.

“I Wanna Do It!”

It’s quite easy to setup. First, open a new tab and type:

about:config

Next, specify “keyword” in the filter, or just look for keyword.URL. You need to change this to:

http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=

Ok, Now What?

Now, you have every yubnub command at your little fingertips. So, to reiterate my previous example, go search for movies in your area by typing m followed by your zip code.

m 32312

More Yubnub

So now that you’ve experienced the yubnub, you will probably want to scour the command list to find something useful. In your address bar, type:

ls

This will return a listing of every yubnub command. If you are at all familiar with UNIX or Linux, you will immediately recognize this as the list command.

Let’s say you want to search for a command. Simply append ls with an argument with what you are searching for.

ls mp3

This will list out a bunch of commands directly related to mp3. My favorite is gmp3 to find mp3’s in unprotected directories. It’s pretty amazing what you can find with Google(TM).

In the Works…

Since I’m a music snob/addict, my next journey will involve optmizing my listening environment for keyboarding.

Labels: firefox, hacks