Category Archives: Computers

Quick RVM Rubinius 1.0.0 Install Recipe

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Steven

Here are the quick and dirty commands I used to install Rubinius 1.0.0 with Rails, RSpec, and Sinatra in RVM on Mac OS X. So far I haven’t been able to get Cucumber to install. The problem has been fixed … Continue reading →

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Ordering on a Field in a Linked Table

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Steven

I attempted to order my runners based on their assigned stage number. The stage number is linked by the stage_id in the schema and the class shows that it belongs to a stage: class Runner > ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :stage end … Continue reading →

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What You Can Learn From Google Search Results

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Steven

For some reason, the Solution Configuration tool bar has gone missing from Visual Studio 2005. I googled the terms: Visual Studio 2005 Solution Configuration Missing. When the first hit that comes up is an entry from “I Hate Microsoft” blog, … Continue reading →

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IT Conversations: Kent Beck

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Steven

The Conversations Network recently released an IT Conversations show I did post production on. Kent Beck tells stories about how his pioneering work in Test Driven Development, Design Patterns and Extreme Programming. Link. Technorati Tags: Programming

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Some Photos Offline

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Steven

Some of my photos are unavailable. They are hosted on Zooomr.com. Zooomr is in the process of upgrading and some images are offline, and it appears my images are in that category.

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Los Angeles City Fire Department Gets It When it Comes to the Web

Posted on November 25, 2007 by Steven

Brian Humphrey, from the Los Angeles City Fire Department’s Media and Public Relations, really understands the web and how a Fire Department can put it to use. First he started twittering major incidents. Lately, he’s been blogging complete reports, such … Continue reading →

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PowerBook Charger Problem Solved?

Posted on June 16, 2007 by Steven

For the last few months, my powerbook has been suffering from balky charger. The LED indicator on the power connection has been flickering between charging and charged (amber and green). The computer itself has been switching between charge and battery … Continue reading →

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New Drupal Website

Posted on March 31, 2007 by Steven

On Monday, I launched my second public Drupal website for our Baker to Vegas support team. [Update 4/11/07 - We are now Mojave RATS] Technorati Tags: AmateurRadio, Drupal, HamRadio, Drupal

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