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Zombie Crawl Oct. 20, 2007

Posted by Ben Reubenstein Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:54:00 GMT

This is going to be fun!

Posted in Announcement | Tags goodtimes, halloween, zombies | 2 comments

iPhone Tech Talk

Posted by Ben Reubenstein Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:35:00 GMT

I am sitting at DIA getting ready to fly out to San Francisco for the iPhone tech talk. Should be interesting to meet some other developers and get insight on the platform. I will be live txt'ing right here, so simply tune in every so often to see new pics and messages. Live feed removed now that event has ended.

Posted in Announcement | Tags iphone | 1 comment

RIP Marla

Posted by Ben Reubenstein Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:31:00 GMT

Marla, my main web server, died today. Hence the downtime for this site and several others. I have had new servers on order, but they didn't make it in time... Temporarily everything is running off of Yoda, and will be moved to the new servers ASAP. To all my customers, many apologies. This is one of those things you plan for, but can never stop from happening. If anyone is interested in a great adaptec scsi RAID card, or a supermicro server that most likely needs a new power supply, give me a shout, benr -at- x-cr.com.

Posted in Announcement | Tags marla, rip, servers | no comments

iPhone Network Test

Posted by Ben Reubenstein Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:51:00 GMT

The iPhone is almost upon us! As I announced previously I am developing iPhone applications. My first app is a simple Network Test that is formatted for the iPhone. It uses a javascript method for determining the speed of the network the user is connected to. In the future I might start saving the results of the tests and displaying that data. In the mean time be sure to visit iPhoneNetworkTest.com to try it out. As always comments appreciated.

Posted in Announcement | Tags iphone, network | 2 comments

I am Officially an iPhone Developer

Posted by Ben Reubenstein Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:29:00 GMT

Today's Apple World Wide Developer keynote introduced 10 (sorta) new features for the next version of Mac OS X, Safari for Windows, and an iPhones "SDK". Ok, it is not a full blown SDK, but basically web 2.0 apps that run in Safari on the iPhone. So I am officially an iPhone Developer. If you would like an application to be built in time for the iPhone launch send me an email at benr - at - x-cr.com and we'll get cranking. I know I will have at least one app ready for launch regardless. More details as they become available.

Posted in Announcement, OS X | Tags development, iphone | 2 comments

Google Co-op Custom Search Engines

Posted by Ben Reubenstein Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:33:00 GMT

When Google announced the new Google Co-op, which includes custom search engines, I did not immediately see the value. I wish I understood this services huge value sooner! I was trying to configure a reliable Apache with Mongrel Clustering setup, but was having a very tough time finding information. The Mongrel-users mailing list is hosted using Mailman, which does not have an obvious search function. When querying Google I was getting those results mixed in with the rest of the web. This is a perfect example of how a custom search engine can narrow your scope and get you the right answer fast. I setup a simple custom engine that just searched http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/. I used the same query I had been using within Google, but this time found my answer almost immediately.

I have started another Ruby on Rails dedicated search engine that I hope to refine as I find more sources of information. This one searches the major Rails/Ruby mailing lists, the wiki, and the main site. I have left the search engine open, so if you have a site to contribute, feel free!

Ruby On Rails Custom Search

Mongrel Mailing List Search

Posted in Announcement, Ruby on Rails | Tags apache, coop, google, mongrel, rails, ruby, searchengines | no comments

Yes I am Alive

Posted by Ben Reubenstein Thu, 31 May 2007 11:17:00 GMT

Lately I have been getting IM's and email regarding the lack of posts. Amazing, this stuff is free you know! But I thought I would check in and say, yes I am alive, and I have a really cool announcement coming up plus some new tutorials. Here is a sneak peak:

Posted in Announcement | Tags airline, announcement | no comments

First benr75.com Contest Winner

Posted by Ben Reubenstein Fri, 04 May 2007 10:01:00 GMT

Way back on March 6 I announced a contest. So without further ado our winner is Faizal from Kuala Lumpur! Be sure to check out his blog RANDOMNESS.

I am planning on doing another contest, what kind of prizes would you be interested in? Leave your suggestions in the comments section.

Posted in Announcement | Tags contest, randomness, winner | 1 comment

Web Design Survey - Take a Look

Posted by Ben Reubenstein Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:57:00 GMT

A List Apart Sponsored

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Made it to Beijing

Posted by Ben Reubenstein Mon, 09 Apr 2007 05:39:00 GMT

Alright, it is 7:36 PM on Monday night and we have made it to Beijing. Absolutely amazing city. I am working on the hotel's Red Flag Linux computer, and though it did recognize and view the contents of our camera, editing was a challenge with some of the text in Mandarin. So no pictures yet, but to all those out there reading along, we have arrived.

And now to get some freaking sleep!

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