Blue Red Conversation
A Facebook conversation worth repeating. The context is that I’m trying to understand why almost everyone I grew up with in Georgia, which I left 16 years ago and to which I have not returned, has gone...
View ArticleInstance variable not assigned in view
I just spent a few minutes in la-la-land trying to figure out when an instance variable assigned in the controller stopped showing up in the view, despite all evidence that it was getting set correctly...
View ArticleFirefox Extension Toolbarbutton CSS in Windows 7
Lesson learned today: If you have a Firefox extension and you use the toolbarbutton element. In Windows 7 you can only use list-style-image to style it. Background color, -moz-linear-gradient, and...
View ArticleComment Spam I’d Like to Use
WordPress comment spam almost worth saving to use on student papers if I were still teaching: Comment: Together with the whole thing that appears to be developing within this particular subject matter,...
View ArticleCasey Dreier’s Rack presentation
This evening Casey Dreier of Singlebrook Technology gave an excellent talk on Rack. As he explained, Rack the Ruby gem provides a common interface between Ruby applications and web servers. It allows...
View ArticleCoffeeScript Tips & Tricks
Following on my CoffeeScript talk at the Ithaca Web Group and my company, GORGES, I downloaded the new Pragmatic Programmers book on CoffeeScript. I have completed the language reference part, and...
View ArticleAdobe CS3 on Mac OSX: Licensing for this product has stopped working.
I ran into this problem when I had my MBP hard drive replaced. I openend Fireworks (or any Adobe app) and got a popup that said “Licensing for this product has stopped working.” Contact Adobe Customer...
View ArticleNazi Election Data
First a look at the Weimar elections. The numbers are from Wikipedia. Social Democrat means SPD. Communist means USPD + KPD. Bourgeois 3 means DNVP + DVP + DDP. MC Splinters means various middle class...
View ArticleJesus and the Healing on the Sabbath
In today’s Gospel lesson (Luke 13:10-17), we find Jesus teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath. This is the day of the week in which Jews must cease from their ordinary work and tend to God. Hearing of...
View ArticleJesus and the King with the Ten Thousand Man Army
Today’s lesson was from Luke chapter 14. It started with the famous (and for Jesus oddly worded) statement that you have to hate your parents and siblings, even life, in order to be a disciple. You...
View ArticleDoes God change his mind?
The thought of the week: Change. Some people resist it. Others try to bring it about. We generally think that being consistent and unchanged is a good thing, don’t we? Maybe even a sign of character....
View ArticleDoes God change his mind? Part II
The reflection of the week was on whether God changes his mind, and if that is good or bad. Today’s sermon was of course a culmination of that topic, in light of the recent election of Elizabeth Eaton...
View ArticleWhen they came for… or why I’m late to the Bonhoeffer party
I confess that I’ve been late to the Bonhoeffer party because I know too much. I have a PhD in modern European history, specializing in Nazi Germany. How often have I heard the famous quote by Martin...
View ArticleTwo Hot Sauce Recipes – Smoky Red and Orange Habanero
These are the recipes for the hot sauces that I brought to Ruby DCamp 2013. There are two recipes – smoky red and orange habanero hot sauce. The flavors are quite different and complementary. I...
View ArticleRibena Chorba – Bulgarian Fish Stew
I have long been a fan of fish stew. I used to make bouillabaisse for my mother on Mother’s Day. A favorite memory from my Eurail trip in the summer of ‘91 is the Portuguese fish stew I had near the...
View ArticleTolstoy endures but here’s why the liberal arts may not
So I just read an interesting article tweeted by Parent Cortical Mass (@ParentCorticalM) by Valerie Strauss in the Washington Post “Answer Sheet.” The basic premise is that the liberal arts are in...
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