class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  # ...

  helper_method :admin?

  private

    def admin?
      ##
      # Turns out this doesn't work on actions
      # where authorize isn't called
      #
      #request.env['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION']   ||
      #request.env['X-HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'] ||
      #request.env['X_HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'] ||
      #request.env['REDIRECT_X_HTTP_AUTHORIZATION']
      #
      # This on the other hand does
      #request_http_basic_authentication
      #
      # No..... It Didn't.
      # Now what do we do?
      true
    end

  protected

    def authorize
      authenticate_or_request_with_http_basic do |username, password|
        username == "foo" && password == "bar"
      end
    end

end