One of the things I’ve done since adopting my e-mail policy earlier this year is work hard at creating useful FAQ articles that I can point people to when they come to me with questions. I’ve taken care to include pretty much everything I know that can be of help on a given subject in…
December, 2005
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I’m waiting for the inevitable .1 release before upgrading, but I’ve started testing WordPress 2.0. One of the first things I noticed was that the tooltips on the new rich text editor are just plain wrong for Mac users – we gots no “Alt” key, yo! Mentally replace “Alt” with “Ctrl” and you’ll be fine.…
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Like most people who have migrated to XHTML for web development, I stopped using target=”_blank” for opening links in new windows in favor of onclick=”window.open(this.href); return false”. They accomplish the same thing (opening the link in a new window) and the second one validates. However, as I was implementing the often requested “open external links…
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I’ve posted the second release candidates for Tasks Pro™ 1.6 and Tasks 2.6. There are a few bug fixes in these releases, no new features. Changes in both Tasks Pro™ and Tasks: Upgraded HTML toolbar the the latest version of the JS Quicktags. Fixed several hard-coded strings to allow for translation. Changes in Tasks Pro™:…
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If you download something, say an audiobook, to listen to during your trip – make sure you know how to reset your iPod in the event you need to. Otherwise, you might be stuck in a roaming area for hours with no way to connect to data services and look up how to do the…
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I was annoyed when I realized I was outside the Sprint data network1 at the hotel here in North Platte, Nebraska. Luckily, it seems that every motel here has free internet access – I certainly would not have guessed that would be the case. 🙂 Since I just got a nice fast mobile connection. [back]
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I took almost the entire day off today. I did meet with my accountant for an hour and I couldn’t resist answering my support e-mails and forum questions this evening – but I was away from a computer1 for pretty much the entire day. This is a rare thing for me. I had my Treo…
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Best Buy using Xbox 360 for a bait and switch? @ Dave’s iPAQ Microsoft Ends IE for Mac – amen. Switched to CentOS 4.2 as primary development desktop Responding to Konfabulator and Yahoo Critics The story of the lost Finder – Path Finder, yo! Compromise – that would look damn good on my desk. 😉…
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I hope you all enjoy whatever holidays you observe, and are able to spend them relaxing with friends and family.
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On the recommendation of a colleague, I upgraded my T608 bluetooth mobile connection to a Samsung A900 (on Sprint’s EV-DO network – they call it “Power Vision”). I finally got the phone provisionsed and wow – was he right! This connection is bloody fast! The process was not without its hiccups: I was first told…
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I’ve toyed with multi-clipboard apps in the past, but I think I’ve finally found one I’m going to stick with in shadowClipboard. I really like the implementation, and so far prefer the simple interface to the advanced interface. I’m a productivity tool junkie, but a very particular one. I probably ditch 90% of the software…
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Note to self: when you plan to buy an audiobook for a road trip, make sure you remember to download it the night before – these downloads are big and slow.
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Today was extremely productive: a commonly requested feature for FeedLounge lots of front end work for Scott to hook up a few little elegance tweaks the adoption of the new standard “subscribe” icon (which you may have noticed on this site and feedlounge.com already) but I didn’t eat lunch until 6:30pm… This post is part…
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One of the features we’d planned (and built) for FeedLounge was the ability to save feed items from feeds you are subscribed to. We thought it would be a pretty cool feature, and one that Scott was particularly excited about. However, as we talked to more and more people about features they wanted in a…