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checking table existence in Rails’ migrations
I just refactored a table and in the migration I created for it I first need to drop the table and then create it from scratch, so the first line of self.up is drop_table :table_name. But when I go back and forth over that migration, the second time around the table doesn’t exist (because […]
Going Full Lincoln — Bearduary Appearance on Today Show Tomorrow
Tomorrow morning I’m going to be on the Today Show at the NBC Studios. They’ll be shaving my Bearduary beard and possibly giving me a free haircut (score!) while the hosts interview the Bearduary founders.
The taping is supposed to take place at 10am EST on Tuesday and last for about 45 minutes. I don’t […]
Playing with Fire
I’m now 2 for 3 with viral youtube science experiments. Previously I fail to make Mountain Dew glow green and successfully created a spouting diet coke geyser.
Yesterday’s experiment, and my Thing for ThingADay, was to try to recreate the handheld fireball* on this youtube video.
The result? Success! Well, mostly. The fireball heats […]
Thing a Day overview
I haven’t been posting every day, but I’ve been doing things every day.
On Wednesday the “thing” I made was a tattoo. On Saturday I took a picture of my sweet electric guitar. Today I made a hand-held fireball (following along with this youtube video). Friday I “made” Manu Ginobili of the Spurs sign […]
outside.in switches to rails
I wrote a post for outside.in’s official blog a few weeks ago detailing some of the troubles and successes (mostly the latter) we encountered when switching over from PHP to Ruby on Rails last fall. It was kind of a herculean task for Christian and I, but has been well worth it so far. […]
Chili fixings
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The Thing I made on Sunday was Pork Chili. This is a picture of the garlic, onions and jalapeños. The recipe is called Tierra Verde Chili, and contains no […]
orange balls (or: I’m doing thing a day)
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orange balls, originally uploaded by bantic.
Ok, I’m doing Thing A Day (http://www.thing-a-day.com/) this year!
I missed the official registration deadline, but that’s not going to stop me. I’m setting the bar rather low by just […]
Public Art in St. Petersburg
Ji, whom I collaborated with on the interactive version of the Bubble Project, and with whom I am currently working on another, unreleased project, was in Russia recently for a public art project. He has some interesting posts up on this Public Art Russia blog.
Bearduary: A True Gentleman Grows a Beard
It’s not too late to start your Bearduary beard.
In March of 2006 I assisted Sai in the making of this documentary:
Here is a clip of John Hodgman, from his book The Areas of My Expertise, to get you in the mood on March 1st when it comes time to shear your cheeks.
List of Places Slept, 2007
At the end of every year I publish a list of all the places I spent at least one night in during that year. Here’s the list for 2007. The ones marked with asterisks are places where I spent multiple, non-consecutive nights. Here’s the 2006 list and the 2005 list.
*Brooklyn, NY
*Logan, UT (Jan, […]
