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Running a Newspaper with WordPress →
I wish more papers would figure out that their current websites are a hindrance to readers. I”m looking at you, KC Star. WordPress drives both our website and our print edition — you can’t put an article into the print edition of the paper unless it’s been put into WordPress
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Thing of the Week – The Chemex
My kitchen has an absurd number of implements for making coffee. I’ve got my automatic Cuisinart (which I love for the insulated carafe), an Italian moka pot (takes me back to my travels in Europe), a French press (the only way I made it through college) and of course a cappuccino machine that is jammed into the back of my cupboard. Each creates a slightly different cup. At this point, I’m standing by the Chemex as the best contraption…if you … Continue reading
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OS X, Lion and iCloud
So after a week of letting the WWDC Keynote sink in, I think I’m pretty excited about what’s coming over the next few months. Unfortunately, and unsurprisingly, my trusty Rev A MacBook Pro has seen its last major OS release with Snow Leopard but all good things must come to an end. Some of the changes with respect to iCloud make me worry about a couple things, but there’s more on that in a bit. I think it’s a little … Continue reading
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Zed Shaw on Being Different
Finally, I will say that learning to create software changes you and makes you different. Not better or worse, just different. You may find that people treat you harshly because you can create software, maybe using words like “nerd”. Maybe you will find that because you can dissect their logic that they hate arguing with you. You may even find that simply knowing how a computer works makes you annoying and weird to them. To this I have one just … Continue reading
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Thing of the Week – Learn Python the Hard Way
For a long time I’ve wanted to learn a serious programming language. I’ve been down with HTML and CSS for well over half my life now, but have always wanted a little more. With my web development days mostly over, digging into PHP or JavaScript didn’t seem very useful. Learning C (or C#, Obj-C or C++) is a little low level for the things that I’m looking to do. Perl has always had some appeal, primarily because it’s easy enough … Continue reading
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Thing of the Week – The Solarized Color Scheme
Late last week, I saw Ben Brooks link to the Solarized color scheme from Ethan Schoonover. Initially I was a little skeptical of Mr. Brooks’s claim that he was using it now “for everything,” and took a look. He was exactly right. I applied the TextMate theme and was blown away at how comfortable it is to work in. I’ve now applied the color scheme to the Terminal, OmniFocus and (using the OS X color palette) I even retouched Scrivener … Continue reading
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Thing of the Week – iOS Home Sharing: The Missing Link
This weekend brought some much needed rain on Saturday followed by 80 degrees and sun for Sunday afternoon. What a perfect time to clean off the deck, crack a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc and fire up the grill. The only thing missing is music, right? One of the few gripes about the iPad last year was it’s inability to access my entire music library wirelessly. It made little sense that I should be able to push music from my iPad … Continue reading
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Preserving and Collecting Facebook Profiles for E-Discovery
The ability to download your Facebook profile was originally announced in October of last year and is now available for all individual users. There have been quite a few hyperbolic articles declaring this to be a “boon for e-discovery in the cloud.” While I don’t necessarily see it as that, it certainly does make preservation and collection of information from Facebook much easier. How it Works When you log into Facebook, find your account settings and click on “Learn More.” … Continue reading
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Thing of the Week: Upgrading from DOS to Windows 7
For the very first Thing of the Week, I’d like to present Microsoft Windows. Up until 2006 I was a pretty devoted fan of the folks up in Redmond. I can still remember watching my dad expound the awesomeness that was Excel running on our Zeos 486DX powered machine. My time on the computer was spent more in things like Where in the World is Carmen San Diego and Project Neptune (at one point I could definitely 10 key faster … Continue reading
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