Apple publishes Ruby on Rails tutorial
Posted on February 28, 2006
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The Apple developers have put out an intro tutorial about working with Ruby on Rails in OS X and I must say its a pretty nice and indepth article. It goes into the benefits, the basics and setting it up in OS X.Two great things coming together, you can’t beat that.
Check it out: Apple Ruby on Rails tutorial
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Posted on February 28, 2006
Filed Under Apple, Daily Thoughts, Productivity, Ruby on Rails, Tech
Freeing up disk space in OS X
Posted on February 27, 2006
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Over the years the disk space just seems to MAGICALLY disappear. Its very strange indeed. And I SWEAR I have no more than I had on my HD when I first got it, though back then after I installed all my programs I had 20-30GB free, now I’m floating on 1-5GB.
I found a great article over at Metrobilly about freeing up disk space with a few great tools. I just used Monolingual and free’d up 1GB of space by removing unused language files alone! Good stuff.
Updated link now works
Check out the full article here
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Posted on February 27, 2006
Filed Under Apple, Daily Thoughts, Productivity
I love brown rice!
Posted on February 24, 2006
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Its amazing how much you can start to like something after being exposed to it for a while. Its not like I never liked brown rice, it just wasn’t very appealing to me. Now I can’t get enough of it! I add about 15% sweet rice and 10% spelt to my mix then the rest short grain brown rice and I find it to be a perfect blend. Its not so freaking stickly like 100% brown rice is you know?
I know its been a while since I’ve had a Macrobiotic update, but things are still going great. One main reason I’m pleased to say is I’m working on a new site strictly focused on macrobiotics, recipies and overall healthy eating. I’ve been saving my recipies, taking pictures etc. On the new site I am going to allow everyone to register and post their recipies and experiences, whether fully or semi-macrobiotic and get a community going. It should be great so keep a look out for that. I will definitely post here when its up. 
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Posted on February 24, 2006
Filed Under Daily Thoughts, Health & Food, Macrobiotics
Small Business Logo Design & Creation
Posted on February 23, 2006
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I’m going to be talking about logo design for small businesses and independent professional and my review on a service I’ve used for logo creation.
Branding and marketing is without saying one of the biggest factors in marketing and exposure today. You need a logo that people will recognize and learn to remember, preferably one that is clean and to the point and at the very least conveys the theme of you business.
When working with my clients, many of them ask for logo design services and I point them to the best services I’ve experiences so far at a place called The Logo Company. After doing a lot of research for my own needs and looking at various companies to provide it, The Logo Company proved to have a streamlined workflow, very affordable price and extremely high quality work.
They were also voted “Best in Test” by Wired Magazine. I chose to go with their “Logo Design PLUS Full Business Stationery Design” package for $175.
I had a great experience with them and had a very easy time working with them to create a logo I was pleased with. It was simple as filling out the information form and going from there. Once I sent them that information via their website, a rep/designer by the named of Steve responded quickly. Luckily in my situation I already know a lot of what I wanted in the design but just didn’t have the time nor Adobe Illustrator skills to create it at the time. I sent a rough sketch of my ideas to steve and within a few days had a rough draft for my review.
All communication was simple and took place via e-mail. He gave me around 8 drafts to choose from at first. I had the choice to pick different design traits to consolidate into one or choose one design ad refine its characteristics to my liking. Through more email, we refined my design until I was satisfied.
After the logo was done I had an entire stationary package created around it including business card, envelope and stationary design. They gave me 4 drafts to initially choose from and I chose one to make a few small refinements to. Once that was done I was emailed a compressed document with my logo, business card, envelope and stationary designs in various formats and sizes. Also included was the master .ai and .esp file so that I could work with it myself. The entire process only took about a week and a half, though that was because I wanted many revisions done which they were happy to do. I suppose if you don’t need that many revisions done you could have it finalized in a few days.
I am highly impressed with the quality of the finished designs, the service and the speed in which they worked and would definitely recommend them to any entrepreneur or small business looking to affordably create a logo or business identity.
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Posted on February 23, 2006
Filed Under Business, Daily Thoughts, Productivity, Tech
Quote: Early Risers
Posted on February 20, 2006
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“It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.”
– Aristotle
I’m working on it! I would love to get back into my habit of getting up at 5:30/6 and having a quick morning warmup jog.
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Posted on February 20, 2006
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