the trip back to the midwest is looming closer and closer. there will be lots of driving, hugging and catching up. for that reason, we are taking it easy this Labor Day and not hitting Bumbershoot this year. instead i’m prepping my PB for the trip and thinking about any other little luxuries that might [...]
i’m feeling very post-y. i’m taking my first break from working today. my eyeballs just thanked me for an extra squirt of eye drops.
do you have a Powerbook? have you noticed that when you plug the AC adaptor in to the wall it sparks? (yes, it’s a grounded plug) then, join the ranks of [...]
er, i meant Beta, Beta, Beta! i know i’m master of the obvious to some, more tech dedicated. but here is the short list of new web apps i’ve been trying out.
Kinja: a nice app that turns your favorite weblogs into a daily digest along with added content from Kinja editors. it’s a nice alternative [...]
i had noticed on the version of Typepad that i’m using only the last 10 weeks appear in the archive list. i know i can add more, but i’ve been wondering whether anyone actually reads the archives? i don’t mean mine specifically, i just mean in general for blogs. or is it like a serial [...]
for all of my geekster friends, i have some spare invites to sign up for a Gmail account. i’d like to give them to people who are really going to use them. so let me know!
** revision **: it might help if you told me why you want one. (hint: ambivalence is not good). oh [...]
it seems i never get tired of looking for new food for the Powerbook. i just ordered and am eagerly awaiting the delivery of Microsoft Office X 2004. due to a nice hook up at MS, i was able to order it for a fraction of the cost. it’s really nice, but at the same [...]
} good clean Bush bashing fun. even if you are a Bush-lover (no pun intended), from a creative perspective it’s still worth a look.
} Ninjai has been around for awhile, but i still find myself visiting to watch the chapters over again. and i am indeed looking forward to chapter 12 and a potential leap [...]
we’re taking a break from packing today to be able to attend to the other tasks that must be taken care of, which is nice. i just bought two new books today (thank you job-related educational subsidy) and that always improves my day. one of them is specifically on Photoshop CS and the other is [...]
} recently Blogger released a new set of 26 templates available to all of it’s users. i was a bit intrigued, so i requested my password to the long dormant account and checked them out. all in all, they are really nice. they are clean and simply laid out so that it would seem they [...]
if you have a recommendation on an introductory book to CSS, please let me know. i am looking for something to help me to wet my beak (so to speak).
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i’m cleaning house on my links ….
OUT
Jenville - although i do enjoy this site and will most likely continue to check it intermittently, it’s not updated enough to remain in the regular reads.
heyblog
Before The Dog - in between versions.
NYC eats - this site is good! i specifically enjoy the photo version of the site.
magazine - [...]
perhaps this is in the user guide that i haven’t had time to peruse yet. i noticed that when i save a post as a draft and then publish it, it places with a date stamp of the actual day i had first saved and drafted the post. so i just added this post but [...]
has anyone tried Nicecast from Rogue Amoeba? i recently read a review of the program that seems reasonably priced at $40. apparently, it allows you to broadcast your music, your voice, any audio to the world! you can even adjust the stream quality. i’m ready to give it a try. i was thinking that maybe [...]
most people are familiar with Cafepress and their offering of on-demand printing of products like t-shirts, mugs, mouse pads and other merch. i know people who use it like my friend Mei Chi and saucy lad Chuck. but i had no idea about Lulu and the possibility of publishing books and music in this same [...]
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i’ve just gotten back from reading the latest post on little. yellow. different, which i find sidesplittingly funny. most notably his comments on an engineer he works with.
The engineer is, naturally, a Trekkie. Of course he’s a Trekkie - not one of those ironic Trekkies, either, but the ones that will erase half of his [...]
do you ever sit around thinking about user interface design? me too. Jennifer Tidwell writes the following in her Introduction to UI Patterns and Techniques.
Each of these patterns (which are more general) and techniques (more specific) are intended to help you solve design problems. They’re common problems, and there’s no point in reinventing the wheel [...]
this is pretty cool. from the Ranchero Software site:
iTunes Music Store RSS Feed Generator
Bill Bumgarner writes: “Not only does it have RSS feeds, but you get to create personalized feeds that can have custom quantities, genres, and whether the feed is focused on New Releases, Just Added, Top Songs, Top Albums, or Features & Exclusives.” [...]
does anyone have any recommendations on an RSS news reader? i currently use NetNewsWire Lite and am just curious what everyone else likes to use. if you could list a few features you like about your reader of choice, that would be very nice.
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this is a test post using the EYV recommended desktop blogging client called ecto. so far, so good.
i’ve also been reminded that i live in an insulated little world where the people are liberal, the coffee is strong and the weblogs are free of commenting spam. this evening, my cyber innocence has been forever soiled [...]
