Marshal.load(Base64.decode64(CGI.unescape(cookie.split("\n").join).split('--').first))

As found here.

Update: you can dump your session and verify your session signature using:

 
secret = "your session secret" # from config/initializers/session_store.rb
verifier = ActiveSupport::MessageVerifier.new(secret)
signed_message = CGI.unescape(cookie.split("\n").join
verifier.verify(signed_message)

This is a whole different level of fluid layouts: http://hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/finally-a-fluid-hicksdesign. Worth playing with.

And the tools it’s based on: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/responsive-web-design

Create a configuration file, something like this:

 
section: screens
  mydesktop:
  mynotebook:
end
 
section: links
  mynotebook:
    left = mydesktop
 
  mydesktop:
    right = mynotebook
end

On desktop run:

 
synergys -f --config synergy.conf

On notebook run:

 
synergyc -f desktop

• Install Snow Leopard from DVD.
• Install XCode tools from Optional Installs on same DVD.
• Start 1Password – install 1Password3 when prompted.
• Evernote Safari clipper seemed to be overwriting the 1Password button in Safari. Upgraded Evernote to release candidate, still had problem. Disabled Evernote Safari Clipper. Also enabled “Show in Top Menu” in 1Password preferences.
• Installed updates including 10.6.1 from Software Update. (restart required).
• Installed latest MySQL 10.5 x86_64 package: mysql-5.1.39-osx10.5-x86_64.dmg. Installed startup task then pref-pane.  Started server.  Set root password with sudo mysqladmin password <password>.
• Reinstalled mysql gem for x86_64 architecture only:

sudo env ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64" gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config

• Reinstalled iStat Menus.
• Installed MacPorts-1.8.0.pkg.  Removed all ports.

port installed > myports.txt
sudo port clean installed
sudo port -f uninstall installed
sudo port install unison
sudo port install git-core +svn
sudo port install ImageMagick

Upgraded SuperDuper to version 2.6.1 as it failed to backup Snow Leopard.

Debugging

Got this error when trying to run cucumber/webrat:

dlopen(/Users/sam/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/nokogiri-1.3.3/lib/nokogiri/nokogiri.bundle, 9): no suitable image found.  Did find:
	/Users/sam/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/nokogiri-1.3.3/lib/nokogiri/nokogiri.bundle: mach-o, but wrong architecture - /Users/sam/.gem/ruby/1.8/gems/nokogiri-1.3.3/lib/nokogiri/nokogiri.bundle

To fix it I uninstalled then reinstalled the nokogiri gem.

Got this error when trying to run cucumber/webrat/selenium:

==> Waiting for rails application server on port 3001... /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5.1/bin/../lib/http11.bundle: dlopen(/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5.1/bin/../lib/http11.bundle, 9): no suitable image found.  Did find: (LoadError)
	/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5.1/bin/../lib/http11.bundle: no matching architecture in universal wrapper - /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5.1/bin/../lib/http11.bundle

To fix it I uninstalled then reinstalled the mongrel gem.

On a different machine I got this error when trying to run cucumber/webrat/selenium:

dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libsqlite3.dylib
  Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/Security.framework/Versions/A/Security
  Reason: Incompatible library version: Security requires version 9.0.0 or later, but libsqlite3.dylib provides version 1.0.0
 

Per http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1364523/firefox-bin-quit-unexpectedly-while-running-selenium-test, I moved /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/libsqlite3.dylib out of the way and that fixed it. It is not clear why this happened on one machine (with Firefox 3.0.13 which I upgraded to 3.5.3 while debugging) but did not happen on another machine (Firefox 3.0.14).

• YUI/Blueprint/960gs comparison chart: http://synapse.neural9.com/css-frameworks-comparison-chart/
• Site dedicated to grid system design: http://www.thegridsystem.org/

sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/mysql*

There is a good complete explanation of this here.

As I use Git for VCS so I installed the version from GitHub that supports it. This appears to be the most actively developed version as far as I can tell.

After cloning it to ~/cruisecontrol.rb I wrote a startup script for the server that gets it to bind only to interface 127.0.0.1. The key is the –binding option:

#!/bin/bash
cd ~/cruisecontrol.rb
./cruise start --binding=127.0.0.1 --port=3333 --daemon

Then I setup an apache virtual server with a reverse proxy for / to localhost:3333, and set it to be password protected:

  ...
  ProxyPass / balancer://balancer-group/
  ProxyPassReverse / balancer://balancer-group/
  <Proxy "balancer://balancer-group">
    BalancerMember http://127.0.0.1:3333 loadfactor=100
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "cc.sampierson.net private"
    Require user sam
  </Proxy>
  ...

MacOS Apache integrates AuthType Basic with its own authorization system so you don’t need to tell it about an htpasswd file.