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Get close

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:19:02 GMT

I am playing along with @dailyshoot in an attempt to get in a little daily photography practice. This assignment was to “get close!” Should be a fun experiment in limitations (just my office, what equipment I’ve got with me that day, etc).

March of Dimes
Every year, 20 million babies are born too soon, too small and very sick ― half a million of them in the United States. November 17 is when we fight.
Fight for Preemies

Parfrey's Glen

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:23:35 GMT

Perfect for shooting waterfalls.

Link to the empire

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:13:51 GMT

Wonder if they’ve got AT&T too?

Pumpkins

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:43:12 GMT

Pre-carving.

Deciduous across the field

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:52:27 GMT

Fall in Wisconsin.

Leaf

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:21:57 GMT

That time of year.

Fungus

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:16:58 GMT

There are a ton of these little guys all over the backyard.

At the Beach

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:14:23 GMT

Sandcastles and feet.

Beetle

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:36:54 GMT

I really hate these guys.

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nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:36:15 GMT

Quick TCD redo: http://www.thirdculturedesign.com/

How I got my Ruby on Rails + MySQL environment back up and running after installing Snow Leopard

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:15:56 GMT

I upgraded to Snow Leopard tonight. It was a surprisingly quick and easy task actually. I did a clean install to a new drive, installed MacPorts and then ran the following, recorded here as much for my own memory as for posterity.



# get the right version of zlib
sudo port install zlib +universal

# install mysql
sudo port install mysql5-server

# configure mysql (some interaction required)
sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql5.plist
sudo -u mysql mysql_install_db5
cd /opt/local ; sudo /opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysqld_safe &
/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysql_secure_installation

# yay, ImageMagick
sudo port install ImageMagick

# rubystuffs
sudo port install ruby
sudo port install rb-mysql
sudo port install rb-rubygems

# do an update, just in case
sudo gem update --system

# grab a bunch of gems
sudo gem install termios
sudo gem install mysql
sudo gem install rake
sudo gem install rails
sudo gem install mongrel
sudo gem install capistrano 
sudo gem install capistrano-ext

# install git 
sudo port install git-core

The whole process took a little over an hour on my Mac Pro. Then it was just a matter of checking out a few codebases and rehydrating a few databases. Very simple.

Updated 11/1/2009 to include universal zlib configuration option.

Jars

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:32:56 GMT

Amy and I are leaning how to can foods this year. So far so good. (Of course, we haven’t eaten any of it yet.)

Lightning

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:08:21 GMT

A little black and white, just for fun.

Cave of the Mounds

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:07:24 GMT

It was dark.

Lightning

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:56:56 GMT

I had never photographed lightning before, but it’s always been on my to do list. Turns out it requires patience and an extremely cooperative thunderstorm. So much fun.

Raindrops

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:13:31 GMT

They stayed there all day.

Nothing doing

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:11:00 GMT

I’m pretty sure this morning’s Twitter outage and Facebook flakiness are combined causing an unprecedented surge in the nation’s productivity.

At least, this is a personally true statement.

We launched a bunch of new features on pnt.me today

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:23:55 GMT

Check out the new and improved pnt.me, for all your URL shortening needs. We really rounded out the feature set with this one including things like link statistics that update in realtime, and a brand new look and feel.

Mustached

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:49:20 GMT

A weekend of fun and facial hair.

Afternoon Tea

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:14:53 GMT

Science-style.