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The Simplest Possible Cucumber Test

I’m not really that good at testing. So what, so are a lot of people. Having some tests is better than none! And, the way testing tutorials are written can seem really complex and scary. Today I started thinking about … Continue reading

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Real Direct Democracy

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, … Continue reading

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Tired of Time Machine Running All the Time?

If you have a Mac laptop, and use an external drive for a backup, you may have noticed it seems like Time Machine is calculating changes almost all the time, or at least way too often. This is probably because … Continue reading

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Rails Rescue Handbook, an ebook by Mike Gunderloy

Rails is a powerful development tool for web applications – but that power can lead inexperienced developers astray. If you're working on a Rails project gone bad, the targeted advice in this ebook will get you back on track quickly. Continue reading

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Ruby on Rails Tutorial: Learn Rails by Example | by Michael Hartl

Rails Tutorial contains integrated tutorials not only for Rails, but also for the underlying Ruby language,4 as well as for HTML, CSS, some JavaScript, and even a little SQL. This means that, no matter where you currently are in your knowledge of web development, by the time you finish this tutorial you will be ready for more advanced Rails resources, as well as for the more systematic treatments of the other subjects mentioned. A book-in-progress—drafts currently available for chapters 1–7. Continue reading

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New Report: Green Marketing Brings in the Dough – The Green Inkwell

How effective is Green marketing, really?

That’s what the authors of Green Marketing: What Works; What Doesn’t – A Marketing Study Of Practitioners asked in a recent study by Watershed Publishing. The report summarizes the real-life results of Green marketing by the audiences of five industry publications. Continue reading

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WHM/cPanel Manual Site Removal – The Planet Forums

How to remove a corrupted cpanel account via command line Continue reading

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What’s My DNS? – Global DNS Propagation Checker

A great tool for checking what your DNS name servers are from around the world – to see how propagation is going when transferring web hosts. Continue reading

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WebNotions: How to Avoid Getting Screwed by New Clients (fishers and wolves)

One consultant's process for weeding out troublesome clients up front. Includes a discovery phase, which I like. This is for new potential clients, not for existing clients that you are having trouble with. Continue reading

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Sustainability Posters: Change Observer: Design Observer

Great looking sustainability posters Continue reading

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