Dec

07

Moving from WordPress to Octopress

No database was used in the creation of this post. Back in 1998, I only wrote static HTML files. I

Dec 7, 2012

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Nov

27

In Memory of Caleb Cornman

We lost one of our guys last week. On Saturday, November 17th, Caleb Cornman passed away. He was thirty years

Nov 27, 2012

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Nov

06

The 25 hour day

A few months ago, a blog post made the rounds on Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Time [http://infiniteundo.com/post/

Nov 6, 2012

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Sep

24

Code Like a Chef Lightning Talk

On September 6th and 7th, all of the Table XI developers attended Windy City Rails [http://www.windycityrails.com/]. Along

Sep 24, 2012

Sep

13

Six Months Without a Cellphone

I used to joke that I would go homeless before I gave up my iPhone. As it turns out, that’

Sep 13, 2012

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Sep

06

Code Like a Chef: Layer Simplicity

> “A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex

Sep 6, 2012

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Aug

30

Code Like a Chef: Work Clean

There are a dozen opinions on any given cooking technique, but in the Alinea kitchen, when you say “TK says…

Aug 30, 2012

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Aug

28

A Ruby Gem for Fantasy Football Data

Last week I released my first Ruby gem - a wrapper for the Fantasy Football Nerd API [https://github.com/

Aug 28, 2012

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Aug

23

Code Like a Chef: Stand Up

The first step in my quest to code like a chef was to move to a standup desk. Standing desks

Aug 23, 2012

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Aug

15

Code Like a Chef: Shave Seconds

Rene once told me about watching a cook measure ingredients for a recipe. The cook placed a bowl on the

Aug 15, 2012

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