“When an archer misses the mark, he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bull’s-eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim – improve yourself.” --Gil...

I’ve managed to take a look at some of the ASP.NET MVC sample code available on the web. This looks really good, and I am quite excited to see some bits that I can reference to start working this i...

A requirement for a client application that I just recently finished was to display groups of client logos on the screen. The logos themselves would be stored on the filesystem of the web server. W...

… is a little closer to reality. My new Fujitsu ScanSnap S510M showed up, and I’ve spent some time getting through my file cabinets and clearing out a bunch of clutter. So far, I’ve managed to scan...

Recently, I finished rolling out a new client site on a Joyent Accelerator. The site uses Rails and one thing thats both positive and negative is the amount of information that gets logged. Granted...

Did you know that you can burn 150 calories by banging your head against the wall for an hour? I cant remember exactly where or when I heard this, but at times it seems strangely appropriate.

Not long ago, I needed a way for users to upload files and store them in a database. The platform for the application was Ruby on Rails, and I wanted to share my experience here. The first thing w...

I am probably the last guy to know about this, but just in case… Apparently, you’re able to debug XSLT with Visual Studio 2005 by setting an input XML file on the properties of the XSLT, setting s...

Rob Conery seemed to stir up quite a firestorm in his post earlier today about imploding rails. I enjoy reading Rob’s posts and really appreciate his contribution to the community, but on this one,...

I have to thank Tim Haines for turning me on to RSpec not long ago via his LinkBuddy facebook application. I’ve been trying to suck in as much information as possible about this intriguing tool. Im...