How to make a Diddy Kong Costume

Last year, I was a little execessive when making my Halloween Diddy Kong costume, and figured it’d be a good idea to share some of the thoughts that went into making it and create a guide. Hopefully, it’ll be a good reference for anyone else with an unhealthy Donkey Kong…

Making a Strongbad luchador mask

Strongbad is back, so I feel like I should take the time to upload some photos and materials that…

Grid Cell-editor Colorpicker Form Combo in ExtJS and Netzke

Logstash LoadError: no such file to load — i18n

LoadError: no such file to load -- i18n
 require at org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:1085
 (root) at /usr/local/Cellar/logstash/1.4.2/libexec/lib/logstash/runner.rb:46

Resolving Homebrew /usr/bin/tar issues for Mac OSX Lion

If you’re getting the following error, it could be a number of issues:

/usr/bin/tar xf /Users/username/Library/Caches/Homebrew/pkg-config-0.27.1.lion.bottle.tar.gz
pkg-config/0.27.1/: Can’t create…

Escape attributes in haml, jquery javascript template, & sinatra

I had issues defining a js template in haml where the attribute was a javascript variable. Example and solution:

Haml kept escaping < & > into &lt; and &gt; in the following javascript template:

Solitaire Castles of Mad King Ludwig

Tips for playing this nerdy boargame… all by your lonesome self

Starcraft and my GRE verbal score

So I was studying vocabulary for the GRE, midst my roommate aloof in a fantasy world playing World of Warcraft, when I said to him, “You shouldn’t be playing video games so much.” He quickly replied, “Well, maybe you shouldn’t be studying so much. Here ask me some of…

AM PM Meridian Time Picker for ExtJS and Netzke

I really didn’t like the default time picker for ExtJS. I think it’s easier to type in the specific time vs picking from a long list of options in a combobox/dropdown. Modifying a custom time component in the Netzke framework, I was able to get it…