Setup Ruby on Rails OS X Lion

by Ryan Doom

 In the last 6 months I have installed Ruby on Rails 3 a hand full of time on OS X.  There are lots of different articles on how to do this but this is the simplest and the best way I have found to setup my Ruby on Rails 3 development environ...


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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
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Dog Training Worksheet

by Ryan Doom

In three weeks from now Alison and I will be getting a puppy. It's a Poodle / Golden Retriever mix aka a Goldendoodle. Her parents have had some Poodles and they have always been great. We have also found the temparments of Retrievers to be very good and they are a little bit calmer and really enjoy fetch and games. Seems like the perfect mix, hopefully the shedding will be light.

Over the last month I have been reading some books I got from Amazon and also reading a lot of blogs about dog training. I've been working on a cheat sheet for me as a general reference guide versus having to re-read the books regularly. This is the first version, complete with typos and sentence fragments.


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Sunday, December 12, 2010
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EMP Visual Solutions

by Ryan Doom

I wanted to showcase a cool Michigan company that we have been working with.  They specalize in:

Which are all just names for large LED signs. These signs are assembled in Farmington Hills Michigan and Electro-Matic serves companies through out the nation.  Their signs are often used outdoors in front of banks, churches, retail stores.  Since they are in the metro-Detroit area their displays are also used indoors at many manufacturers and automotive companies.


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Monday, May 24, 2010
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Popular Free Font Websites

by Ryan and Kevin

  • Fontsquirrel.com
  • Fontspace.com
  • Dafont.com
  • Urbanfonts.com
  • Acidfonts.com
  • Fontstock.net

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Sunday, May 16, 2010
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Starting a software product company

by Ryan Doom

We recently launched a DotNetNuke module development company. These are components to plug into existing websites to add functionality like a DNN store module that adds a shopping cart and e-commerce.


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Sunday, March 14, 2010
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How to prevent duplicative content

by Ryan Doom

Search engines do not care for duplicative content, if you make multiple pages that have the exact same content on your website it can negatively effect your search engine position.  It probably...


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Sunday, March 15, 2009
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Making a better 404 page

by Ryan Doom

I just ran into a 404 page on a website, and realized that it should be a standard practice to customize your websites 404 page to make it more useful to users. The standard...


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Sunday, March 15, 2009
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Getting rid of the admin area of your application

by Ryan Doom

One difference that I have always liked about DotNetNuke versus Drupal and Joomla is that the admin interface is built into the website not a separate area.  When Kevin and I researched all of the top Content Management Systems three years ago we decided ...


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Thursday, January 08, 2009
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Don't forget about the empty screen

by Ryan Doom

When creating web applications designers usually consider what the screen will look like when it is full of data, not empty.  The first impression a user has with your application should not be a blank screen.


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Tuesday, January 06, 2009
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Increasing your business by speaking

by Ryan Doom

2009 will most likely be as slow for many businesses as 2008. But you don’t have to participate, a good tip for 2009 is to work on a presentation that you can start giving to local associations and businesses.  All you need to get started…


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Monday, January 05, 2009
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