[Rails] [ANN] Integrative - for integrating ActiveRecord models with external resources

As I couldn't find the library for working with external resources in Rails, I made this gem: https://github.com/netizer/integrative A long time ago I thought that that's what ActiveResource id for, but: - There is no system of associations between ActiveResource models and ActiveRec

[Rails] WHat's the best place for dropdown options - model, or locale?

Usually, when options for select tag was set and not dependent on data from database, I placed key-value pairs in yml locale file. I wasn't sure this is the right place for that. For example in ruby 1.8.7 key- value pairs taken from locale are displayed in random order. I have even more doubts now,