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Month: April 2009

EngineYard -Your new IT Team

Posted on April 29, 2009November 1, 2021

Back in the day I was impressed by EngineYard but couldn’t afford to use them. Now I can’t afford to not use them. I use them for several projects. We have the full 3 slice stack setup with one project – 2 production and 1 staging database. The service they provide is like going to…

Conversations With Devin

Posted on April 23, 2009November 1, 2021

Today my two year old had this conversation with my wife: Devin: I want juice. Callie: How about milk. Devin: How about juice. Callie: How about milk. Devin: How about juice. Callie: How about milk. Devin: How about I ask dad.

Dude, it’s 420

Posted on April 20, 2009November 1, 2021

Today is 4/20. That is significant for two reasons. One is that it is my parent’s wedding anniversary. My dad likes to get license plates with significant numbers. For years the plate on our van was 11111. Later it was 1701 (any Star Trek fans recognize that number?). When my parents got a new car…

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First ride up Black Smith Fork canyon this season

Posted on April 18, 2009November 1, 2021

The weather in Cache Valley finally improved and so I thought I better take advantage of the situation and ride. After last years run in with a rattle snake I told myself and my wife that I wouldn’t ride up there alone. My first ride, I couldn’t find anyone to go with. How smart am…

Rails 2.3, Nested forms and wrong constant name User[billingAttributes])

Posted on April 16, 2009October 25, 2021

I found a chance to try out the new nested forms in a project I’ve been working on for a long time. (I actually tried them out a long time ago in Edge Rails, but then got burned when they pulled the functionality back out). Everything looked like it would go well until I got…

Aunt Dawn

Posted on April 9, 2009November 1, 2021

I’ve been a pallbearer a number of times over the years. It’s an honor that I doubt very many people love since it means someone close to you has passed away. A week ago my Aunt Dawn was driving back from Arco. In a tragic bit of bad luck a freak snow storm made the…

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