a DRY singleton Active Record in Ruby on Rails

a Singleton is a design pattern that exists to address a problem where you want to represent an object; and only one of that object can exist at any time, no more. This is to document that which is scattered or implied so hopeful this will save you (and me) from having to hunt and gather. Continue reading a DRY singleton Active Record in Ruby on Rails

Chromecast, finally connecting TV’s to the net

google_cast_logoYesterday Google announced the Chromecast device : a $US35 small HDMI Raspberry Pi equivalent computing dongle running the ChromeOS ooks like a winning way to finally get the those TV’s connected to the net for most people and add some smarts to those TV’s, with more functionality and devices to follow. Continue reading Chromecast, finally connecting TV’s to the net