increment! and Mysql::Error: Lock
On a site I’m working on I started noticed a lot of production errors like this: ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: Mysql::Error: Lock wait timeout exceeded; try restarting…
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Get Apple Time Capsule to work with Comcast
I bought an Apple Time Capsule after my HP 495EX failed to backup my Macs reliably. I was excited since it replaced an old Linksys that didn’t have wireless-n. I figured it would…
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Textmate RSpec Bundle Error
After installing the Textmate RSpec bundle I started getting this error: /Applications/TextMate.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Support/lib/builder.rb:86:in…
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Cervelo eRide Came to Logan
Cervelo brought their test ride wagon through town yesterday so I jumped at the chance to go out and pound on someone else’s expensive bike. I and Joel took a couple of S3s up…
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Userfly Ruined My Weekend – “jQuery(“form.ajax”).ajaxForm is not a function”
I’ve been a big fan of Userfly because they make usability testing easy. Their tool is really quite amazing. However, this last weekend and into today I’ve become less of a fan…
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Get 3G internet access in Paris, France on your iPad
If you are a true geek and you are visiting Paris and you have an iPad (if you are a true geek then you do) then your first stop has to be the Louvre. Mary Magdelene may not be…
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What is in my Pants?
I have three daughters. They are moody and emotional but relatively non-violent unless they are playing with dolls together in which case they fight like cats. It actually reminds…
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Fireeagle and PortableContacts Don’t Get Along. That Makes Daddy Mad.
I have some code that looks like this:
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Don’t Upgrade to Rails 2.3.8 Unless You Really Mean It
I just got a new laptop which means re-installing everything. This included Rails and I ended up with 2.3.8. Most of my projects use 2.3.5. I figured no big deal since various…
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Setting Up mysql as utf8 for Ruby on Rails using homebrew
It took me far to much time to get this to work right so hopefully this is helpful for someone (probably me at some point in the future). The hashrocket guys have a great writeup…
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Men in Tights
My MacBook died today. When you write code for a living that really sucks. Then I ran out of M&Ms. That sucks a lot too. Snow be damned when everything else falls apart you simply…
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I’m Back
The blog has been down for a few days. Once or twice a year I like to give my technology a break. Let the electrons spin free for a while that sort of thing. I thought I would…
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Doggie Shed
We’re visiting my parents in Idaho for the weekend so that the kids can go to my grandmother’s house to hunt Easter eggs. It’s a long story that involves who can be in town when…
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It’s Not Child Rearing It’s Crowd Control
I told Callie today that we deserve parent of the year awards which was especially funny given the state of affairs in our home. I’ve heard that one child isn’t to bad. We’ll…
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LaunchUp.org
I was at conferences all week last week. My time in Salt Lake happened to coincide with LaunchUp so I and Joel figured we’d head down and mooch free dinner. I’ve been to a lot of…
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Mountain West Ruby Conference
I spent last week at the Mountain West Ruby Conference which is by far the best conference I’ve ever attended due to the brilliant minds that gather from all over the country…
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Uses for banana
My two year old son has picked up an interesting habit of using ‘banana’ like the f-bomb. “I hate that! Banana you!”
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Logitech Sucks Twice
Last Christmas my wife bought me a Logitech Harmony remote. Over the past few months I’ve noticed that it barely holds a charge and so if I don’t leave it on the charger all the…
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Add Theming Engine to Your Rails Application
I’ve written about the disguise gem before, but I’ve made enough changes that it warrants a new blog post. I noticed a few performance problems which have now been fixed and the…
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acts_as_taggable libraries and the big case problem.
Over the years I’ve had a chance to use the three tagging libraries available for Ruby on Rails: acts-as-taggable-on acts\_as\_taggable\_on\_steroids acts\_as\_taggable I think…