I had some issues getting it running.. so here’s what I done did to fix it. Open up a terminal, crack your knuckles, then: sudo apt-get install ruby If you don’t have Ruby installed, guess what.. you need it. sudo apt-get install rubygems You also need rubygems, since sproutcore is such a gem. sudo apt-get [...]
Read more →Image via Wikipedia I’m on a mission from God During the last year, I’ve been on a quest.. a quest to learn the next best thing in programming. I’ve taken trips here and there to engage in week-long training courses, boot camps, and so on. For the last decade or so, I’ve been a .NET [...]
Read more →We Humans need people to talk to, otherwise we go crazy. I was reading recently about some scientist who believes that in the near future technology will be able to download our minds and put them on a computer. Being the geek I am, my first response was “cool!”, I mean.. who wouldn’t want to [...]
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Read more →Sometimes you need to check the users IP address and want to use Javascript to do so, bu Javascript has no way of getting that info. That’s why I’ve created a simple script that allows you to access the IP via JavaScript. Simply copy this to your HTML: <script src=”http://skidvis.com/myip.aspx”></script> That will return a simple [...]
Read more →Image by Getty Images via Daylife If you’re a CNN reader you’ve noticed that Omaha, among other places, had some seriously crappy weather last night. After many early morning tornado alarms, I awoke to discover that my part of town was actually hit! My home was spared, but many homes had some serious issues to [...]
Read more →Image via Wikipedia So this weekend I checked out White Noise 2. White Noise 1 starred Michael Keaton as a guy whose wife dies and soon he gets involved with EVP (Electronic voice phenomenon), an event where people believe ghosts are talking to us by TV or radio.. cuz, you know, everyone gets a broadcast [...]
Read more →Image via Wikipedia I don’t read, but I own over one hundred books. I want to read, but I just don’t have the books with me when I’m in a position where I can finally read. Reading does wonders for a person.. you can learn about any subject, you can study writing patterns and styles [...]
Read more →Image via Wikipedia Throughout the day, people walk into my hole in the wall, grab a seat, and proceed to inform me of the injustices in their existance. I sit there and take in what they have to say, I’m a very good listener. Once they’re done releasing, I process the information and spit out [...]
Read more →Image from Wikipedia If you’re like me, you like Instant Messaging. IM beats emailing any day of the week, in my book. The problem is, there’s too many options with IM! There’s AIM (AOL’s IM), Yahoo IM, ICQ (which is another owned by AOL), GoogleTalk, and Microsoft’s MSN/Live/Whatever-they’re-calling-it-this-week IM. How does one pick? How CAN [...]
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