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Entering the world of home ownership
In July, my wife and I relocated from the Central New York region to Lincoln, Nebraska, so that she could begin pursuing her Ph.D at UNL. While this move brought many firsts with it, such as moving across the country, one of the most exciting aspects (for me) is that it also brought first time home ownership with it. The housing market in Lincoln at the time was slim, so we purchased a house that was move in ready, but could use some updating. I plan to detail some of the renovations in future posts.
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Requesting dangerous permissions on Android
Back in the golden days (Android SDK versions smaller than 23), the only thing an Android application developer had to do to request permissions for his or her app was to declare them in the manifest file of their application. For example, if they wanted to use access fine location information, they would include the following in their
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A Big Green Egg Breakfast
At the end of April, my fiancé and I tied the knot of marriage (awwww). One of the wedding gifts that I received was a Large Big Green Egg (LBGE or BGE). Now, I’m still a huge fan of the Pit Barrel Cooker, but more than anything I love learning new
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Book Review: Fitness Confidential
Some of you may already be familiar with Vinnie Tortorich, The Celebrity Fitness Trainer, AKA, America’s Angriest Trainer, but others of you may not. For those of you that have never heard of Tortorich, he is a personal trainer who has made his career training celebrities in LA. Something else that you should know, right out of the gate, is that he very strongly advocates a No Sugars, No Grains (NSNG) lifestyle, not only as the secret to weight loss, but to better health in general.
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Unexplained image rotation with Jekyll
In building this site, one of the things I encountered was that an image I was trying to include in a post keep appearing rotated for some unknown reason. Having been a little rusty on the web development front, I kept assuming that I must be doing something wrong–perhaps a mistake in the HTML, or more likely, some sort of “confusion” in the CSS. But I also use Jekyll? Who the heck knows what’s going on here!!
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Veteran's Day PBC Prime Rib
One of my favorite things about cooking and barbecuing is doing it with my closest friends. I love the closeness and comradiere that is experienced in preparing a meal together. Also, when someone else volunteers to buy the Prime Rib!
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Pit Barrel Cooker Co Turkey Hangers - A First Impression
Recently, the Pit Barrel Cooker Co introduced one of their newest accessories; the turkey hanger. Although it was possible to cook turkey with the Pit Barrel before, the release of the turkey hanger raises the obvious question: Is one worth it?
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Is your Twitter Card not working?
In building this site, one of the early features I wanted to implement was Twitter Cards. Twitter Cards is the feature that allows tweets to have an associated image making the summary view of the tweet more appealing. For example, see this tweet that features only a small thumbnail and brief summary:
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Today, we'll do it live!
This is the inaugural post of this blog, the venue where I’ll share thoughts and insights into the topics of technology, computer science, cooking, and the outdoors. Of course, you’d probably like to know a little bit more about me.