July 2010
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Where’s Walter?: Big Mussels in Amherst NS →
Some local, Maritime mussels that I cooked when Travis and Rachel were here for a visit.
I know that a lot of people tend to be intimidated by cooking seafood, but these couldn’t be easier:
Gently soften some onion, celery, and garlic in a bit of butter and olive oil in a big pot.
Dump in a bottle of your favourite beer. I used a bottle of Garrison Irish Red this time around.
Bring...
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September 2008
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Django 1.0 Released!
Many congratulations to the Django development team!
After over three years of development with a huge number of contributors, the Django Project Team has officially released Django 1.0 for public/production consumption.
For anyone that isn’t in the know, Django is an open-source Python framework for rapid development of web applications.
Personally, I’ve used Django to develop a...
April 2008
1 post
Command History - Another Meme
I’m not usually one to post memes on this site, but since it’s been six months to the day since I’ve posted anything here I thought this might be a good way to get the ball rolling again.
Rest assured, this site isn’t dead. I’m working on a redesign and a new content management system in my spare time, which is pretty limited these days.
$ history|awk '{print $2}'...
October 2007
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Follow Up: A List Apart Web Design Survey
A List Apart has released the survey results from their first annual Web Design Survey.
There’s a ton of data in the report, but I think it will be very interesting to peruse. It gives a pretty decent look at the skill levels and such in the industry today.
“Findings from the ALA Web Design Survey”:http://www.alistapart.com/articles/2007surveyresults
August 2007
1 post
Designers & Developers for MDA
“We’re known as sticklers for standards, purveyors of good design and creators of beautiful things on the web, but do they know us for being supporters of a great cause?”
“Designers & Developers for MDA”:http://ryanirelan.com/donate-mda
A challenge to the web community from Ryan Irelan to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. If you have a few...
July 2007
1 post
Simplelog Redirection Plugin
Prior to my switch to Simplelog as my blogging platform, I had built up a decent readership at this site. After the switch, a my feed URL changed, so naturally I popped on over to Feedburner and updated my URL. In the following weeks, I noticed that the number of readers of my feed had been almost cut in half. I was pretty sure I hadn’t written anything that would have offended that many...
June 2007
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Schedule Local Backups With iCal and Automator
A while back “Matt Brett”:http://mattbrett.com posted a “message on twitter”:http://twitter.com/mattbrett/statuses/3134673 that he was looking for a simple backup/sync solution for OSX. I dropped him an email with my backup solution and thought to myself that it would be a good idea to post it here as well. Of course, time passed and I still hadn’t gotten around to...
May 2007
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Joost Invites
“Joost is a new way of watching TV on the internet. With Joost, you get all the things you love about TV, including a high-quality full-screen picture, hundreds of full-length shows and easy channel-flipping.”
I’ve got a ton of Joost invites to give away (read unlimited). If you haven’t tried out the service yet and are interested in this new media phenomena, drop a line...
April 2007
2 posts
I Took It!
I just finished taking the First Annual A List Apart Web Design Survey.
The survey took me less than five minutes to complete, and because I offered my name and email address at the end of the survey, I’ve been entered to win a free ticket to An Event Apart event, an Apple 30GB video iPod, an Event Apart jump drive, or an A List Apart T-shirt.
Personally, I’m very curious to see...
Simplelog Contact Mailer Plugin
After following the conversation surrounding the Contact Mailer plugin offered by Harold Emsheimer at the Simplelog Forums, I decided to download and install it on my own site.
I found the plugin easy enough to install and after playing around with it for a bit, I decided to hack it apart a bit and make it even easier to install, and clean up the URL’s the plugin uses.
The first thing...
March 2007
3 posts
My Home Office
Seeing Garrett’s post made me realize that I haven’t posted a recent shot of my office since I started working from home either.
I’m fascinated with seeing other people’s workspace as a means to add to or improve my own. So, if you’ve got a recent shot of your own home office link to it in the comments.
See the photos after the jump.
As always, the...
Installing Simplelog on A Small Orange
Having recently installed Simplelog on my A Small Orange hosting account, I thought I’d go through the install process here for the benefit of those that might be running into problems getting it set up. I’ll also throw in a few other general tips and tricks for those that may be setting it up on a similar setup.
First things first, you’ll need to download the latest version of...
Resume Broadcast
Well, after an absense that was entirely too long to be called temporary, From Away is back in full swing. As you can tell from this post, I was a bit disillusioned with the whole web industry and decided that I needed to give myself a bit of a break from maintaining this website and extra-curricular web work in general. But, in light of the events of the last couple of months, I’m back...
