The first four generations
The first four generations of Thomas H. Chapin, all in one picture (with me, as a baby).
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Back When I Was 16 Years Old
Part of my backstory – A newspaper article written about me when I was 16.
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I sometimes like to tinker around with the economy in World of Warcraft for fun, and one of my favorite auction posting tools is a […]
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If you have ever worked on a Ruby on Rails project that uses Git for version control, odds are that you have run into a […]
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I recently ran into a scenario where I was hosting a Ruby on Rails application on AWS Elastic Beanstalk, and I wanted to view a […]
Continue reading »How to clean up git branches that have already been merged
If you have ever worked on a large programming project that was managed using git (source control), then odds are high that there was a […]
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How to Watch 3D Blu-ray Movies on the HTC Vive or Oculus Rift (Without Having to Re-Encode)
Ever since I first got a VR Headset, I have wanted to watch my collection of 3D Blu-ray movies in a virtual IMAX theater. Unfortunately, […]
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Tricks with Pry – Live Editing
When I’m programming in Ruby, one of the most indispensable tools I’ve found is an awesome little ruby gem called Pry. Pry lets me debug […]
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Sous Vide Supreme – Cooking Experiment #1 – Beef Tenderloin
I recently purchased a Sous Vide Supreme cooker (“Sous Vide” is French for “under vacuum”), and my very first cooking attempt was Beef Tenderloin, which […]
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