Author Archives: Dibson

Kung Fu Crimewave’s Capitol Punishment

Posted on 2011 April 29 by Dibson

I recorded the Kung Fu Crimewave album Capitol Punishment in autumn/winter 2009. Neil just posted a great music video for “Kill for the Side”. While I’m at it, I’m also sharing Preston’s video for “What do I do?”.

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Rails’s DB-Insensitive Case Insensitivity

Posted on 2011 March 22 by Dibson

I’ve been working with Rails for the past few weeks. But seriously, folks, it’s been great. Anyway, what are we all here for? To hear about my first big trouble with Rails. We had a simple request at work to … Continue reading →

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Road Fooding

Posted on 2010 December 3 by Dibson

More photos from my cross country adventure with Erin. 4 quarts of food, cooked in the Badlands during a rainstorm. Uneaten. The badlands campsite. Nighttime Cooking. Crabill’s Hamburgers Tiny burgers in a tiny diner Mug n’ Buns Drive-in Paper menu … Continue reading →

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Hard drive backups

Posted on 2010 December 2 by Dibson

My reliable-so-far computer has been making a “tick tick” sound in the fan recently. I’ve never been one to keep backups of my personal work, but doing freelance work for the past year and a half has made me a … Continue reading →

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Fears of Toy

Posted on 2010 August 25 by Dibson

I really like Toby’s art blog. We did a drawing with Preston which I didn’t get to see the end of until it showed up there. Drawing is really fun when amazingly talented artists help finish your work.

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Wordsmith Words

Posted on 2010 August 1 by Dibson

limen (LY-muhn) noun A threshold of response: point at which a stimulus is of sufficient intensity to generate a response. [From Latin limen (threshold).] Pygmalionism (pig-MAY-lee-uh-niz-uhm) noun 1. The state of being in love with an object of one’s own … Continue reading →

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Car Tripping

Posted on 2010 July 1 by Dibson

All from a cross-country drive spanning June 7-21. A low-riding Volvo from New Jersey to Philadelphia… …drove to Kooser State Park in Pennsylvania on June 7… …through Ohio to Shades State Park, Indiana on June 9… … to a campsite … Continue reading →

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Sort Criteria not used in Drupal View

Posted on 2010 June 30 by Dibson

I was having trouble with the Drupal Views module. I have a view of a CCK Node, and I wanted to sort the view by one of the CCK data fields. The view was sorting on node id by default. … Continue reading →

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Multiple Images for Ubercart Products

Posted on 2010 June 25 by Dibson

I’m working on a Drupal site with the Ubercart package. I’m learning both at the same time, which is a challenge since they each offer so many options. Below I’ve listed some troubles I came across while I fighting to … Continue reading →

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Make Love, Speak Tongues

Posted on 2010 May 2 by Dibson

It’s December 2009. I just performed a show with Sam James from The Wowz. Sam spouts words like few people, and with a guitar in hand he lets loose melodies that shortcircuit my brain with their unpredictable perfection. Working with … Continue reading →

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