Recently (albeit it seems a few years after a lot of my fellow developers) I’ve dug into kōans. A kōan (Chinese 公案, Korean 공안, I had to put the symbols, but I just find them awesome 🙂 ) is a fundamental part of the history and lore of ZenBuddhism. It consists of a story, dialogue,... Continue reading →

Have you ever worked for a startup? A successful startup? Have you ever seen the excitement in a startup meeting, hackathon, or other event were an idea starts to come to fruition! When the users of the startup’s application finally see it and start getting excited? Have you seen when people get so excited because... Continue reading →

This is just a quick getting started I walked through to get Sinatra going on OS-X. 1sudo gem install sinatra 2sudo gem install shotgun 3sudo gem install haml 4sudo gem install unicorn After installing these things I created a new folder in a Rubymine Project. New Empty Project in Rubymine I added a Ruby Class... Continue reading →

Cleanup #1: Here, let me help. Replace this: Continue reading →

Ok, so I’m sure about 90% of geeks & coders are also foodies at the same time. We all like to eat. A good many of us also like to partake upon a beer, whiskey, scotch, mixed drink, or all of them in a sitting once in a while. What am I leading up to?... Continue reading →