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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
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’
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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
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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…
4 min read
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/
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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
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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
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Aug
02

Code Like a Chef

Earlier this year, I came back to programming after a long hiatus as Table XI’s sales guy. Though I
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May
10

I am a Christian and I Support Gay Marriage

Rachel and I were married on Whidbey Island, about an hour outside of Seattle. Presumably to impose a cooling off
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May
02

Google Success!

Last Sunday, I spent seven hours writing a blog post about accessing the Google Calendar API via Ruby on Rails