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While using Rails in my projects I’ve came up with the need to display error messages in my native language, Portuguese. So following my last plugin on plural rules in Rails models, I’ll now quickly explain how to add custom messages to any Rails application. Quite simply create a file called messages.rb in your /config [...]

Next September be ready to dedicate 2 days for BarCamp Portugal. The event which can be descrived as “an ad-hoc un-conference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It’s an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from attendees” takes place 2-3 Sept in Coimbra and will focus [...]

Belle and Sebastian played last night at the “Coliseu dos Recreios” in Lisbon, Portugal. It was a fantastic concert with many songs from their new album – The Life Pursuit – which is in my opinion one of their best, with excellent melodies and great lyrics, taking alot of inspiration from the 70′s. There was [...]

Pfew, after a afternoon of extreme heat (reaching over 30 degrees) around these parts of Portugal, i’ve almost finished the work on the new theme for this site. Alot of the previous elements and colours were ported but there’s still work to be done in various sections. As a bonus the portfolio section is reopen [...]

I found out this fantastic video on Youtube about problem solving using the “Zidane technique”, it’s really funny and not too shocking. So, if you’re into a good laugh, check out the video by maecx. There’s also a t-shirt for sale with this summer hottest trend – Zidane. PS: He’s a good player, no harm [...]