Jason Denney

Moving to California

I just recently moved to the Bay area to see what the hype is all about, well, and to avoid winter. I’m hoping to wrap up some side projects and maybe start a few new ones! We’ll see if I stick around.

Solitaire Castles of Mad King Ludwig

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

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

Making a Strongbad luchador mask

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

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…

Grid Cell-editor Colorpicker Form Combo in ExtJS and Netzke

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: