Author Archives: Jono

TheStationBarber.com

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Jono

The Station Barber in Snoqualmie, WA is a local barbershop right across from the train station. Their website is built for mobile users too with a custom bootstrap based WordPress theme.

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Launched: TwistedBlissStudio.com

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Jono

We just launched the new website for Twisted Bliss Studio, a local hot yoga studio in Snoqualmie, Washington. The site features a responsive design that works well on regular browsers and mobile devices. Its based on a custom wordpress theme … Continue reading →

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American Express Usability Failure

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Jono

While trying to sign up for a business credit card on American Expresses website I encountered a complete show-stopper. The street address field only allows 20 characters. But what if my address is longer than 20 characters? According to their … Continue reading →

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Aside >> Lost a drive in ZFS

I upgraded my storage machine to Open Indiana. Then after doing a zpool upgrade and a scrub I noticed a drive is marked as faulted. So far my data is still safe on three drives, but it makes me nervous … Continue reading →

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Jono | 1 Comment

The First Roast

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Jono

Last week my new Behmor coffee roaster arrived along with 10 pounds of green beans from Sweet Marias. Ideally you’re supposed to let the beans rest for about 48 hours before brewing them, so I had to time my first … Continue reading →

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Thunderbolt in iMac, Mac Mini, and Mac Pro

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Jono

Thunderbolt is the new I/O technology that Apple released in the latest revision of the MacBook Pro. It’s basically PCI Express over a mini display port connector. It will replace FireWire in the future as it’s about 12 times as … Continue reading →

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Aside >> Quad Core MacBook Pro Released

Wow, the first time we’ve ever seen a quad core processor in a MacBook Pro. The processor speeds are lower than in previous generations but they all have the turbo feature to speed up individual cores to 3.4 GHz. The … Continue reading →

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Jono | 2 Comments

Aside >> Adobe Flash 10.2: Great Taste, Less Filling

Nice work Adobe on releasing a faster, less battery sucking version of Flash. Now we can watch more YouTube without worrying about draining our MacBook Pros. I still don’t think Steve is going to let you run your code on … Continue reading →

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Jono | Comments Off

Get Hot Yoga Website Launch

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Jono

Today we launched GetHotYogaMV.com. It’s a website for a new hot yoga studio in Maple Valley, Washington. The owners are really hip ladies and did a great job designing the yoga studio and building their business. My wife has been … Continue reading →

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Aside >> Where I’d Go

Brent Ozar asked the question as part of his iPad contest, “where would you go if you didn’t have to worry about your servers?” I’d take my 3 year old hiking in the Issaquah Alps. More than a few times … Continue reading →

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Jono | Comments Off