This post is for those that are new to Ruby on Rails, or those that have not spent the time learning the various debugging techniques. The objective is to get you quickly up to speed on how to debug your Ruby on Rails application.
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Quickstart: Debugging Ruby on Rails Applications
October 25, 2007 by 3 Comments
Get Symfony Installed in 20 Minutes on Vista
October 24, 2007 by 16 Comments
Interest in Symfony has increased since del.icio.us announced it developed its new version on the Symfony framework. If you are running Vista and you need to get a quick Symfony development environment going, then look no further. Follow these easy steps to going in 20 minutes. [Read more…]
Finally! IMAP for GMail
October 23, 2007 by 2 Comments
I have been waiting forever for this! And finally my hopes and dreams have come true! Now I can return to my beloved Thunderbird… but wait, is it already too late?
7 Easy Ways To Avoid Password Theft Online
October 23, 2007 by 6 Comments
With more of us using online services, such as online banking and bill pay, we have increased the chance of identity theft. I advocate the use of online services as a method to increase productivity; you just need to take the necessary precautions.
Here are some tools and simple steps to reduce the chance that your personal information will be stolen via one of your passwords.
What System Do You Use To Manage Your Life?
October 22, 2007 by 3 Comments
Specifically, I am posing this question to tech entrepreneurs who have one or more early stage companies to manage and demanding personal responsibilities. One of my goals is to create a framework that helps tech entrepreneurs free time to focus on creative and strategic activities. Following is a description of the current system I am using. [Read more…]
Using the Six Laws of Persuasion
October 16, 2007 by 1 Comment
Here are the six laws of persuasion and how they can be used to enhance your business. For further detail check out the references at the end.
CSS Equivalent of Prototype?
October 13, 2007 by 7 Comments
One of our programmers had the following comment in a recent Subversion commit: “Verified to display correctly with IE6, IE7, FF Ubuntu, FF, Galeon, Konqueror”. Sigh… don’t you hate when you have to do that? Frameworks like Prototype and Symfony has made development life much easier, but sadly CSS cross browser hell still brings the pain. So I ask, can some brave master-hacker create a Prototype/Symfony like framework for us poor CSS/HTML programmers?
Finding and Evaluating Deals Online
October 9, 2007 by 3 Comments
For the cash strapped startup, it is often important to find the best value at the lowest cost. Here is a collection of web sites that can help you find and evaluate deals. The services I cover are generally geared towards the tech entrepreneur.
Welcome
September 25, 2007 by 1 Comment
This blog is a continuation and expansion of blog.ThemBid.com, which has become popular for its technical and life hack content; however, the purpose of that blog has been changed to better serve ThemBid.com users.