I’ve been to a good number of conferences over the years. A lot of them cost a lot of money. If you are a geek and a ruby lover (who isn’t?) then the best event you’ll ever attend is the Mountain West Ruby conference. The schedule is up. It’s only a hundred bucks and the…
Month: February 2009
The Pro Bikers Don’t do This
I keep my bike on the trainer in my office during the winter. My son found a new use for my Madone: . It’s just a guess but I bet the pros don’t use sippy cups.
Customizing the email sent by PasswordRecovery in ASP.Net
I spend most of my time working with Ruby on Rails these days. However, I still do .Net programming mainly for ThePlanCollection.com. Our password recovery system has been a bit flaky lately so I decided it was time to review the code and get it into polished condition. I found out that I was redirecting…
Quick Tip for working with Paypal and ActiveMerchant in your Rails Application
Working with Paypal can be a bit difficult not because of the code required, but rather because their website can be a hassle to navigation. I already have ActiveMerchant integrated into my application. My problem was figuring out how to change it from Braintree to Paypal. Here are the quick steps for getting going. Sign…
Uninspired
The drought of blog posts lately might reflect life in Cache Valley during the winter. The inversions in the valley trap the pollution so in addition to short days and long nights we have air so nasty you can taste it. Of course the local governments refuse to consider emissions testing. It’s more important that…