I finally got around to upgrading the comment threading feature on OmniNerd. The old version showed full threads, sorted in chronological order of top-level comments, oldest first. This wasn't bad, but it wasn't always how I wanted to read a thread. ... Read this and 1 comment.

I recently upgraded my entire house in terms of computers and network hardware. My old setup was a collection of my low-budget, post-college days so I decided to upgrade in one purchase (yikes!). I must say, the result is far better than I'd hoped. I thought I'd share the ups, downs, and ... Read this and 6 comments.

I hate the mouse. I mean, think about it. You can have two hands typing independently of each other executing commands rapidly OR you can tie one of those hands up with a device with roughly 4 directional inputs and 2 selection inputs (or more depending on your mouse). Not only that, if you've got a 30" screen like me (and a side monitor), simply dragging your mouse all the way across your desktop can be an annoying ... Read this and 3 comments.

So, the OmniNerd code base pushes forward. By now you've probably noticed the new front page. Let me highlight some of the changes we just ... Read more.

Just a quick update on the status of version 3 now that we're 3 weeks into it going ... Read this and 1 comment.

If you're deploying your Rails application with capistrano and using ferret as your app's index, you'll quickly notice that with every deployment/update to your production code will come a ferret index rebuild. Not ... Read more.

It's finally here. Version 3! We admit, it's still a little rough around the edges, but it's better in so many other ways. First, the code base is 100% new. Aside from the buggy nature of new code, the new underlying design gives us something we didn't have before: a solid foundation for new development. The version 2 code that I wrote was really a learn-as-you-go project. If you've ever done a project like that, you know how it goes ... ugly. The code was very inhibiting and rather than ... Read this and 18 comments.

Charity seems to come in two forms: research and development, and covering a cost now. Research and development charities often seem better to me as they are an investment of sorts. With R&D, what you give is used to achieve some greater state, like curing a disease, educating a population, or developing ways for people to live positive lives at an early stage. On the other hand, some charities spend your money or time immediately to do things like feed starving children, build a low ... Read this and 3 comments.

Tree hugging left-wing hippies. Fascist right-wing tyrants. You've heard or read all the opinions on left- and right-wing politics. There's a decent chance you've referred to another person using these labels, and you may have even self-labeled yourself as one or the other. But is your life that black and white? ... Read this and 33 comments.