I’m a runner, a stats junkie and a geek – so of course I track my runs using Android GPS apps. I’ve used RunKeeper and Endomondo, both of which offer web apps for reviewing your running stats. It’s delightful to Continue reading
It’s been more than three years since I published my post Drupal Sucks, igniting a flame war of epic proportions. The sweet irony is that I’ve been doing almost nothing but Drupal development since. The post got so much traction Continue reading
Sometimes I’m stupid enough to subscribe to some online marketing newsletter. I got two this week from different “marketers” whose content was almost identical. They went something like this: Want to make money off your blog?? I make $100000000 a Continue reading
First of all, thanks to everyone who read and commented on the original post. If nothing else, I got some (angry) tips for how to improve my Drupal experience when I do have to use it. It reminds me of Continue reading
Need to test your site in multiple versions of Internet Explorer? I just downloaded DebugBar and was beyond impressed. With a couple clicks, you can open a url in a single tabbed window with all IE versions 5.5 through 8. Continue reading
Edit (October 26, 2012): This post is out of date. Please read and comment on my latest post Does Drupal Still Suck? Are you choosing a Content Management System for your next site? Allow me to throw in my two cents Continue reading
What embarrassing shortcomings do you have as a coder? I find that I often need reference material when dealing with: File permissions (chmod) Regular expressions (Apache rewrite rules, Ruby regexes etc) Does anyone else feel the same way? Do you Continue reading
I’m all over the web except here these days. Two highlights of my week: Working with the awesome JuicyOrange to launch the Global Debt Clock for the Economist. Fun to play with, but it will depress you if you are Continue reading
I had a Symfony 1.0 app and I finally decided to make the leap to 1.2. Lo and behold, this mysterious error cropped up: Notice: Undefined variable: site in /path/to/myproject/apps/site/templates/layout.php on line 10 If you’re upgrading from 1.0, you may Continue reading
Remember to pay your domain fees, folks: RubyOnRails.org actually showed this for a good few hours. TechCrunch has the full story.