Google Voice and Skype

Written by Braxton on 06.05.2010 | Uncategorized

I recently got a SkypeIn number.  I also have a Google Voice(GV) number.  I thought this would be the perfect marriage.  When I am working at my computer I can just have Skype up and running and any calls to my GV number would ring my Skype number.  Then I could answer the call without [...]

Rails respond_to issues when using IE

Written by Braxton on 04.02.2010 | Uncategorized

I was experiencing a bug in IE7 where my Rails app would return js when I was asking for html and vice-versa.  It worked fine in other browsers but just not IE.  It seems a few other people were having this issue long ago but I could not find any recent info or a complete [...]

Moving to the cloud

Written by Braxton on 16.06.2009 | Uncategorized

I am working on a rails-based project that we have decided to host in the cloud.  We have decided to go with Amazon Web Services.  We will be using EC2 and with an Elastic IP.  We are looking into Cloudfront as well.  So far I have created my account and launched my instance which was [...]

Just auto-upgraded WordPress to 2.8

Written by Braxton on 16.06.2009 | Uncategorized

I just ran the auto-upgrade for this blog to bring it to 2.8.  This is the first time I have ever used the built-in auto-upgrade.  Most of my sites and clients’ sites are hosted on Dreamhost so I have always used their one-click installers which have been awesome.  Then WordPress came out with the built-in [...]