October 2009
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I know nothing about cars or car companies. Actually, that’s not completely true, when I purchased my one-year-old Saturn Ion three years ago I actually knew substantially less than I presently do.
Now I know that is possible to engineer a car that thinks there is a security threat and locks down the ignition when it rains or is somewhat cold outside. I know that this is some sort of wacky...
September 2009
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I’ve tried a few budgeting tools over the past month but I’ve ended up with (actually, going back to) Mint.com. I just don’t have the time or energy to update an actual register so the fact that Mint syncs with all my accounts makes it the winner.
However, the way budgets and categories function drives me nuts. For instance there is a major category Food & Dining and sub...
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Google Chrome Frame →
Google has just released Google Chrome Frame, a plugin that tells Internet Explorer to render the page with WebKit instead of ShitFactory or whatever Microsoft uses internally. That means predictable layout quirks, some HTML5 support, and less alcohol while coding.
Now to figure out how to get apathetic users to install the plugin.
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Picked up Practical Django Projects by James Bennett last night. Excited to dig in some more and get some real exposure about how the pros build an app from end to end, rather than just muddling individual pieces together and getting frustrated by what I can only assume are fairly simple, and common, problems.
Note to self: follow through this time.
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I want my Swayze back, Swayze back, Patrick Swayze back please.
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“All Free Library of Philadelphia Customers,
We deeply regret to inform you...”
– freelibrary.org
Makes me feel bad about taking Portland’s Public Library system for granted. Can’t imagine this will last long, but even so this is pretty depressing news.
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I’ve been reading up a bit about HTML 5 lately and I am going to start outlining some things I find to be generally neato. The first is native support for “placeholder text” in form inputs.
Placeholder text is pretty much everywhere anymore, the common example is search boxes that have, generally, lower-contrast text already in the search box that says something to the effect...
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So, Snow Leopards.
I’ve been slowly working up to installing Snow Leopard since it came out, I just hadn’t had the time. Last night I decided to finally take the plunge. This is my tale.
I insert the CD, the install OS X window pops up. I start the process. On the first screen it scans your hard drive to make sure it can install successfully. It does it’s little scan and I get the Yellow...
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