Veronica Mars Kickstarter Delivery Failure I'm a backer of the Veronica Mars kickstarter campaign. As one of my first backings, I was a bit overwhelmed by the options, but settled on th $35 level so that I'd be
Enabling ImageMagick on MAMP Pro 2.2 Not a terribly easy task, but eventually I got ImageMagick to work with MAMP Pro 2.2 with PHP 5.5.3. Here's a few steps. Brew never worked for me, so I
WordPress Theme Breaking Plugins like The Event Calendar I've been working with a wordpress theme from ThemeForest.net and ran into a most peculiar issue. I don't claim to be a WP guru or anything, but the theme stopped working correctly
Setting up Ghost on a MediaTemple DV4 After backing Ghost on Kickstarter and getting my copy of it (Yes, I know it's been released to the public already), I thought I'd share how I got it all set up and
So I Bought this Piano... As a refinishing project, I picked up this piano from a free ad on craig’s list. It’s a B. Shoninger upright grand piano. Looking at it’s finish, it’s all
An upgrade from cakePHP 2.2 to 2.3 with DebugKit For my latest project, ParentApprovedSchools.com, I was lucky enough to do a fresh install of cakePHP 2.3. And with that, I found the handy-dandy plugin called DebugKit right there in the
Saginaw Expand-o-matic A few weeks ago we were checking out the local Habitat for Humanity ReStore in town since I'd never been there before. We waded through the typical old tile, vanities, sinks, and even
Amazon's Product Advertising API For a while I've been trying to come up with a safe and easy way to catalog my movies. I have quite a few of them and often forget if I have a
I'm Engaged! Quite a bit has happened since I've moved from South Carolina to the dying metropolis of Fond du Lac, WI. So much in fact, that I haven't even bothered to write anything. Alright,
Farewell, South Carolina It's with a partially sad demeanor that I'll be leaving South Carolina in just 15 days. It's been a long — very long — three and a half years here. Had some experiences,
Myrtle Beach Volleyball Recently I got involved with a volleyball group in Myrtle Beach, SC. It's a bunch of B-level people of all ages getting together 2-3 times a week playing some semi-competitive ball. We play
Is the customer still always right? I was told not too long ago by someone that the year 2007 brought about a rather large change to the working masses. That change was that the number of service-based jobs out
Jelyco, llc is born It's been a long haul, but my latest and greatest project is ready to go live. I've joined up with a great friend from college (follow her twitter feed @lynndro) to start a
CakePHP form display I'm pretty new still when it comes to cakePHP, but there's a few things that I've noticed in my limited exposure that screams a developer created this. Throughout my job I learned that
BlogCFC to MovableType anyone? Ever had the need to move blog data from one platform to another? If you've ever worked with clients or more than one blog before, you're sure to have your own favorite blogging
Are websites software? Over on Jesus is my Sword this weekend was a post wondering if websites should be thought of as software and free updates should be expected. It felt to me like he was
Model-Glue 3 Alpha This last weekend at cf.objective(), Joe Reinhart gave a presentation about what's new and upcoming in Model-Glue 3 (gesture) and then announced its alpha release. That night I downloaded it and got
Is a CMS the Kiss of Death for a Programmer's Marketability? Recently the company I work for made a decision to make a decision to choose a content management system (CMS) to use for most of our clients. In all, it sounds like a
Biking Casualties at Michigan Tech Five years at Michigan Tech means I spent a lot of time mountain biking. From the single track to the technical rides, urban assault to road rides, I've tried to ride it all.
Myrtle Beach: Thanks for Visiting Just driving to work the other day, I got behind a Myrtle Beach police car that was heading to its headquarters -- which just so happens to be only a few short blocks
Welcome to the Tobacco Belt Soy milk, cottage cheese, bread, and mozzarella cheese. Sure, they have nothing to do with the tobacco belt, but they're where this story begins. Just yesterday after a joyous stop to blockbuster, I
MovableType 4 Beta 2 Tonight I "upgaded" to MT4 beta 2 from MT 3.35. So far, the administration/backend is lovely. I can't quite yet figure out how to change my picture, but I'm
The Shad Show Recently the project manager and a fellow programmer where I work have begun a podcast, old-skool style. No video, just audio. But none the less, they're doing it. So far there's been two
Coldfusion Scorpio and Ubuntu With starting a new job, I've had the opportunity to engulf myself in a new and "interesting" language: Adobe/MacromediaColdFusion. Because I'm starting out as a total beginner with CF and moving from