http://www.johnyerhot.com im in ur computrz makin castz Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:30:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been a busy bee.  I'm about to release the 20th FOSSCast on Friday and I'm also starting another screencasting site this week - Technicasts.com. Technicasts is part me wanting to try and do some longer screencasts about topics that are too big for a 5-10 minute screencast, and part needing ... http://www.johnyerhot.com/2010/01/10/technicasts-grand-opening/ Again a year has passed, and what an eventful year it has been. Found out we are having a baby! Moved to the Chicago burbs. Took job at Follett Digital Resources Was moved to Follett Software Company from Follett Digital Resources Rented our first (whole) house Bought our first new car (well, almost new) Started FOSSCasts.com Turned 26. loved ... http://www.johnyerhot.com/2009/12/26/2009-in-review/ I've now completed 11 screencasts for FOSSCasts.com, and I must say it has been a great learning experience.  I'd like to share the workflow that I've settled on. Getting Started First, the equipment: recorded on a Mac using Snapz Pro to record the desktop.  Lots of other Mac screencasters will recommend iShowU, but I ... http://www.johnyerhot.com/2009/11/13/lessons-learned-from-11-screencasts/ I had a hard drive go out on my server at home a lost a couple months worth of posts.  Not fun. Back up your data kids. http://www.johnyerhot.com/2009/10/26/drive-failure/ We just bought a used 2007 Hyundai Elantra.  It's a great car, but I completely hate the car buying experience.  Something learned this round. They (used car salesmen) will try to keep you there as long as possible.  This is to wear you down.  If you're like me, after a while you're ready ... http://www.johnyerhot.com/2009/07/12/used-car-shopping/ In my last entry we looked at using scopes to dynamically build scopes for searching in your Ruby on Rails application.  In Tryst, we needed to let our uses search for other singles that were xxx miles from their location.  We require that new users enter their zip code, so ... http://www.johnyerhot.com/2009/06/23/zipcode-distance-searching-in-ruby-on-rails/ I really like how Lovetastic's search works.  Instead of a plethora of select boxes, users can simply use expressions to create searches.  We did something similar with Tryst's searching.  One text field and you enter stuff like age ranges (30-45), things like smoke-yes or smoke-no, cities, zipcodes, etc. To make this ... http://www.johnyerhot.com/2009/06/21/smart-searching-using-named-scopes/ Ok, so five years ago I never would have though that I'd have started a 'Web 2.0' dating site.  Hell, I didn't think I'd be doing a lot of things, but here I am.   There is actually a small story how I got involved with (shamless self promotion) trystme.com.  Wanna ... http://www.johnyerhot.com/2009/06/14/yes-i-started-a-dating-site-im-sorry/ That's right.  I'm pulling this blog from retirement.  It's still getting quite a bit of traffic and I feel bad for just neglecting it.  Keep checking back for some real content. http://www.johnyerhot.com/2009/05/22/ive-pulled-a-brett-farve/ I will be moving this weblog to blog.john.yerhot.org in the next couple days.  I will also be moving from Wordpress to my own home brew platform.  johnyerhot.com will still go here, and so will all the posts, but I will not be posting here any longer. blog.john.yerhot.org http://www.johnyerhot.com/2008/11/19/blogjohnyerhotorg/