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A software and technology blog in the Kansas City area.

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  • Focusing Your Message on Jul 17, 2009 in IT Philosophy marketing focus

    I had an interesting experience recently. I was working with a company who, amongst other problems, had a pretty miserable web presence. They had a lot of images, some flash, and a really inconsistent message. We were working through some ideas abo...

  • [ANN] amazon-fps-ruby 1.0.0 Released on Apr 2, 2009 in News

    amazon-fps-ruby version 1.0.0 has been released! <http://code.google.com/p/amazon-fps-ruby/> Provides a simple wrapper around the Amazon FPS SOAP web service. FEATURES/PROBLEMS: Supports all features in the WSDL from Amazon: https://fps.ama...

  • Why Nerds Think They Know Everything on Mar 5, 2009 in IT Philosophy nerds technology office

    I work with technology. I love technology. Making some infernal contraption do my bidding is a puzzle that never gets boring for me. I expect a lot of other technical folks out there can identify with this feeling. One thing that I couldn't figur...

  • Amazon FPS SigHelper for Ruby on Nov 21, 2008 in Software Development amazon aws crypto fps payment ruby

    I spent a little more time hacking on Amazon FPS today. Ended up needing a signature helper that worked, and after a couple hours of messing with the one provided on the website, I ended up building my own. The old one attempted to implement the ra...

  • Amazon FPS SigHelper for Ruby on Nov 21, 2008 in Software Development amazon aws crypto fps payment ruby

    I spent a little more time hacking on Amazon FPS today. Ended up needing a signature helper that worked, and after a couple hours of messing with the one provided on the website, I ended up building my own. The old one attempted to implement the ra...

  • amazon-fps-ruby 0.1.0 Released on Nov 9, 2008 in News Software Development

    amazon-fps-ruby version 0.1.0 has been released! http://code.google.com/p/amazon-fps-ruby/ Provides a simple wrapper around the Amazon FPS SOAP web service. DESCRIPTION Supports all features in the WSDL from Amazon: http://developer.amazonwebservice...

  • amazon-fps-ruby 0.1.0 Released on Nov 9, 2008 in News Software Development

    amazon-fps-ruby version 0.1.0 has been released! http://code.google.com/p/amazon-fps-ruby/ Provides a simple wrapper around the Amazon FPS SOAP web service. DESCRIPTION Supports all features in the WSDL from Amazon: http://developer.amazonwebservice...