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Installing RubyMine 4 on Ubuntu 12.04

I recently set up a new Ubuntu 12.04 machine in a VirtualBox VM. After installing the basic RVM, Rails, and Ruby stuff, I was then ready to install RubyMine. (By the way, see this post where I explain how to … Continue reading

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Installing Rails on Ubuntu 12.04 with RVM support

I just setup a fresh VM with Ubuntu 12.04, and I wanted to setup Ruby on Rails on the machine right off the bat (Duh!). I couldn’t find any specific setup instructions for Ubuntu 12.04 on the web, so I … Continue reading

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Table based definition of Parent-Child relationships in wwBusinessPro

The wwBusinessPro data access library supports table-based definitions of the Business Objects used in an application. This also allows you to define Parent-Child relationships between the records and tables in your app. You can download wwBusinessPro from the project hosted … Continue reading

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Manual setup steps for Devise gem in Rails

Here is the text displayed from running the configuration command line for the Devise authentication gem in rails. Running this command: rails generate devise:install Generates this text: Some setup you must do manually if you haven’t yet: 1. Ensure you … Continue reading

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Installing COMCTL32.OCX and MSCOMCTL.OCX on a Windows XP Machine

I recently had to install the Microsoft Common Controls on an XP machine that had never had this stuff installed before… Probably these files were missing because this machine had never had Microsoft Office, or VB, or Visual Studio, or … Continue reading

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Machinist wanted Birmingham, AL

Jordan Machine Company, Birmingham, AL is hiring machinists and skilled shop workers. Even those who need training for a machining career will be considered. This recent job posting will give you a general idea of the skills we seek when hiring for our shop: MACHINISTS … Continue reading

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I love me some Instapaper, but want better searching…

I really like being able to archive links for later review, and Instaper is a new toy I’ve found to handle that nicely. I really feel like there’s a lot of cool stuff that I can accomplish with it in … Continue reading

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GoFish 4 Original Screen Layout

I thought it would be fun to record this old screenshot of GoFish 4 as it appeared at the time of it’s original release on VFPx in April 2011. And, here is a screenshot of 4.2.059:

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Number Tease Brain Game

In this modern day of iEverything, I wanted to go old-school on you with this fun and simple brain teasing number challenge. So turn off the T.V., print this page, grab a pencil and let’s see what you can do … Continue reading

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Hardness Conversion Chart

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