The challenge A few months ago, I took a Rails design challenge from Robby Russell and Gary Blessington at Planet Argon to create a simple Ruby on Rails app that meets the following criteria: A user should be able to upload a file intended for a recipient. The recipient should receive an email message with… [CONTINUE]
Last year, my sister set a Facebook event for Sunday, August 13th, which would have been my grandfather Jose Luis’ 100th birthday, for a Maldonado family reunion. It was a small get-together of my family; only about 50 were in attendance. Yes, that’s small compared to the full numbers. This was a very hot weekend so… [CONTINUE]
I decided to do a trombone rendering. This is one of the instruments that I played in high school. I was primarily a baritone horn player but I was told that if I wanted to be a more well-rounded musician and one who maybe got occasional work, I should learn to play the trombone. Outside of Gustav… [CONTINUE]
If you’re just now joining us, this above is what my website used to look like. It got me an A for my final individual project and did what it was supposed to, but now it’s time for some new sexiness. And now, it’s time to be mindless for a few more days until I… [CONTINUE]
Because exactly no single human being has asked, I have provided my setup I use to develop my sites. This is just my hardware for web development I do in my consultant work. These are not any endorsement of any products, services, pieces of software, etc. It’s just what I use and I think it’s… [CONTINUE]
I decided to create a Blender 3D still life scene but couldn’t decide what to do. This is the end result. My wife and I didn’t get a wedding cake. We didn’t do the funky chicken, there was no bouquet tossing. There was a bouquet, an absurdly beautiful one designed and generously gifted by my wife’s cousin… [CONTINUE]
We love her and can’t wait to meet her.
The Konami Code is a story I’ve told several times and the listeners have all deemed it somewhat of an entertaining story. One friend told me to blog about it, so I will. Let me take you to the Mexico of my childhood, if I may. I was born and raised in Los Angeles but like many Chicanos I… [CONTINUE]
Well, I’m not obviously. But my wife is. Yes, this was very much planned. The baby is due on Thanksgiving and we don’t know what she’s having quite yet, not for another month at least. How do I feel about this? Excited and anxious. There were points in my life when I thought that parenthood… [CONTINUE]