So one of the big changes I made on my new slice is to centralize my WordPress blogs. I run three WordPress sites, and having to upload a whole new codebase three times while being careful not to overwrite my customizations, plugins, themes, etc. was beginning to grate. It would be better to [...]
Praise be to jeebus – a development release of Ruby 1.9.0 was announced on ruby-lang.org Christmas Day (nice timing for the western world). I guess it’s too early to install on my new slice, and probably better to wait for the package anyway. Nevertheless, at RubyConf this year we got a sneak peak [...]
Since I’ve been on SliceHost I’ve learned a lot about server management. I’ve also made a lot of mistakes and generally made a mess out of that slice. So I got a new one and am moving everything over. This is the first post from the new slice. If you have [...]
And first YouTube upload ever. Tasha did the video on her new MacBook – like that “Ken Burns” effect? Enjoy!
Remember to contribute as much as you can – especially today – to Ron Paul! Both Tasha and I just submitted our donations.
And first YouTube upload ever. Tasha did the video on her new MacBook – like that “Ken Burns” effect? Enjoy!
I’m in the final hours of my first RubyConf, the annual international conference for rubyists being held in Charlotte, NC this weekend. There’s been way too much information for me to possibly absorb completely, but the exposure to the community, the attitudes and thinking, and the possibilities people are exploring has certainly been a [...]
Over at the Central Virginia Ruby Enthusiasts Group (cvreg.org) blog I recently contributed an article reflecting on my talk to a local high school web design class. Since the overwhelming topic was money and jobs, not the art of programming and design, I had a chance to impart some of my observations of the [...]
Over the past few days I’ve been diving into Selenium, a automated functional testing tool for web apps. It’s pretty slick – in fact, like most of the technologies I’ve been using over the past two years, it does so much for you that the obstacle always ends up being a matter of getting [...]
Well, I’ve put the update on my life off for far too long, time to come clean. As of Tuesday I am working for a D.C.-based web development firm that is focusing on Ruby and Rails. I get to work from home in Richmond and the work I’m doing is some pretty cutting [...]
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