Articles We've Written

Designing like a Chicken

Written by on Nov 29 2007

Allan takes you through his step by step ritual for designing for client projects.

Setting up SSL on Nginx

Written by on Nov 28 2007

Instructions for setting up an ssl website on nginx using Godaddy certificates.

Installing the MySql Gem on Redhat Linux (CentOS)

Written by on Nov 18 2007

Coding bits for MySql Gem on Redhat Linux.

Charge your iPod with an onion.

Written by on Nov 18 2007

Ever lost your iPod charger and all you had was an onion?

Textmate Search (grep) in Folder Updated

Written by on Nov 16 2007

Another update to TextMate grep bundle.

Yehuda Updated Grep in Projects (Textmate)

Written by on Nov 12 2007

Update to a TextMate bundle from an earlier post.

Welcome Home Mark Cuban, Welcome Home

Written by on Nov 5 2007

If you know the guys at Less Everything you know we love our Macs. As a joke I always say "I like my wife, I love my Macbook Pro".

Accept Your Destiny, its Google Gears

Written by on Nov 1 2007

Google Gears integration seems to be the destiny of any web app of the future. Gears can provide offline usage of web apps, less server resources used and faster loading times!

How To Change Your IM Status in iChat, Adium and Skype Using Quicksilver

Written by on Oct 31 2007

Have you ever wanted to change your IM status for several apps at the same time?

Invalid Label Error When Eval JSON

Written by on Oct 25 2007

If you are getting an "invalid label" error when doing eval() on a json string, here is the solution.

Named Routes in JavaScript

Written by on Oct 24 2007

Have you ever wanted to use named routes in your JavaScript? So have I. Now you can.

Ingredients of a Great Client...

Written by on Oct 5 2007

We appreciate and love all of our clients. Each client offers a new project with a new problem to solve.

Rails RESTful Url Guide

Written by on Sep 27 2007

Guide to RESTful url formats in Rails.

Installing ImageMagick and RMagick on Mac OS X

Written by on Sep 26 2007

I have found a new way of doing this that is so good I can't believe I haven't heard about this before. It turns out, there is a one click (command) installer for ImageMagick and RMagick and nobody is talking about it.

Want to go to the Dentist?

Written by on Sep 20 2007

I recently saw an image used in a dental office's website. I was immediately turned off by it.

Businessman Profile: JC Penney

Written by on Sep 18 2007

I recently watched an A&E Biography on James Cash Penney, the founder of JC Penney's. Started in 1902, in Wyoming, JC Penney's never accepted credit until 1957.

Ace Hardware Update

Written by on Sep 7 2007

A trip to Home Depot.

Please Read This Post In It's Entirety Before You Send Me Your Resume

Written by on Sep 7 2007

Amazingly people keep sending me resumes. Let me ask you all a question: If someone can't even follow that simple instruction, how in the world would they expect me to trust them with my code?

Is this how your employees treat your customers?

Written by on Sep 6 2007

I'll give you the play by play on this evening's activities.

Bloated Emails

Written by on Sep 5 2007

In a recent email I noticed the signature.

The kind of business service I hope we give

Written by on Sep 4 2007

Last December I took part in the MacAppADay giveaway.

Be Careful Who You Hire, I Know What Their Code Looks Like.

Written by on Aug 31 2007

I am going to start posting little quips our guys innocently say to me.

TextMate Tip of the Day

Written by on Aug 23 2007

A great helper by Yehuda Katz.

Apache not starting on boot OS X? Here's how to fix.

Written by on Aug 16 2007

Fix an Apache bug

Install ImageMagick & RMagick on Mac OS X

Written by on Aug 15 2007

Quick tip

Google is the New Yellow Pages

Written by on Aug 9 2007

Is anyone using the yellow pages?

A Nimble Business = Humble Person

Written by on Jul 25 2007

Observing my father over the past years running his car washes I have watched him change, adapt and try new things constantly.

The change from More to Less...

Written by on Jul 23 2007

Advide on how to be Less.

Rails help

Written by on Jul 18 2007

We posted an advert for some rails help for a project we have coming up. Here is what we are looking for.

If you email me...

Written by on Jul 14 2007

The reasons I delete your email.

An Example of Less

Written by on Jun 28 2007

Every evening I jog, yes fat people jog, well…it’s more of a quick waddle.

Throwing away opportunities

Written by on Jun 27 2007

Recently I bought a new pair of glasses. I decided to try transition lenses, the kind that tint in the sunlight.

Today's Textmate Tip 2

Written by on Jun 26 2007

Here is a snippet all of you jQuery on Rails people can use.

Today's TextMate Tip

Written by on Jun 25 2007

Insert closing tag.

Setting up ImageMagick & rmagick on Redhat (CentOS)

Written by on Jun 24 2007

ImageMagick tip

Setting up nginx on redhat (centos)

Written by on Jun 22 2007

Nginx set up tips.

Steve's Array Cheatsheet for JavaScript & Ruby

Written by on Jun 21 2007

A quick cheat sheet for arrays.

An Idea without Money (Getting an Angel Investor)

Written by on Jun 20 2007

I was recently cruising the techcrunch forum and found a great reply to a post on getting angel investing.

I'm not really Less (flying edition)

Written by on Jun 11 2007

Steve and I fly back between Birmingham, Alabama (where I live) and Jacksonville, Florida (where Steve lives) on a regular basis.

Paypal on Rails...ActiveMerchant tips

Written by on Jun 6 2007

Tips for using PayPal with ActiveMerchant.

RailsConf ... The Eagle Has Landed

Written by on May 18 2007

Passing Mt. Hood while flying in to Portland was a breathtaking experience. A very large, singular peak, no friends or neighbors, just the proud lonely peak.

Beta is open

Written by on Apr 18 2007

Last night Allan and I opened the beta of Less Accounting to everyone.

One last thing about nginx -- how to config many sites

Written by on Mar 25 2007

Configure many sites with nginx.

Moving svn from one machine to another

Written by on Mar 12 2007

How to move a subversion repository from one machine to another.

Installing nginx on centos

Written by on Mar 8 2007

PRCE is no where to be found on my system.

Rails vs. Django

Written by on Feb 23 2007

Whats the difference between Rails and Django?

Making jQuery and Prototype play nice in Rails

Written by on Dec 30 2006

For those of you not in the know, there is a relatively new (about a year old) javascript library called jQuery.

Welcome to less

Written by on Dec 29 2006

Hello!