Musings of a startup junkie and Ruby on Rails nerd.

Welcome to Millarian! I write about web development, Ruby on Rails, consulting, and the occasional startup lesson learned the hard way.

Freebootr update

Freebootr hits 23,000 listings across 17 states and gets a Phoenix Business Journal write-up

startups business

My 6th Photo

Sharing the 6th photo from the 6th page of my Flickr for the 6th Meme challenge

personal photography

Monitoring Thin using God, with Google Apps Notifications

A complete God config for monitoring Thin processes with email alerts via Google Apps SMTP

ops rails how-to

Share Your Vision with Obama

Submitting a proposal for a national volunteerism initiative to the Obama transition team

personal community

Anonymous Caring

A wrong-number text message and a small moment of encouragement for a stranger

personal community

Installing aspell and raspell for Ultrasphinx

Resolving Ultrasphinx spell-checking warnings by installing aspell and its Ruby interface

ops rails how-to

Error after upgrading SliceHost

Fixing the INLINEDIR/HOME TemplateError that appears after a SliceHost upgrade

ops ruby how-to

Quick Tip: Setting an SPF record

Adding a DNS TXT record to stop Google Apps from rejecting your Rails app's outgoing email

ops how-to

Freebootr Ahoy!

Launching a pirate-themed site for finding and posting free items in your area

startups rails code

Hacknight at Gangplank

Hacknight is a way to meet and collaborate with tech geeks in Phoenix on projects… or just play Rock Band.

events community