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Month: December 2008

Shoulda Craps out on Rails 2.2.2

Posted on December 20, 2008November 1, 2021

I tried the latest shoulda on luvfoo a while back and it died on the internationalization stuff so we gave up. Turns out that with the new internationalization in Rails 2.2.2 shoulda is dying again. I know the code is free and shoulda really is a great project, but I think this shows why you…

The binding argument of #concat is no longer needed

Posted on December 20, 2008November 1, 2021

If you upgrade to Rails 2.2.2 and start getting “The binding argument of #concat is no longer needed” then wherever you do something like this: concat(content, block.binding) </pre> change it to this: concat(content) </pre> The ‘block.binding’ argument is no longer needed which is nice because who really wanted to type that over and over again…

New Diet

Posted on December 19, 2008November 1, 2021

I now weigh 165lbs which means I’ve lost 5lbs. The secret to my diet success is what I like to think of as the consultant stress plan. If you want to loose weight I highly recommend it. It is a simple combination of not sleeping and not eating. You’ll be thinner in no time.

So I am a Big Geek

Posted on December 4, 2008November 1, 2021

I had to reboot the server in my office closet this evening. That’s when I realized that I am a really big nerd. I have a server in my closet with RAID 5 to backup the other computers in the house. I have so many now that I actually have to count them to remember…

Maybe I Should be a Computer Tech

Posted on December 4, 2008November 1, 2021

My wife’s computer finally died. I mean really died. For about ten minutes I could push the power button and it would just barely turn on and then it would immediately shut down. Then it stopped turning on all together. It is an old Dell Dimension 8400. There are two things that can go wrong…

The Nutcracker

Posted on December 4, 2008October 25, 2021

We took Aubrey, Alyssa and Jenna to the Nutcracker Monday night. It is part of our effort to expose our children to culture. Devin doesn’t like ballet and utterly refused to go. Once we were there I sat next to Aubrey. She had all kinds of questions and comments. Why is there a giant Nutcracker…

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