Lifestyle
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- 04.Aug
- Entourage Season 5 Trailer
If you’re as big of an Entourage fan as I am, you’ll be glad to know there’s a teaser/trailer up on HBO’s web site. Check it out at http://www.hbo.com/entourage/. Looks like some of the more notable guest stars this time around will be golfer Phil Mickelson, Mark Wahlberg himself, and Tony Bennett. So gather up [...]
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- 25.Jun
- DJTees.com - Music T-Shirts for the Style Conscious
I came across an article about DJTees.com on an old issue of GQ magazine. I had forgotten just how cool this site is. These British designers create 1000’s of originally designed graphic tees, centering on music and rock’n’roll culture/lifestyle. Most tees come in a variety of colors, and they have every size imaginable for men [...]
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- 12.Jun
- Puma Complete Tenos V Running Shoes - Review
Whenever I think of stylish workout gear, Puma immediately comes to mind. I think Puma strikes a perfect balance - their casual gear is unique yet understated, but you can still make a statement (especially with all their soccer and motor sports affiliations). But if you wear Puma as workout gear, you’re probably easily the [...]
Technology
- 04.Aug
- Using Find Conditions on ActiveResource Objects
If you have a Rails app (app #1) which needs to communicate with another Rails app (app #2), chances are that app #2 is set up as a Web Service, and its controllers are RESTful, and that in app #1 you’re using ActiveResource. In case you’re not familiar with ActiveResource, please check out this excellent [...]
- 25.Jun
- Use termios Gem With Capistrano to Keep Your Password Hidden
This is a quick tip, but a good one. If you use Capistrano to deploy your Rails app (which, umm, you really should) you will probably have noticed that your password is echoed on the screen when you deploy. This has always made me kinda nervous (I tend to have a mini panic attack every [...]
- 11.Jun
- Custom Validation Messages In Rails, the Clean and Easy Way
Rails rocks, but let’s be honest. If there’s one thing that sucks about it out of the box, it’s validation and error message handling. This is probably one of the most often asked about topics, and I’ve read dozens of tutorials and seen many plugins intent on fixing the issue.
So, let’s take a second [...]
Design
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- 11.Jun
- Resizable Rounded Corner Sliding DIVS
With the web 2.0 era in full swing, it’s hard NOT to find a site conforming to what seems to be the definitive web 2.0 look and feel. Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past few years, you know what I mean by this. Sites (at least the updated ones) tend to [...]
Projects
About
e.g. The Blog is the weblog of Elbert Bautista and Giulio Chiarenza. "e.g." is an abbreviation for the Latin phrase exempli gratia, meaning "for example". "e" and "g" also happen to be the initials of our first names. How clever.
Between the two of us, our interests run the gamut from Ruby on Rails, clean/modern design in Photoshop and Illustrator, to traveling, nightlife, fashion, architecture, and more. So expect some pretty diverse content discussing the modern trends in lifestyle, technology, and design.
Recent Projects
In March 2008 we launched Nightfeed.com, a user-driven review website focused on nightlife around the nation. Users can add new venues (clubs, bars, lounges, late night dining spots, etc.) which can then be reviewed/rated by anybody. Users can also add/edit useful "know before you go" info.
The idea is to differentiate ourselves from sites such as Yelp and Citysearch by focusing on a niche in the nightlife community, as well as innovating with forthcoming social aspects. Our group of friends is dispersed around the nation, and it has been very rewarding watching them embrace the site.
On the technology front, it has been a breath of fresh air utilizing Ruby on Rails to bring Nightfeed.com to life. Its "convention over configuration" approach is very refreshing indeed, especially after our prior experience of developing enterprise Java applications. Ruby on Rails has definitely allowed us to put more thought into features and a modern Web 2.0 design, rather than spending all our time wrestling code and configuration issues. A big thanks goes out to the Rails community for continuing to make our lives easier with all these great plugins and gems. We hope we can give something back to the community with this blog.
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