Blogs
Fogbugz VIM Scrolling
At work, we use FogBugz for our trouble tickets, and internal tracking. We sometimes have some really long cases, so to make it easier to navigate through them, we wanted to be able to push a button to go to the next action event on the ticket. I started writing a GreaseMonkey userscript, and with …
Finding DLL files in the GAC
So last night I was working on a project where I needed a specific version of a .net assembly that was installed somewhere on my system, but I could not locate it by a common search. Whenever I would open up C:\Windows\Assembly\ I could see the file and the multiple versions that I had installed. …
Sprint iPhone 4S pre-order fiasco
So like many people, I wanted the new iPhone 4S. Since the wife unit is on Sprint, and I’m on AT&T, we started looking at plans. Sprint offers a nicer family plan and lets her upgrade to a smartphone, while letting me have the iPhone. So we decided to make the switch, and do the pre-order. …
Origin of the name "Pentium"
I was reading about x86 assembly, and stumbled upon the origin of the name “Pentium”. I never knew it was due to course disallowing the trademarking of the term “80586”. Tons of good info can be read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium
Installing Guard gem causes tests to fail - Solved
I was tinkering with a new rails application, using RSpec2 and Cucumber for my testing. I was able to run all my tests by typing: rake spec rake cucumber This worked perfectly, but every time I’d make a change, I’d have to run both commands. So I looked into the Guard gem, after watching …
Poor UI Experience
I was recently signing up for about.me because it sounded like a neat little simple blurb about yourself. When trying to sign up, after entering my email address, and password, I was brought to a page asking for some basic info. However, I couldn’t figure out how to submit it. I was given this …