diff --git a/microrant/app/models/rant.rb b/microrant/app/models/rant.rb
index 4fb91f0..2ca20ae 100644
--- a/microrant/app/models/rant.rb
+++ b/microrant/app/models/rant.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ class Rant < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   belongs_to :user
 
-  validates_presence_of :user, :message
-  validates_length_of :message, :maximum => 10
+  validates :user, :presence => true
+  validates :message, :presence => true, :length => { :maximum => 10 }
+  #validates :message, :length => { :within => 1..10 }
 
 end
diff --git a/microrant/app/models/user.rb b/microrant/app/models/user.rb
index ab0ffc6..b2b3fbe 100644
--- a/microrant/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/microrant/app/models/user.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   has_many :rants
   
-  validates_presence_of :name
+  validates :name, :presence => true
 
 end
diff --git a/rubything.textile b/rubything.textile
index eb27a99..bd0b02f 100644
--- a/rubything.textile
+++ b/rubything.textile
@@ -695,8 +695,8 @@ bc.. class Rant < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   belongs_to :user
 
-  validates_presence_of :user, :message
-  validates_length_of :message, :maximum => 10
+  validates :user, :presence => true
+  validates :message, :presence => true, :length => { :maximum => 10 }
 
 end
 
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   has_many :rants
   
-  validates_presence_of :name
+  validates :name, :presence => true
 
 end