Category: Random
The Best Windows Ruby on Rails Setup Part 2
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This is the second part to getting a Windows machine set up for Ruby on Rails Development by having Ubuntu running inside Virtualbox. View Part 1 here. Today’s screencast will walk through installing Ruby, rubygems 1.3.5 and Rails with rubygems, and SqLite3 as well as installing my preferred code editor Komodo Edit. Watch the screencast…
The Best Windows Ruby on Rails Setup Part 1
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I recently purchased a new computer and had to get Ruby on Rails installed on it. Up to this point I’ve been using my wife’s Macbook for ROR development on weekends. It was time to make the jump to a dedicated environment that didn’t interfere with the Facebook cravings of the wife. Instead of just…
Web Designer Magazine Article
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I recently had the opportunity to contribute my thoughts to Web Designer Magazine out of the UK. The question I, along with others, was asked is “Is Web Design a Dying Art?” The premise of this is based on the strong tools that are coming out for people to build their own websites and blogs…
Getting Macports and Git Working on Snow Leopard 10.6
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We just upgraded to Snow Leopard at work and while the OS is great I did hit a few problems. To start I realized that my install of Git was not working. Then I got farther down the path and realize that Macports was also dead. Then yet another step and I had no C…
Bad Forms Provide Bad Feedback
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Lately I’ve been looking at my site and coming up with a few pain points that I’d like to address with some small redesigns of the site. My footer contact form (and it’s ‘contact page’ counter part) are two items I would like to address. While they aren’t bad they could definitely use some refinement.…
You Might Need a Redsign If
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If you have a website and are contemplating a redesign of the site here’s a quick little check list of items to help you make the decision You have rotating graphics on your site You have used the blink tag You have used b or i tags You’re updating content regularly without a CMS You’ve…
Don’t Force Your Website to Fail
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Most companies today realize they need a presence on the web. In most industries now if you don’t have a web presence of some sort you won’t have a business for long. I know one company that stocks lots of rare items for their brick and motar store because on the web it sells across…
WITA Launched
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Just a few weeks ago I launched WITA a blog on video games, comics and pop culture by WITA. This was one of the most collaborative designs I have worked on. In fact most of the initial design work was done by WITA herself. I walked her through the process of deciding what the most…
