Almost anyone who has conducted business with numerous custom PC manufacturers more than likely has their fair share of horror stories. It starts out fantastically when you see the box at your doorstep… you can almost taste the lightning speed PhotoShop batches. You rush the box into the house, cut through all the tape with your car key, wade through the Styrofoam peanuts, and assemble the machine with the haste of a cheetah… Only to find out that the darn thing doesn’t work! Bad ram, an overheating CPU, an ungrounded motherboard, and a faulty power supply. It can be quite disheartening to have your excitement quenched by utter disappointment.

Magic Micro is a breath of fresh air. After perusing feedback and reviews on numerous companies that specialize in this sort of work, my eyes perked when I saw the outstanding reviews given to Magic Micro. Let’s face it… E-bay can be tough turf when it comes to the ever-growing (and often irrational) demands of spoiled consumers. The simple fact that Magic Micro had over 13,000 transactions and not a single negative remark was intriguing enough. Their highly competitive prices, friendly customer support, and spot on responsiveness was just icing on the CPU. Not only did the computer work flawlessly out of the box, but for the first time in many years - I have a custom built PC that continues to perform like a dream without a single hiccup.

Hats off to you guys! Thank you for providing me with not just an excellent piece of machinery, but also reassurance that there are still custom PC manufacturers with passion, expertise, and integrity.

Two thumbs up to Magic Micro!

http://blog.brightbox.co.uk/posts/brightbox-builds-hardy-passenger-package

http://github.com/jabberwock/Searcher/tree/master

Usage:

MyModel.search('some text')

You may also add normal ActiveRecord.find options, e.g.:
MyModel.search('some text', :limit => 20)

You may specify which columns get searched in your ActiveRecord model
by specifying +seacher_column+ or +seacher_columns+, e.g.:
class Foo < ActiveRecord::Base
    searcher_column :col1, :col2
end

http://github.com/jabberwock/smart_form/tree/master

For those of you not already familiar with Ciphermail, here is the synopsis:

CipherMail provides a safe alternative to the mail_to helper by hiding mailto links from e-mail harvesting bots. The generated output is completely obfuscated by a 1024 bit random key. They keyword is stored on the server, so it is never revealed to the client. Processing is performed on the server-side via an AJAX request and the decrypted redirect is returned to the client, opening a mail composer window… just like normala mailto link.

There is a fantastic website for Git users called GitHub. It is essentially a SourceForge dedicated to Git users. Unlike SourceForge, GitHub offers an intuitive and simple interface. Sorry, SourceForge… but you mandate way too many clicks to download software! Github is where it’s at!

You can view my Github profile here: http://github.com/jabberwock.