Ordered an Arduino Starter Kit
One of my coworkers is putting together a Node Bots Day here in Austin on July 27th. She's really passionate about it, and I want to see her succeed doing it. It's a lot of hard work to get something...
View Articlegem install: Unable to download data
I've had some problems recently with trying to install gems with a brew installed version of ruby 2.0.0. I'm not sure that this limited to Brew installs of Ruby though. I keep getting an error message...
View ArticleThe lure of the shiny new blog
Like any software technologist that blogs, I toy with the idea of migrating to the latest and greatest software as it comes out. I sometimes toy with the idea longer than the lure of the "shiny" new...
View ArticleGetting started with Compass Spriting
One of the things that I struggle with on a new project or optimizing an older project is getting Compass spriting setup. I never remember the right syntax to use, or the proper functions to get...
View ArticleBase Projects
One of the biggest hurdles I face when starting a new project is the setup work of the project. It's the work that isn't related to the task you are trying to accomplish. When you start a new project,...
View ArticleCentering absolutely positioned things
Recently I found that I needed a different way to center some elements that were absolutely positioned with in a div. I found an article on CSS Tricks that allowed me to do just what I needed. I only...
View ArticleReliving 9/11
Every year on September 11th the entire country relives the tragedy that struck the United States. Every year I sit and watch. Every year I relive the same feelings of emptiness and helpless that I...
View ArticleGiphy
I just uploaded my first gif to Giphy. It's just a first for me, no significance other than that. It was a series of pictures I took at XGames Austin 2014 at the Big Air Skateboarding event.
View ArticleUpdated Mustache templates not being sent from Apache
Working with Mustache templates hosted on a Vagrant VM seems to inevitably cause issue with our development. When I change a template file the updated version never gets sent to the web browser. This...
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Late Blooming Geek
Most of my friends at work and in my personal life collect or read comics regularly. Some geek out on when new issues are released and buy all the alternate covers for each issues. Others are more...
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Getting Involved with NodeBots
This year's NodeBots Day (July 25th,2015) just finished up. Typically everyone is super excited about what they learned at their local NodeBots Day. However, we aren't that good at channelling all this...
View ArticleAnnouncing generator-johnny-five
I'm releasing a Yeoman Generator designed specifically to scaffold out a Johnny Five project. This project was created in response to an internal hackathon at my company, where I was creating a lot of...
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EatsBBQ Shut Down
For those of you who have graced the pages of the EatsBBQ.com site, Thank You. Hopefully we provided some insight into what we thought of the Central Texas BBQ scene. This site has been a fun...
View ArticleGenerator-Johnny-Five v2.0.0 Released
Just in time for NodeBots Day 2016, I've released a new version of generator-johnny-five. Updates for this new versions include: Switched the generator to use to .fs filesystem calls Updated npm...
View ArticleDouble Red Agassizi Apistogramma
Before I moved, I sold all of my fish to Fish Gallery along with a large assortment of plants. What my initial intention was with the tank was for it to be a breeding tank for Apistogrammas. I got...
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