Creating a Self Signed SSL for Local Development with Vagrant / NGINX

Originally posted on {switchcaseblog}:
Okay, so I’ve been looking at a way of creating a local self signed SSL so I can test out some scheme work I’ve been doing with secure services and came across a few conflicting bits and pieces on the internet about the best way to do this. Here’s the method…

Teaching a Debt Perspective to 12-Year-Olds

Originally posted on No More Harvard Debt:
A few weeks ago, my buddy and former HBS classmate, Allan, asked me if I’d like to give a talk about my debt pay-off to the youth group that he leads at his church. I was intrigued and asked who the audience would be. “About a dozen young…

Wedding – Church Requirements (Part 3)

It has been basically almost 2 years since our wedding. So this information is a bit foggy and not as detailed in my earlier posts. If anyone finds anything amiss in the post, please feel free to email me, or comment below so I can make the amendments. Please visit your locale for more complete details. Assuming … Continue reading →

GIT: Branch cleanup

So I was looking for a way to clean up the local branches in my repository because they seem to stack up after a few sprints. Continue reading →

Adding CSS and Javascript to Specific Pages – the Drupal 7 Way

Have you ever wondered how you can avoid loading that HUGE chunk of CSS or that giant Javascript file you have to every page? There’s a simple way to do it in drupal using a preprocess function in your template.php file. Continue reading →

So I’m a Superhero Now – Thanks to ContributeX

Two months ago I joined a contribution event for Drupal 8 sponsored by XLabs of X-Team. The event was called ContributeX and it was held last August 16, 2014. Continue reading →

FEATURE SITE FRIDAYS: Angular JS meets Drupal

Today’s feature site, as is indicated in their about page, “was initially created for a short presentation about AngularJS for the Drupal Meetup in Vienna in May 2013.” Continue reading →

Functions in CSS? No.. in SASS? Yes!

In CSS there’s absolutely no way to include functions as of today. It’s all just as is. In SASS you can create functions as well as mixins, more on what that is later. They are two ways that SASS allows you to keep your code DRY (because nobody likes repeating themselves.) Continue reading →

FEATURE SITE FRIDAYS: Arellano University

For this friday’s feature site we present the Arellano University Website. The site was built by our very own Drupal Apprentice Batch 1, Mr. Adrian Ravis. Continue reading →

Box Sizing: Padding without the Math!

Have you ever had to lay out a container div then needed to add padding? Then to get the correct width you had to subtract the amount of padding to the width? Well not anymore! Continue reading →