Author Archives: Chris

Rails Tag Helper default values

Posted on 7/23/2008 by Chris

I was tooling through a form setting text_field sizes ( the default of :size => 30 is a bit big for me ) and my “cut-n-paste is bad” alarm when off. There had to be a better way to set … Continue reading →

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Firefox 3.0 is coming! (finally!)

Posted on 6/13/2008 by Chris

The folks at Mozilla.org have finally pick a release date for Firefox 3.0. As a Ubuntu user, I have been using the betas and release candidates for a while, but, for those not as willing to live on the edge … Continue reading →

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12 Step Program for Ubuntu Update-Manager Addicts

Posted on 4/19/2008 by Chris

Hi, my name is Chris. I am Ubuntu update-manager addict. I began innocently enough, sometime back in Febuary, I ran ‘update-manager -d‘ to get a peek at Unbuntu Hardy Heron. Since that time I have been unable to resist the … Continue reading →

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Faith hacking

Posted on 3/31/2008 by Chris

I recently set up a new blog/site to share and collect ideas for increasing the effectiveness of our walk as Christians called FaithHack. Based on the cool sites like Life Hacker, FaithHack will, hopefully become a repository of helpful hits … Continue reading →

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What to get Your Geek on St. Valentine’s Day

Posted on 2/11/2008 by Chris

Contrary to popular opinion, geeks can be romantic, too. Since time is getting short, here are a few things on my wish list (Just in case the the Mrs. is looking at my blog…): Bookmark It Hide Sites $$(‘div.d69′).each( function(e) … Continue reading →

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