Best Practices for Data Migrations

Published 9/14/2016, 10:06:59 AM #best practices #design patterns #Rude Boy Solutions

Here was the chance to lose some old, bad habits, and replace them with new _Patterns_!

personal

Moved To Octopress!

Rude Boy Solutions is now moving to Octopress

Published 8/30/2016, 8:21:48 PM #Rude Boy Solutions

Rude Boy Solutions is now moving to Octopress

ruby

Cookie Detection in Rails 3

How to detect cookies in Rails 3

Published 4/23/2013, 5:14:12 PM #Ruby on Rails

I believe this may be a bad idea, in general, but here is a cheap way

ruby

Building a unified `time_select` field

Build a unified `time_select` field

Published 4/10/2013, 11:10:11 AM #Ruby on Rails

I was happy until the Rails upgrade caused my gem to inexplicably stop working.

ruby

Simple Rails Development Part I: Gedit Click Config

Configuring GEdit Click Config Plugin

Published 8/30/2012, 11:29:00 PM #Ruby on Rails #IDE

I installed a few plugins, but only one of them took me by surprise\: Click Config.

web-development

Inline input fields with minimal jQuery

Create an inline edit field with one line of jQuery

Published 5/25/2012, 2:46:00 PM #jQuery

Essentially one line of javascript to accomplish this easy feat

linux

How to Keep Your Linux Always-On In A Dual-Boot System

Keeping nVidia loaded across boots

Published 2/4/2012, 8:10:00 AM #Dual Boot #nVidia #CUDA

Then came the hard part - how to make Fedora switch video drivers based on whther it boots in VirtualBox or not.

web-development

jQuery ThemeSwitcherTool - Working Version!!!!!

A working version of my ThemeSwitcherTool

Published 3/6/2011, 9:20:00 PM #jQuery

I added a few extra options to cover the changes I made.

programming

Tango Icons: Save All

A suggestion for a Save All icon for the Tango Project

Published 7/28/2010, 2:35:00 PM #Education #Online Education #Computer Science

Ever notice how the Tango icons don't have a "Save All" icon?

programming

Teaching Computer Science in a Web Browser?

Ideas on how to teach CSC courses using only a web browser

Published 6/15/2010, 8:28:37 AM #Education #Online Education #Computer Science

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programming

Teaching Computer Science in a Web Browser?

Ideas on how to teach CSC courses using only a web browser

Published 6/2/2010, 9:48:00 PM #Education #Online Education

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web-development

New Theme Under Construction...

Published 7/31/2009, 9:25:00 AM #Theme

I am creating a new theme for WordPress called Bubbly Blue

web-development

How To Repair Images with ImageMagick

Using ImageMagick to repair corrupted images

Published 6/15/2009, 11:23:00 AM #Coppermine #Image Repair

the images [...] were taken with my phone's camera and all had errors

programming

Fun With Numbers! (revised)

How to Find polynomial coefficients using Pascal's Triangle

Published 5/29/2009, 8:48:00 AM #Math #Pascal's Triangle #Polynomials

I have always had a certain love for math and the neat things you can do with it.

linux

TeTex for Puppy Linux

Creating a TeTex .pup for Puppy Linux 4.20

Published 5/10/2009, 5:02:00 PM #Puppy Linux

I really wanted tetex and a good editor, but don't really like installing pups/pets

linux

Building Enlightenment e17 on Fedora 10 x86_64

How to Build Enlightenment Desktop on Fedora 10

Published 4/2/2009, 9:34:00 PM #Fedora

i have begun to build and install Enlightenment e17 on my Fedora 10 x86_64 laptop

open-source

Google Summer of Code 2009 Project Ideas

List of projects for GSoC 2009

Published 4/2/2009, 9:31:00 PM #Google Summer of Code

Google has announced a another Summer of Code for 2009

web-development

javascript

jQuery Style Sheet (CSS) Switcher

Building a CSS Switcher using jQuery

Published 4/1/2009, 6:16:00 PM #jQuery #CSS

I try to buy MSI products whenever possible

linux

Windows vs. Linux on MSI GX700

Comparing Windows and Linux on MSI GX700

Published 3/21/2009, 9:32:00 AM #Fedora #Hardware

I try to buy MSI products whenever possible

web-development

linux

Building Chromium on Fedora 10 x86_64

Installing Chromium for Fedora 10 x86_64 bit

Published 3/11/2009, 7:50:00 AM #CSS #Fedora #IDE #Editor

Chromium for Fedora 10 x86_64 bit

web-development

linux

Installing Aptana in Fedora Eclipse

Published 2/14/2009, 12:09:00 PM #CSS #Fedora #IDE #Editor

Aptana is a wonderful tool for web design.

web-development

Drop-Down Menu with CSS

Drop-down menu with no JS

Published 2/9/2009, 8:48:00 AM #CSS

The CSS Drop-down Menu is fairly simple.

linux

Installing Gentoo 2008 in (qemu) Sun's VirtualBox on Fedora 10

Information on virtual OSs and benchmarks

Published 2/2/2009, 8:31:00 AM #Fedora #VirtualBox #Gentoo

I am currently taking a class on Operating System design and need to do some kernel hacking for the class.

portfolio

javascript

WebFX at UNCG

Framework of js effects

Published 1/8/2009, 10:49:00 AM #UNCG #Web Design

Last semester, I started a project to ease my work quite a bit.

personal

al at werk

pictures of al at werk

Published 8/7/2008, 2:38:00 PM #Photographs

auto uploaded pics of al at werk

personal

al at werk again

pictures of al at werk again

Published 8/7/2008, 2:36:00 PM #Photographs

auto uploaded pics of al at werk again

personal

My Baby 2

more pictures of my baby

Published 8/5/2008, 5:18:00 PM #Photographs

auto uploaded pics of my baby

personal

My Baby

pictures of my baby

Published 8/5/2008, 5:18:00 PM #Photographs

auto uploaded pics of my baby

personal

my bartender, mark

pictures of my bartender, mark

Published 8/5/2008, 4:34:00 PM #Photographs

auto uploaded pics of my bartender, mark

perl

gSoC_Day[0]='Hit The Ground Running';

It is now day 0 for gSoC

Published 5/24/2008, 1:41:00 PM #gSoC

I have hit the ground running and am off to a good start

perl

wxCPAN Going Well

Published 5/13/2008, 2:56:00 PM #gSoC

I have successfully managed to implement a CPANPLUS::Shell.

perl

wxCPAN Skeleton Code

wxCPAN is underway!

Published 5/9/2008, 2:40:00 PM #gSoC

I have started doing heavy-duty research into wxPerl

personal

Accepted Into Google Summer of Code!

GUI for CPAN

Published 4/23/2008, 3:24:00 PM #gSoC

I got accepted into Google's Summer of Code! My project is a GUI for CPAN.

personal

Welcome To My Blog!

A little bit about myself and my blog.

Published 3/5/2008, 7:44:00 PM #about

Hello, all! This is the blog for "Skaman Sam" Tyler, founder of Rude Boy Enterprises.