Friday, April 18, 2008

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Nginx and Ruby on Rails ssl_requirement

ssl_requirement plugin was causing infinitive loop.
It was because request.ssl? was always returning false in ensure_proper_protocol method inside SslRequirement.
Actually, request.ssl? method is checking the value of X-FORWARDED_PROTO.

So it turned out that you have to set X-FORWARDED_PROTO in Nginx's configuation file.
i.e.
server {
location / {
proxy_set_header X-FORWARDED_PROTO https;
}
}

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Growth hormone release in pulsatile pattern

I've just learned that the effect of growth hormone is bigger with the existence of the periods when it is not released. In that case the hormone release has a pattern of pulse.

Also I learned that it is more intertwined with other hormones than I had known before. But it makes sense.

Human body or any mammal's body is amazing in how it's functioning. On the way back home, I was looking at other people on the bus and thought that at each moment, inside their body, hormones and other chemicals are highly balanced. Of course, it has been one of the reasons why I respect each individual human and creature. I was reminded of that feeling strongly again today. I just wish all the individuals can achieve the best they can achieve.