I get a fair number of e-mails asking if the Font Size switcher in my sidebar is a WordPress plugin or where to find it. I built it based on this tutorial at A List Apart. Sorry Safari users, Safari chokes hard on this technique. I recommend using a better browser. I also added this…
December, 2006
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I would recommend S3 for remote storage, SVN for syncing bookmarks and Google Calendar instead of iCal.
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Yep, it’s been snowing here in Colorado. Yesterday we shoveled about two feet of snow from the driveway to get a car back in the garage. Today, we shoveled another three+ feet of snow from the driveway. Some of that was windblown, but I think it’s safe to say we got a solid 3-4 feet…
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I’ve posted a quick update to the Google Calendar Alarm-It script (add alarms to Google Calendar iCalendars) that adds a little error and security checking. Check out the source of the script for the settings and usage instructions. The download is on my Calendar Tools page. This post is part of the project: Calendar Tools.…
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I’ve got a couple of little Google Calendar tools I plan to release in the future, so I went ahead and packaged up the code to add alarms to Google Calendars and created a project page to host it. Google Calendar Alarm-It is a pass-through script that adds alarms to scheduled events in the Google…
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For the most part I’m really enjoying the switch I made to Google Calendar (GCal), however there are a couple of things that are bugging me and they all stem from Google’s default calendar concept. In your GCal, you have a default calendar that cannot be removed. Additionally, you cannot choose another calendar to be…
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Back at the end of November my desktop machine froze and my hard drives got corrupted. It happens. I hadn’t done a recent backup (entirely my fault), so I had a choice: forget about the data I was losing or pay someone to get it back for me. I decided on the latter. So far,…
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So I gave the Kensington SlimType a shot, and gave it a pass in favor of the MacAlly IceKey. After using the IceKey for about a week, I’ve decided to ditch it as well and go back to my Kensington StudioBoard – despite the couple of minor issues I have with it. I did take…
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Steve made me do it. 5 things you (probably) don’t know about me: Diner food (particularly grilled sandwiches and breakfasts) and diners are one of my guilty pleasures. IHOP, mmmm. I have very soft fingernails and have to clip them back at least once a week so they don’t get bent back (painfully) when playing…
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I’m using my old 17″ PowerBook G4 while my MacBook is in the shop, and I must say I’m enjoying it. The screen is obviously much bigger, but the pixels are larger as well (less dense) which makes things larger on the screen and easier to read, etc.1 I find myself less slumped/hunched over peering…
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Yes, I said I’d never buy anything from Kensington again but the SlimType got pretty good reviews so I decided to try it out. The Good The styling of the keyboard is pretty nice. The volume keys and sleep (power) key work without drivers. The Bad Keys are stiffer than a Power/MacBook keyboard. A little…
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Yes, comment spam is the reason the site keeps going away from time to time. It’s basically DDOS by comment spam. We’re working to put up some measures to stop it.
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Back in January of 2005 I asked for Windows Explorer replacement recommendations. A number of people stopped by and shared a long list of recommendations, however none of them came close to being acceptable to me. I was contacted back in June 2006 by Jim Kueneman, a delphi component developer who was interested in piecing…
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I decided to try it out while writing our annual Christmas letter. It’s an interesting concept – I can see how creative writers would really like it. For anyone who has to reference source material or do research while writing (as I do when blogging), I think it is a little less natural.
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The ‘Build to suit’ ten step – this can certainly work, but I also believe the best products are built by folks that are passionate about them. This model fails that test. Daring Fireball Linked List: December 2006 – link blogging a link blog entry is very meta. On the iPhone – I agree with…
