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  • January 29, 2010

    I expect to encounter an unexpected error

    I’ve been running the same copy of Microsoft Office for years. Good old Mac Migration Assistant moves everything over nicely whenever I get a new machine. For years, as long as I can remember, every time I open MS Word, a popup dialog box tells me that “An unexpected error occurred while trying to load [...]

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  • January 11, 2010
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    Inbox at 1 email

    Man, isn’t it nice when your inbox shows only one message? This won’t last long, I’m sure.

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  • December 10, 2009

    I prefer touch-tone over voice recognition

    Had to call the cable company this morning. Even though I’ve gotten pretty good at telling them exactly what to do, almost to the point where I might as well have designed and built their damn intranet software, I still find it very annoying going through their automated phone menus.

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  • December 4, 2009

    An unfortunate typical website design scenario

    This pretty much says it all. Very well, too. http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell

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  • November 16, 2009
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    Leonid Meteor Shower

    There’s a meteor shower tonight, the Leonid Meteor Shower (Nov 16th & morning of the 17th). Here’s a bit of info on it. Best viewing is before dawn, but you may be able to see some action just after midnight.

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  • November 14, 2009

    TextMate jQuery Bundle

    Came across a super-handy jQuery plugin/bundle for TextMate by Karl Swedberg. Thanks, Karl!

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  • November 12, 2009

    PHP: Use echo over print

    I’ve been theming the hell out of a few drupal sites lately, and I’ve decided to use echo over print in all my theme files.

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  • November 12, 2009

    Wrap HTML Text Around Non-Rectangular Shapes

    Just found this from The Idea Shower: CSS Text Wrapper. It lets you wrap text around non-rectangular objects, which is usually undoable in HTML.

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