mike's place http://prolumina.com/mlarocque The ramblings of a Chief Cook and Bottle Washer Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:01:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Moving servers. And URLs http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2008/01/27/moving-servers-and-urls/ http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2008/01/27/moving-servers-and-urls/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:01:46 +0000 mike http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2008/01/27/moving-servers-and-urls/ I’m moving servers, from the old Textdrive shared BSD boxes to the shiny new Joyent shared accelerators. I’m also moving from a ‘/~mlarocque’ (yes I am an old-school unix geek) base url to ‘/mlarocque’. Redirects written, etc. I’m hoping not to break things. Too badly at least. :)

]]> http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2008/01/27/moving-servers-and-urls/feed/ For developer types - have you sanitized your inputs? http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/10/12/for-developer-types/ http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/10/12/for-developer-types/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:13:54 +0000 mike http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/2007/10/12/for-developer-types/ One of the best xkcd comics yet!

]]> http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/10/12/for-developer-types/feed/ Best one yet http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/10/09/best-one-yet/ http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/10/09/best-one-yet/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:36:15 +0000 mike http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/2007/10/09/best-one-yet/ Scratch what I said in a previous post. I think this one is the best one.

]]> http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/10/09/best-one-yet/feed/ For Kathryn :) http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/09/26/for-kathryn/ http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/09/26/for-kathryn/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:33:49 +0000 mike http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/2007/09/26/for-kathryn/ Just for you sweetie!

]]> http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/09/26/for-kathryn/feed/ Ten reasons why I’ll never look at Java again :) http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/09/20/ten-reasons-why-ill-never-look-at-java-again/ http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/09/20/ten-reasons-why-ill-never-look-at-java-again/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:12:49 +0000 mike http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/2007/09/20/ten-reasons-why-ill-never-look-at-java-again/ Humourous article by Obie Fernandez comparing Ruby and Java.

]]> http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/09/20/ten-reasons-why-ill-never-look-at-java-again/feed/ Best one yet in the Ruby on Rails video series http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/09/20/best-one-yet-in-the-ruby-on-rails-video-series/ http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/09/20/best-one-yet-in-the-ruby-on-rails-video-series/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:39:39 +0000 mike http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/2007/09/20/best-one-yet-in-the-ruby-on-rails-video-series/ I think this is the best one in the series so far. These guys are good!

]]> http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/09/20/best-one-yet-in-the-ruby-on-rails-video-series/feed/ Beautiful Libraries http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/09/08/beautiful-libraries/ http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/09/08/beautiful-libraries/#comments Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:00:47 +0000 mike http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/2007/09/08/beautiful-libraries/ For those book/libarary lovers out there, here’s another magnificint gallery of some of the world’s most beautiful libraries. Magnificent.

]]> http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/09/08/beautiful-libraries/feed/ A new ‘Ruby on Rails’ video http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/09/03/a-new-ruby-on-rails-video/ http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/09/03/a-new-ruby-on-rails-video/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:03:56 +0000 mike http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/2007/09/03/a-new-ruby-on-rails-video/ Ah, one more in the series…

]]> http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/09/03/a-new-ruby-on-rails-video/feed/ Inbox Zero http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/07/26/inbox-zero/ http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/07/26/inbox-zero/#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:14:54 +0000 mike http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/2007/07/26/inbox-zero/ Excellent, excellent hour long Google Tech Talk by Merlin Mann of 43 Folders about processing that out of control email inbox of yours. This is how I manage my email.

]]> http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/07/26/inbox-zero/feed/ The Internet has crashed! http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/07/23/the-internet-has-crashed/ http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/07/23/the-internet-has-crashed/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:46:22 +0000 mike http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/2007/07/23/the-internet-has-crashed/ At least I didn’t do it. Phew! :)

]]> http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/07/23/the-internet-has-crashed/feed/ The struggles of a 3 year old http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/07/20/the-struggles-of-a-3-year-old/ http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/07/20/the-struggles-of-a-3-year-old/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:47:02 +0000 mike http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/2007/07/20/the-struggles-of-a-3-year-old/ Kathryn and her struggles. :)

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Hi!

Is it any wonder I adore my little princess. :) Photo taken May 28, 2007.

]]> http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/06/02/my-little-angel/feed/ Hi, I’m Ruby on Rails, Part 4 http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/05/21/hi-im-ruby-on-rails-part-4/ http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/05/21/hi-im-ruby-on-rails-part-4/#comments Tue, 22 May 2007 02:31:28 +0000 mike http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/2007/05/21/hi-im-ruby-on-rails-part-4/ Coincidentally, I started and finished a cool little Rails photo album application with Ajaxy goodness today for a client.

]]> http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/05/21/hi-im-ruby-on-rails-part-4/feed/ Hi, I’m Ruby on Rails, Part 3 http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/05/20/third-of-four-parts/ http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/05/20/third-of-four-parts/#comments Sun, 20 May 2007 16:25:36 +0000 mike http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/2007/05/20/third-of-four-parts/ Third of four parts. :)

]]> http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/05/20/third-of-four-parts/feed/ Hi, I’m Ruby on Rails, Part 2 http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/05/15/why-i-enjoy-rails-part-2/ http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/05/15/why-i-enjoy-rails-part-2/#comments Wed, 16 May 2007 03:07:00 +0000 mike http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/2007/05/15/why-i-enjoy-rails-part-2/ Oh yeah, baby!

]]> http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/05/15/why-i-enjoy-rails-part-2/feed/ Hi, I’m Ruby on Rails http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/05/14/hi-im-ruby-on-rails/ http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/05/14/hi-im-ruby-on-rails/#comments Tue, 15 May 2007 01:48:26 +0000 mike http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/2007/05/14/hi-im-ruby-on-rails/ Oh, I so enjoy doing Rails.

]]> http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/05/14/hi-im-ruby-on-rails/feed/ Preparing for my first dance class http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/04/24/preparing-for-my-first-dance-class/ http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/04/24/preparing-for-my-first-dance-class/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:07:57 +0000 mike http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/2007/04/24/preparing-for-my-first-dance-class/

Hair up? Check! Pretty dress on? Check! I am ready to Dance!

DJ took Kathryn to her first two classes this past Friday — an arts and crafts class, and a dance class. Photo taken April 20, 2007.

]]> http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/04/24/preparing-for-my-first-dance-class/feed/ Kontemplative Kathryn http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/04/19/kontemplative-kathryn/ http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/04/19/kontemplative-kathryn/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:37:20 +0000 mike http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/2007/04/19/kontemplative-kathryn/

Kathryn is a bit more contemplative in this shot. Photo taken March 29, 2007.

]]> http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/04/19/kontemplative-kathryn/feed/ The Princess and the Puppy, take 2 http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/04/18/the-princess-and-the-puppy-take-2/ http://prolumina.com/mlarocque/2007/04/18/the-princess-and-the-puppy-take-2/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2007 03:03:32 +0000 mike http://prolumina.com/~mlarocque/2007/04/18/the-princess-and-the-puppy-take-2/

Just lounging on the stairs with Bruno. Photo taken March 29, 2007.

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Am I cute, or what?

And yes, yes, her mom and dad are very proud. Photo taken March 29, 2007.

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