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Bricks Without Wordpress 11 Dec 2008 | 05:32 pm
I've finally moved this site over to Drupal. I've been working with Drupal for the past 2.5 years, and don't know a thing about hacking WordPress, so moving the site over to the tool that I know ensur...
Getting the raw images in Pages documents 21 May 2008 | 03:45 pm
When working with Pages (and Word), it's hard to get the specifics of embedded images. If you want to know whether an image is a PNG or GIF or what, the interface doesn't make it easy, as pointed out ...
The State of Repeated-Word Domain Names 16 Apr 2008 | 11:58 am
I was looking at domain names using Instant Domain Search, and I tried some domains consisting of words (or noises) that are commonly repeated over and over. Or rather, if you hear a repeated word or ...
Pages '08 Documents are Incompatible with Pages '08 31 Dec 2007 | 08:07 pm
My grad program puts a lot of emphasis on groupwork. Our group projects usually involve emailing Word docs around. It's kind of annoying, since I use Pages, but I've gotten used to it. This past semes...
The Rising Caffeinated Tide That Lifts All Boats 31 Dec 2007 | 04:32 pm
I was miserably unemployed for awhile after college, and took a drudge job at Starbucks to break the monotony. It turned out to be a really fulfilling experience, so I've got a soft spot for them. And...
Fiction 20 Jul 2007 | 05:49 pm
I was reminded tonight of something Jesse brought to my attention awhile ago: Newt Gingrich reviews lots of books on Amazon. They're mostly generic thrillers, mysteries and military novels. The sort ...
No iPhone 13 Jul 2007 | 09:51 am
No, I'm not buying an iPhone. Apple won't let any third-party applications onto the device. In other words, it's not hackable, and I'm not gonna drop $600 on a computer I can't mess around with. Apple...
BarCamp Toronto Tech Week: May 26th 27 May 2007 | 08:06 am
BarCamp Toronto Tech Week is happening right now. Yeah, I'm not the earliest out of the gate with the news, but I'm here, and you should too. There's still time to think of a session. Last year's Bar...
DrupalCamp notes: CRM API 25 May 2007 | 09:25 am
Before it falls through the cracks, I'm posting my slides from the CRM API session I led at DrupalCampToronto: pdf ppt keynote. The session was an introduction to the CRM API that some of the folks a...
DrupalCamp notes: Drupal Debugging Swap Meet 15 May 2007 | 03:23 pm
DrupalCampToronto finished up Saturday night, and if I'm not mistaken, it was a whopping success. It certainly went well in terms of raw numbers: 150+ registrations and 22 sessions (plus who-knows-how...
