Trek XXX Lite Handlebars – Single Use Item
I managed to get out and inspect my bike a bit more tonight. Turns out that I did more than just scrap the handlebars. Putting any downward pressure on the hoods bends the right…
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Teachers Without Borders
During the day and lately most of the night I work as a Fellow for Teachers Without Borders at Utah State University. (funded by Cisco). What I actually do bores most people and…
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Cycling Reduces Your Risk of Cancer
So says a new study by some Swedish guys. Unfortunately, increases your chances of running into a rattlesnake by nearly 1,000%.
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Muffins
When you are not especially mobile because you trashed your knee and you aren’t supposed to bend it more than 30 degrees or else you might tear open a newly sewn together wound…
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Open Any Document in Google Docs Via a Url
We are looking at ways to integrate the new Teachers Without Borders site with Google docs. Turns out that you can open: documents – .pdf, .doc, .txt, .html, .rtf and .odt…
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Appreciate the Little Things
I took sort of an actual bath today. I love to shower so it really stinks that I have to find alternate means to clean up. I managed to sit in the bath and shower off a bit this…
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Found Some Stuff
I managed to find my riding glasses and my bike computer today. Neither were cheap, but it is interesting how little you care about that stuff when there is a gaping hole in your…
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Ways to Not Make Use of Your Health Insurance – Cyclist vs. Rattlesnake
Over the years I have seen a couple of bike wrecks. In one the rider’s frame was snapped in half and he took a LOT of skin off his back. It was a good thing he had a helmet. It…
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Tip for Testing Email with Ruby on Rails and Shoulda
Shoulda comes with a great method for testing email called ‘assert\_sent\_email’. (If you try it and get a method missing error update Shoulda. Not that anyone wouldn’t know to…
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Using Starling, Workling with Ruby on Rails
For the project we are working on for Teachers Without Borders we need a reliable asynchronous way to process tasks. There are a myriad of ways to do this and if you aren’t…
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Something to Think About
My wife took the girls to Ogden today. While driving through the canyon the driver in front of here was driving erratic and she noticed that their hands moved a lot. When she got…
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Last Alfred William Ball Family Reunion – 57 Years
For 57 years the Ball family has held an annual reunion. This year was the last. Alfred William Ball was my great grandfather. This many years later the family has gotten so large…
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Rode Stoddard Creek Friday (A few Fridays ago)
These days I only manage to ride motorcycles with my dad, brother and brother-in-law about once a year. This time we made our way to Stoddard Creek. Its about 60 miles north of my…
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My Truck Got Old
When I was in high school I drove a 73 Chevy Pickup. It was actually my grandmothers. It had a 350 V-8 and flushed gas like a toliet. I used to fill up the tank for $15. I always…
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Relativity
Time can suck. Ten minutes worth of programming is nothing. It will pass so quickly that you get nothing done. Ten minutes at the dentist which is where I am this very second…
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Teeth Whitening = Pain
A few days ago I broke one of my bottom front teeth. Luckily it didn’t hurt, but I figured I should get it fixed. That started a serious of events that led to one of the more…
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Helpful Git configuration file
For anyone out there using Git here is a great .gitconfig file. It will help you get started with aliases etc.
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Logan Utah Technical Jobs
Tech jobs seem to be rare in Logan so I always love to see local companies succeed. AdventCreative has a tech position open and is looking for a couple of people to help out with…
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Install Native MySQL Gem – Edge Rails Stopped Including It
I decided to try out the latest edge Rails and I started getting this error:
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Outsourcing My Religion
I got up at 6:30 am this morning so that I could serve in what is know as a ‘calling’ in my church. I have done this for two years now. Anyone that knows me knows that I don’t get…