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	<title>Eric Hurst &#187; Geek</title>
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		<title>Extend has_many with the :extend option</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The method has_many has several options that help you refine an association. The :extend option is one that I found myself using recently, and thought it would be nice to share with the internet.
Say you have a Friendship class that belongs to a User class, and that your User class has_many :friends, :through => :friendships. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple Two Way Encryption for Ruby on Rails</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many options to choose from when you need to store an encrypted value in a database. After trying a few, I recently settled on Sean Huber&#8217;s delightful attr_encrypted gem.
To use attr_encrypted you&#8217;ll need to first install the gem (gem install shuber-attr_encrypted --source http://gems.github.com), then either require it in your class or via config.gem. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make .bashrc Work for You with Aliases</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quick disclaimer, I&#8217;m no command line guru, but I am a huge fan of anything that helps me do my job faster, so I decided to load up some aliases in .bashrc this morning. A perfectly good Sunday morning activity.
I quickly ran in to a problem, though. My aliases weren&#8217;t working. The only way I could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Developers Responsibility</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UCLICK GoComicsWhen I was interviewing at UCLICK one interviewer said to me, In the end, it's only comics. At the time, that put me at ease. I had just been introduced to programming and was nervous that I would somehow destroy the entire company by writing some errant code. Some years, a GoComics.com rebuild, and a GoComics.com relaunch later I believe that statement is far from true.]]></description>
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		<title>Annoy Your Friends With Emoji for Free &amp; Without Jailbreaking Your iPhone</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emoji icons on the iPhone have been locked for all iPhone users except those in Japan. This simple tutorial tells you how to unlock Emoji icons on your iPhone without a jailbreak or spending any money.]]></description>
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		<title>Words escape me&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This, apparently, is a honest-to-goodness internal Microsoft video meant to inspire the Vista sales force. If this is real, and you still buy Vista after this, you are mom jeans. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPv8PPl7ANU[/youtube]
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		<title>Funny instant message typo&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are like me, and you&#8217;re not face it, you spend a lot of time in front of your computer with your Instant Messenger client of choice distracting you on a regular basis. Often in my haste to please an IM buddy I&#8217;ll quickly type something and I&#8217;ve noticed that I make some funny [...]]]></description>
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		<title>amazon mp3</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[amazon.com announced their new music download site today, and it is pretty dang good. in fact, it&#8217;s good enough to win out over iTunes for me.
&#8216;almost internet famous&#8217; blogger, scott mcnulty, posted a pretty well balanced review of amazonmp3 as well as a contrast/comparison of both services on TUAW. scott&#8217;s conclusion puts it perfectly, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>scratching the Surface&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 23:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hurst</dc:creator>
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Well played, FakeSteve. Well played, indeed!
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		<title>Happy St. Patty&#8217;s Day&#8230;beware!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hurst</dc:creator>
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I have so much to write about right now, but there just isn&#8217;t enough time. Real quick here&#8217;s a rundown: Steve the cat has competition for fiercest predator in the hood, Jayhawks gonna run the table, new job update, some movie thoughts, and a goofy photo shoot that I was asked to be a part [...]]]></description>
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