Motivation The Rails 2.x has felt… hacky to me. When I’ve looked at some of the code that has been generated, I’ve been turned off by the inline javascript I’ve seen. I want the code that my framework creates to be extremely clean and standards oriented. Inline javascript just doesn’t cut it for me. Another [...]
Just found a cool form tool I’m going to try out for Rails: http://github.com/justinfrench/formtastic He built the output to be based on a presentation given by Aaron Gustafson http://github.com/justinfrench/formtastic I’ve been doing web development for a LONG time so it’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking I know everything there is to know [...]
I discovered a few interesting things while preparing for my quarterly taxes. I don’t have to pay them until April 15th. Also, I don’t base it on the total taxes I will owe. I only have to pre pay 1/4 of last year’s total federal tax. So I can ignore the medicare and social security [...]
Embedded fonts are almost a reality in web development. All the modern browsers support the @font-face attribute. Microsoft gets a lot of criticism for innovation, but they have had this ability since 1997 in Internet Explorer 4.0. Unfortunately, they do not simply let you use a TTF font or an OTF font. It uses an [...]
You’ve heard of the six degrees of Kevin Bacon? It is the concept that you can connect to anyone in the world in six steps or less. Microsoft has demonstrated this after checking (snooping?) through 30 billion IM conversations. Well, anyone who knows me can (if they couldn’t before) trace their route to President Barack Obama. Today my [...]
Why is it that every time I come in to fix a VB project, the code is awful? This current one is probably the worst. It is sloppy. It is riddled with security vulnerabilities. it is filled with files named “checkout.aspx”, “checkout2.aspx”, etc. No source control. No dev or staging enviornment. They were using the [...]
I recently read a USA Today article talking about the Chevy Volt. In this article, they mentioned 230 mpg which sounds awesome. Later in the article, I read that the Chevy Volt would cost about $0.03/mile to operate. I have a neighbor that wanted to sell both of his cars and buy hybrid vehicles to [...]
I am going to write about rekindling my passion for programming. Working for go nowhere corporate giants for the past eight years really sucked the life out of me. It left me with a fat wallet but no passion. When I worked for startups, I had a passion for writing code. I miss the days when I’d work until I was [...]