No doubt there is some tool to make the data cleanup I spent yesterday afternoon doing easier, but if it's the sort of thing that only needs doing once in a while, straight SQL queries are as easy as anything else. At some point it's not worth learning one more tool for occasional use.

  • Instant Rails - Drop-in and run install for Windows with Ruby, Rails, Apache, and MySQL. Looked like it was taking a dirt nap but a new project admin is in place and it's moving again.

  • BackgroundFu - Another way to run Rails-launched tasks in the background.

  • Fluid - Wrap up web applications as faux desktop apps for OS X Leopard.