I admit it: I'm a Rails noob. 100%. Totally. As a result, this post may be useful to 0.000001% of all starting Rails developers out there. A while ago*, I pre-purchased Agile Web Development With Rails [http:
Buying the cow
Well that was quick – the Kiva project [http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=149296] [http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=149296]
Testing the Kiva waters
I’ve been toying with the idea about micro-lending through Kiva for a couple years now, and with Christmas on the way I decided to finally take the plunge. This is something I can support: a butcher in Uganda who
How to make a cream-based soup
You would think that by now I would have stopped being surprised about the crap that companies will put in our foods. Still, every now and then I enjoy having the chance to complain about things and today seemed like
Chicken finale
I travelled to Abrams Village two days ago to help finish processing the last ten chickens for the summer. It was another hot afternoon of work, and I’m glad that it’s over for the year. I finally took
Chicken project complete!
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/36013428@N08/3746377202/] This is now a chicken-free zone. Except for the freezer :) I was hoping to write a long post today detailing the adventure and how the last couple days went but there is
And then there were thirty-four
I had been wondering about this for a little while, and then recently it became quite obvious – one of these is definitely not like the other. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/36013428@N08/3713848433/] He was up to 8 lbs,
First chicken slaughtered
Well, I thought there was hope, but the chicken I’ve been keeping in the shed [http://newlyplanted.blogspot.com/2009/06/rollercoaster.html] In the end, for this one, I went with a sharp knife to the throat, a
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