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Getting observe_field to update a text_field in Rails

Posted by Gregg on November 13, 2009 in Adventures on the Rails

I am writing this post as I scoured page after page with out luck and came up with this solution.  Others may already be all over this method or have more eloquent solutions but this people didn’t have their content search engine optimized.  So for those in need here ya go.
I have used observe_field on [...]

prosthetic hand with sensation of touch

Posted by Gregg on October 19, 2009 in Entertaining Me is Easy

pretty amazing stuff: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8313037.stm

Where the Time Goes…

Posted by Gregg on May 18, 2009 in Entertaining Me is Easy

So it has again been eons since I have updated this site. Over the next few days I am going to take a stab at making this better reflect myself, the company, my portfolio, and my hair brain ideas. Hold tight, cause here we go…

Explain Twitter to your grandma

Posted by Gregg on February 9, 2009 in Web 2.0

What the ‘H E Double Hockey Sticks’ is Twitter?
I have been asked this question on many occasions and my response has varied and often fallen short of best describing what all the twitter is about.  So finding this video gem was very nice.

First post via iphone

Posted by Gregg on January 19, 2009 in Random Thought

I have recently picked up the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. It may be the influence of the upcoming inauguration but I have been drawn to the histories and personalities of our forefathers. Something about their work ethic and high ideals act as nourishment to my brain and being.
So one of the reasons I [...]

history of the internet.. very well done.

Posted by Gregg on January 15, 2009 in Entertaining Me is Easy

History of the Internet from PICOL on Vimeo.

testing embeded track infor from last.fm

Posted by Gregg on January 7, 2009 in Entertaining Me is Easy

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I have been splintered by your wood

Posted by Gregg on January 1, 2009 in Entertaining Me is Easy

Drunken Poetry commence..
So I fond this on my blog a few days after the the world toasted a new year…and vagely even remember writing it…
“So here it begins.   Another year of countdown and wait, and anticipation and my its late,  I write this post like an dwindling sojourner, not hoping my torch brings you warmth [...]

ASU’s Secure Web Development Committee’s First Meetup

Posted by Gregg on October 4, 2008 in Secure web development, Web 2.0

ASU’s Secure Web Development (SWD) committee’s first meetup from Gregg Turnbull on Vimeo.

Amazing

Posted by Gregg on October 3, 2008 in Entertaining Me is Easy

This is probably an old video to some but it is just amazing. As our profession, that of web development, often deals in 0 and 1s and it is very uncommon to talk faith in a technical forum. Even our out shades of gray have are based on hex or rgb numbers. [...]