Corey Ehmke's home on the web since 1996, IdolHands.com is an alpha-geek blog covering topics in Ruby on Rails and general web development, Mac OS X, electronics, robotics, and other stuff important in the lives of technologists and tinkerers.


Latest Articles

Functional Fixedness in Software Development

Cognitive barriers manifest in a few different ways in software development, and recognizing them is key to bringing innovation to bear.

Apprentice RPG Beta Launch

ApprenticeRPG.com beta has been officially launched.

Make a Local Copy of Your MongoHQ Database

Make a copy of your MongoHQ-hosted Mongoid database using this simple rake task.

Using DomainBrain to Manage Credentials in the Cloud

Use DomainBrain to track passwords for any collection of web sites, while keeping the data in sync between multiple computers using DropBox.