For the past year, I’ve been running Zorched.NET on a Virtual Private Server (VPS). Virtualization is not a new technology, IBM was doing it WAY back in the day. But recently it has become a lot more common as hardware has gotten so much more powerful. Why let hardware sit idle when you can run [...]

I finally got tired of dealing with reformatting that Wordpress does in its attempt to be “user friendly”. In general it does the right thing, but when you deal with code snipits inside <code> tags a lot it can quickly become a problem.

In just a few easy steps, the problems can be solved.

Well, I got bored again and decided to change the look of the site. I’m pretty excited about it because it’s pretty slick. Check out the ‘Pull’ tab on the top right for some extra goodies.
I’ve also updated to WordPress 2.0.4 with the latest and greatest bug-fixes and security updates.
What do you think of the [...]

The Milwaukee Ruby User’s Group had it’s first official meeting last night. A few people showed up and we talked about some of our favorite ruby features. I talked about Metaprogramming a bit. There was also a good discussion about the Ruby Object Model. (Classes are Objects and Object is a class - holy recursion!)
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Ok, so I don’t know what the name is really going to be, but it looks like there is going to be a Ruby User’s group in Milwaukee. There was a kick-off meeting tonight that was well attended for a “getting things started” meeting. Check out the temporary website at http://ruby.georgey.org/
The first official meeting is [...]

I was getting bored with the look of the site, so I decided to update the theme. I think it’s a bit simpler and easier on the eyes. So, I hope you (the anonymous internet) like the new look. There are still a few tweaks that I’m going to make, but nothing too drastic. Please [...]

So I finally broke down and got a new Mac laptop the MacBook Pro to replace my 3ish year-old PowerBook. The initial impression I have is very positive. It’s got a very Buttery ™ experience. It feels way more responsive (as would be expected with dual core CPUs, each of which is faster than my [...]

The Haunted are the best band ever.

The new Milwaukee Public Market has opened and you should check it out.