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Installing Ruby on Rails and Redmine with XAMPP on Windows 7 27 Jun 2013 | 01:00 am
I like Xampp. It sets up a full Apache/MySQL/PHP development environment with very little hassle, which means it’s installed on just about every computer I use on a regular basis. I recently had a n...
Peeling an image off a white background 7 Jun 2013 | 07:52 pm
A lot of times, I need to remove the background from an image in Photoshop as part of a layout. Until recently, I was using Photoshop's magic wand tool, which, as I'm sure anyone who's familiar with P...
Cutting the Cord – One year later… 29 May 2013 | 06:36 pm
It's been almost exactly one year since I cancelled my subscription to cable TV. It's taken some experimentation, but at this point, I can honestly say that I don't miss cable. At all. It has definite...
My first real hardware project… building a home media server 20 Mar 2013 | 01:32 am
Some of you may be wondering how I spend my free time when I'm not designing websites or writing Wordpress plugins. Generally, the answer is "really geeky things". This past weekend, for instance, I s...
WordPress Plugin – Radio Station 26 Feb 2013 | 12:46 am
Radio Station is a plugin to run a radio station's website. It's functionality is based on Drupal 6's Station plugin, reworked for use in Wordpress. The plugin includes the ability to associate users ...
Removing partitions from a USB thumb drive 17 Jan 2013 | 10:59 pm
Have you ever accidentally partitioned a USB thumb drive, and then been unable to get rid of those partitions? Here's how to fix it.
My New Favorite Apps 8 Jan 2013 | 11:28 pm
Some of you might have noticed that I jumped on that cable cutters train a while back. I have to say (other than occasionally missing Cartoon Network) I have no regrets about doing so. You might also ...
Forcing Facebook to notice new images on your pages 18 Dec 2012 | 03:23 am
For the past week, one of the websites I manage has been running a "12 days of Christmas sale". Rather than creating a new article for each day, they're updating a single article every day with a new ...
Nikki’s favorite development tools 20 Nov 2012 | 09:42 pm
Someone asked me recently what program I use to build websites. My answer? Several.
Is Amazon Prime finally taking a serious run at Netflix and Hulu Plus? 8 Nov 2012 | 09:39 pm
I've been toying with the idea of signing up for Amazon Prime for awhile now... my only issue with it was that I really didn't want to be locked into a full year's subscription. Consequently, I check ...
