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Grassroots Policy

GrassrootsPolicy.com is a website I’ve been working on in Ruby on Rails, hosted on Heroku.  The idea of the site is that users post, vote, and comment on political ideas. If you feel passionate about an idea you can share the link with your friends, and encourage them to provide feedback and vote on the issue.  Top ideas might get the attention of elected officials who can do something about it.

Grassroots Policy

So far, Rails has made a few features easy…

  • User registration and login is implemented with gem ‘devise’
  • Threaded comments are implemented with gem ‘awesome_nested_set’ and rails partial views.
  • jQuery and jQuery UI are used in a lot of the default templates, tabs, and ajax postbacks for commenting, voting, and posting new ideas.

I’ve got a handful of features to implement, which I should probably start to manage on trello.com… but for now please Register, Vote, Comment and post your own Ideas!

PS, the code is messy, but if you feel like taking a look its out on github.com/recalde/grassroots.

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Silverlight on Windows 8

I like that Microsoft is elevating HTML/Javascript, but I generally disagree that Windows 8 is signalling an end to silverlight… this article includes some supporting evidence that Silverlight hasn’t been abandoned, yet.

Note: this is not an endorsement of Silverlight as a development platform for large complex applications.

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2011 Trek Madone 6.9 SSL dream bike built up at Manchester Cycle Shop. The Mad Fiber wheels aren’t mine, yet, but the do look pretty sweet don’t they? Weight as pictured: 12lbs 14oz. SRAM Red 2011 (Black) Race XXX Lite Carbon Stem Race XXX Lite Carbon Handlebars Bontrager inForm RXL Saddle Bontrager Node2 Computer Look Keo Classic Pedals Reynolds DV-46T Tubular Wheelset Bontrager Race XXX Lite Tubular Tires

2011 Trek Madone 6.9 SSL dream bike built up at Manchester Cycle Shop. The Mad Fiber wheels aren’t mine, yet, but the do look pretty sweet don’t they? Weight as pictured: 12lbs 14oz.

  • SRAM Red 2011 (Black)
  • Race XXX Lite Carbon Stem
  • Race XXX Lite Carbon Handlebars
  • Bontrager inForm RXL Saddle
  • Bontrager Node2 Computer
  • Look Keo Classic Pedals
  • Reynolds DV-46T Tubular Wheelset
  • Bontrager Race XXX Lite Tubular Tires

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2007 Cannondale CAAD9 purchased as a complete bike with Shimano 105 on craigslist in 2008, and eventually swapped out everything but the original frame. It will probably become a dedicated hillclimb bike in preparation for the 2011 Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb. SRAM Force 2010 (Levers, Brakes, Front/Rear Derailleur) Shimano DuraAce 7800 (Crankset, Chain, Cassette) Easton EC-90 SLX Fork Bontrager Race XXX Lite Stem Bontrager Race XXX Lite Seatpost Bontrager Race Lite Handlebars Bontrager inform R Saddle Look Keo Classic Pedals Reynolds DV-46T Tubular Wheelset Bontrager Race XXX Lite Tubular Tires

2007 Cannondale CAAD9 purchased as a complete bike with Shimano 105 on craigslist in 2008, and eventually swapped out everything but the original frame. It will probably become a dedicated hillclimb bike in preparation for the 2011 Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb.

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