February 2012
2 posts
Vim on OSX Can Haz Ruby & Python Colors
I have been working with Vagrant and Chef on my Macbook lately for work and that means I keep jumping in and out of files to do some quick edits. My preferred editor for doing quick edits is vim and luckily OSX is nice enough to include vim for me by default. However, they aren’t quite nice enough to build it against Ruby and Python even though they are both also on the system. This results...
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October 2011
2 posts
GDash – Graphite Dashboard →
This is a pretty nice looking dashboard for Graphite. If you use Graphite for stats I would definitely suggest checking it out.
Oct 10th
Baby Goose’s scorpion jacket from Drive is now on... →
You too can now own a jacket that looks like the one Ryan Gosling wore in Drive. Who wants to buy this for me?
Oct 6th
September 2011
2 posts
SSL: Who Do You Trust? →
Understand SSL trust system a little better with the help of Star Trek.
Sep 26th
6 Effective Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Website →
Some good, maybe basic, suggestions on ways to drive web traffic to your website.
Sep 16th
July 2011
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June 2011
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May 2011
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December 2010
2 posts
Dec 22nd
Why Small Bar is the Best US Soccer Bar
Those of you who read this and know me probably know that I have a mancrush on Small Bar. Not sure if that is even possible but that is just how awesome they are. They share two loves of mine beer and soccer, but that isn’t why they are the best. Anyone can get there hands on some delicious craft beers and order the soccer package for DirectTV or Comcast. They go above and beyond with...
Dec 10th
November 2010
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October 2010
4 posts
Kicking Prostate Cancer in the Balls One Mustache...
The past few years I have thought about partaking in Movember and this year I made the plunge. Movember is a fundraising event to help raise money and awarness for prostate cancer and men’s health. The event has participants shave clean on November 1st and then grow a mustache for 30 days until the end of November. During this time participants are encourage to collect money for Livestrong...
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August 2010
1 post
Why I Attend BARcamp Chicago and So Should You
First I guess I should explain what BARcamp Chicago is for those unfamiliar with it. BARcamp Chicago is a weekend long technology ‘unconference’. An unconference is similar to any conference you may have attended except for that fact that all the presentations are given by the attendees. Also the schedule is mostly decided ad hoc during the event. There is a wide array of topics and...
Aug 4th
July 2010
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A Trip to End All Trips
Welcome! This site is meant to document, discuss and comment on this great thing I call a life. I will most likely cover plenty of things I love and of course it wouldn’t be life with out some drama so I am sure there will be some rants about things that grind my gears.  A little about me before we kick this journey off. My name is Kevin Harriss and I am a 25 year old with a BS in Computer...
Jul 8th