How to Fix Facebook and Omniauth Issue: SSLError

Facebook Omniauth | comments

If you use Facebook and Omniauth, you'll find that recent updates which I think more to do with Ruby has caused some issue.

Read about Ruby 1.9 and the SSL error.

How To Retrieve Facebook Comments Using Ruby and Koala

Facebook Ruby | comments

I have used fb_graph gem but found it insufficient. There are several Ruby gems for facebook by the way. I suggest using koala. Koala supports OAuth, REST API and the recommended Graph API.

Add the gem on your Gemfile if you are using Rails 3 or Sinatra with bundler.

Viral Apps in Rails

Ruby Rails Facebook Programming Happiness | comments

I am not a computer science graduate but probably feel more confident than most due to my experience working for several people with different nationalities and personalities. In retrospect, I would have not chosen Computer Science as my major even if I knew that 6 years later, it would be my job to do web applications. I would have chosen either Commerce (which I did finish) or Psychology. Why Psychology? If you understand people and organizations, you win. And I think I see a lot of companies who are really good at making apps that attempt to understand people including the company that just hired me (Thank you very much to the project manager and CEO for considering me for the job).

Free Ubuntu Ebook

Open Source Linux Ubuntu Ebook | comments

I have been a Windows user for a long time. I have done both design and development work on a Windows Operating System. In 2004, a good friend told me that in the long run, no matter how attached I am to my Windows OS, I will eventually switch to Linux or Mac which is true. Sometime in 2004, I also got my first Linux book from a book fare in the Baguio Convention Center. I read parts of it and it scared me how things weren't very easy. That book may still be useful on understanding Linux but only a few chapters are relevant. Things have gotten easier in Linux with so many distributions released.