November 2011
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I'm Hiring a DBA and Senior Software Engineer →
For those reading this that do not know, I’m the CTO of Nashville-based startup Dataium, LLC. Dataium is the largest aggregator of Internet automotive shopping activity, and I’m looking to hire a…
I'm Hiring a DBA and Senior Software Engineer →
For those reading this that do not know, I’m the CTO of Nashville-based startup Dataium, LLC. Dataium is the largest aggregator of Internet automotive shopping activity, and I’m looking to hire a…
October 2011
6 posts
Five Ten Sam Hill Mountain Bike Shoes →
I’m a platform pedal kind of guy except for a short stint riding my brothers Cannondale racing bike during my high school days. Clip-in pedals have always scared me for some reason and wearing…
Five Ten Sam Hill Mountain Bike Shoes →
I’m a platform pedal kind of guy except for a short stint riding my brothers Cannondale racing bike during my high school days. Clip-in pedals have always scared me for some reason and…
Riding the Latest Bikes from Trek →
I drove to Columbia (south of Nashville) yesterday to participate in a Trek demo day. This is where biking enthusiasts can test ride the latest Trek bikes in the woods and on the street. …
It's Working for Me →
One of the worst things you can ever say as a developer/programmer is “It’s working for me.” Unless of course that is immediately followed by “..but let’s dig in and figure out why it isn’t working…
New Business Card! →
We redesigned our business cards at Dataium and the new ones came in today. It’s embarrassing how long it took us to decide on a design and I bet people wonder why when they see the result. We…
June 2011
2 posts
Git Workflows: Archiving Old Branches →
I decided to take some time today to clean up old sprint branches that have been resting in Git unused. Some for well over a year. I had two goals I wanted to accomplish when trying to come up with…
“Every time I use Facebook for 5 minutes I’m reminded why I don’t use...”
– Aaron West
April 2011
4 posts
Aaron Answers: Time Machine Backups Taking Forever →
I received an e-mail this morning from Seth, who was having difficulty getting his initial Time Machine backup completed. Seth graciously agreed to having his question posted here in another edition…
ColdFusion Builder 2 Tour in Nashville →
Tomorrow evening (April 21) the Nashville ColdFusion User Group and Dave Ramsey / The Lampo Group are sponsoring a stop on the Adobe ColdFusion Builder 2 tour. If you are in Nashville tomorrow you…
Photos from the Nashville Lego Competition →
My son has taken a strong interest in Legos since Christmas. A few weeks ago the Nashville Public Library sponsored a Lego building competition grouping entries by age. At the close of the…
How to Position the Cursor in the Middle of a... →
Earlier this week I was trying to create a new ColdFusion Builder snippet that would insert the current date and time along with my initials into an open template. After inserting the snippet I…
March 2011
3 posts
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Conan O'Brien produces a more honest iPad 2... →
Hahah, this is great.
Products That Make This Site Possible →
For the past few months I’ve been planning on writing a post about the services that make this site possible. I’ve read these sorts of posts on other sites and they seem very marketing heavy….
February 2011
12 posts
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“LARRY ELLISON, THE CEO OF ORACLE, MAY have a million times more money than me,...”
– Huge MacLeod’s book: Evil Plans: Having Fun on the Road to World Domination.
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“Finding and implementing your own Evil Plan is without question one of the...”
– Huge MacLeod’s book: Evil Plans: Having Fun on the Road to World Domination.
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“Failure’s easy. Success isn’t.”
– Huge MacLeod’s book: Evil Plans: Having Fun on the Road to World Domination.
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“An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an...”
– Mitch Hedberg
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“Avoid “complicated” like the plague.”
– Huge MacLeod’s book: Evil Plans: Having Fun on the Road to World Domination.
How My Smart Phone Got Me Out Of A Speeding Ticket... →
This is a great story about how an Android smartphone and a GPS app got someone out of a ticket.
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My Review of Evil Plans by Hugh MacLeod →
Hugh MacLeod’s latest book, Evil Plans: Having Fun on the Road to World Domination was recommended to me last week so I purchased the Kindle edition. It’s a short book (192 pages) I was able to…
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“Everybody needs an Evil Plan that gets them the hell out of the rat race, away...”
– Huge MacLeod’s book: Evil Plans: Having Fun on the Road to World Domination.
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Super Guide: Installing ColdFusion 9 on CentOS... →
This post is a followup to my previous guide to installing ColdFusion 9 on Ubuntu. While that post was all about the specifics to getting ColdFusion up and running on Ubuntu, this post is all about CentOS. The overall process is the same and I’m covering all the same steps, but the commands in this post are specific to the CentOS operating system. So why I’m writing this…
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“I feel like a hippie in a drum circle.”
– CarMax Superbowl 2011 commercial
January 2011
17 posts
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Super Guide: Installing ColdFusion 9 on Ubuntu... →
As I was finishing this guide on installing ColdFusion 9 on Ubuntu Linux I tweeted how many words made up the text (over 6,000). Several people commented on Twitter and Facebook saying things like:…
Entrepreneurs Corner: 8 Great Resources or Apps... →
Gaming's first-person history lesson: 1958 to 2008... →
A cool 4 minute history of gaming video. If you like gaming, you’ll recognize most if not all of the titles shown in the video.
IBM's Watson supercomputer destroys all humans in... →
I find this very intriguing… IBM has spent 4 years developing a computer system that can answer Jeopardy questions quicker than two of the best Jeopardy contestants. Click through to Engadget where you’ll see a video of a practice session.
Watson gets its first public appearance in February when it goes on national TV to compete in an episode of Jeopardy.
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“Sometimes you have to walk through the puddles to get to the sunshine.”
– I said this today to a co-worker. Right after saying it I realized how ridiculous it sounded.
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It's a Boat Daddy
The following conversation occurred between my 4 year old son and I after I saw a small paper sack (part of it anyway) folded like a bowl and full of multi-colored yarn.
Me (looking puzzled): G, what is this thing full of yarn?
G: It's a boat daddy.
Me: A boat? Why does it have all this yarn in it?
G (as if I should know): Because it's a boat full of yarn.
My wife tells me later it was supposed to be a nest. But G insisted it was a boat. He apparently had another kid saying it was a boat too.
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6 Ways to be a Better IT Manager →
There’s nothing earth-shattering here, but these six things should be remembered by all IT managers.
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“Impossible is not a word, it’s just a reason for someone not to try.”
– from the song “What Faith Can Do” by Kutless (Amazon MP3 Link)
RIM shows off PlayBook's browser chops, SDK in... →
Want to see the latest teaser video of RIM’s PlayBook? Click on through.
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December 2010
15 posts
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“If you work just for money, you’ll never make it. But if you love what you...”
– Quote from Ray Kroc. I hope everyone reading this works on something they love in 2011, be it a specific job or project.
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New Year's Resolutions for Photographers →
Macworld published a blog post about New Year’s resolutions for photographers (link below). I read through the post and noted the things I’ve been trying lately with my Canon 60D. I’ve had success…
