It's the simple things...

[FlyingZ]

I just leaned an important lesson, I grabbed a LED with needle-nose to adjust location never thinking that touching ground would bypass the resistor and poof   

The really bad thing is after replacing it I did it again 

[cpm]

thats why i put resistor on the anode side, and gnd at cathode whenever possible.

[stringsthings]

thats why i put resistor on the anode side, and gnd at cathode whenever possible.

excellent idea.

[FlyingZ]

I used to do that but switched so the resistor lead would hold the LED in place, perhaps a rethink.