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Re:A 'lorem ipsum' for images. by x1a4 on Tuesday January 26, 2010 @03:29AM (#1077361)
I whipped up a Ruby/Sinatra version of this.

http://github.com/xxx/fakeimage

Re:A 'lorem ipsum' for images. by willcodeforfoo on Tuesday January 26, 2010 @03:38PM (#1078768)
I love the simplicity of this, a good reminder why Ruby is so awesome.
Re:A 'lorem ipsum' for images. by knuckle_cake on Tuesday January 26, 2010 @06:48PM (#1079272)
thanks!

I've now gemified it for use in Rails apps without having to hit a separate site. It emits data URIs at the moment only, so no IE love yet. I had immediate need for it.

http://github.com/xxx/placeholder_image

Re:A 'lorem ipsum' for images. by thenduks on Tuesday January 26, 2010 @09:56AM (#1077788)
Get it up on heroku!
Re:A 'lorem ipsum' for images. by x1a4 on Tuesday January 26, 2010 @09:37PM (#1079601)