July 2006
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Waivering...
I’m currently feeling very restless in my position of employment. I say currently, but I’ve had this feeling for quite a few months now. Mind you, I really like the people I work with (and I love developing websites and web apps - but every project in my current job is starting to feel the same), but I have this feeling that there are other, much more exciting projects out there that...
April 2006
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Apple Boot Camp Public Beta
If you happen to have an Intel based Mac and a copy of Windows XP Professional SP2, make sure to check out Boot Camp Public Beta from Apple.
Update: I’ve successfully installed Windows XP on my iMac with no major issues and it runs flawlessly. I installed Battlefield 2 last night to do a bit of testing with games and was surprised just how well it ran. I’ll be...
March 2006
3 posts
Some Progress
A lot of progress has been made on my quest to reboot on May 1st. The image after the jump is a little glimpse as to the look for the new design, but I don’t want to give anything away just yet.
My work on the redesign, along with a couple of other projects is the reason for my absense for the last little bit. I’ve got a couple of projects that will be rolling out before the end...
Ta-da Lists Widget
The Ta-da Lists Widget has been released on the world by Keegan, Ryan, and Noah.
I’m glad this one lived to see the light of day, I’m sure I’ll be making extensive use of it. Cheers for the hard work guys.
People Still Don't Get It
Even after the last fiasco, people still don’t seem to get it… via Business Logs
February 2006
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Never Miss A TV Show Again
How to Subscribe to TV Shows Using The Democracy Player, Bittorrent, & RSS
Found via Greg.
Safari Shell Execution Exploit
Those of you that use OS X and may be worried about the latest exploit to hit the newswire - the Safari Shell Execution Exploit. Fear not, it doesn’t pose a severe security risk…yet.
John Gruber explains the exploit in this post: The Safari Shell Script Execution Exploit
Rebooting...Again...
Yes, there is a new design coming for this site as I have stated on a couple of previous occasions. But…the wait for it will be a little bit further in the future than I previously anticipated.
I decided that if I entered the CSS Reboot I would be able to give myself a bit more time to complete the design. And hopefully I’ll be able to give it that little extra touch that I...
Snook's Prototype Cheatsheet
Anyone that uses the Prototype Javascript Framework should really take a look at Jonathan Snook’s Prototype Cheatsheet.
As I type this a copy of the cheatsheet is rolling out of my printer to find its way onto my office wall. I suggest you do the same.
Some People Just Don't Get It
When will people realize that you just can’t steal another’s work and stamp your name on it?
Anyone who’s ever had a piece of work ripped will appreciate this post by Mike Rundle: Ylunch.com and High5Advertising Are Thieves.
Update: Here’s another post with more information from Brady J. Frey: high5advertising & yLunch borrow...
Fanning The Flames
Now, I really hate to stir the pot and fan the flames on the Mac vs. PC issue, but a couple of things have come across the news wire in the past couple of days that are definitely worth mentioning.
Bill, if you’re listening, it’s moves like this that are causing people to scramble to the Apple or Open Source side of the fence. What the hell were you thinking?
So hypothetically,...
Google Acquires Measuremap
Measuremap will be a great compliment to a service like Blogger. It’ll be exciting to see where the project goes now that there is a dedicated team working full time on it.
Congrats to Jeffrey Veen and the rest of the crew at Adaptive Path.
Live Redesign
Well…sort of. I’m in the midst of redesigning this site to go with the new domain name, so there will be a bit of flux around here for the next couple of weeks while I’m testing some things out and getting the new design completed.
Help Shaun Stop The Piracy of Mint
If you have any suggestions to help Shaun out with this issue, please stop by his site:
Stopping Flagrant Piracy of Mint
January 2006
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A Look Back
2005 was definitely a year to remember for me. There were so many great things happened this year that this post could end up being a bit longer than I had originally thought.
2005 started off with a new job for me. Making the switch from working freelance full time to working a 9 to 5 job was a huge change for me, especially considering the commuting time to get to and from the office changed...
November 2005
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Still Rebooting...
I apologize to all of you that are arriving in via the CSS Reboot site. I had fully intended to have both this site as well as my portfolio ready to go for the reboot. But alas, once again, work and life have stolen my attention away. Rest assured, both sites are being worked on, and will be launched in the new future, both with a new look and powered by software built with my own two hands.
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October 2005
2 posts
Ruby RDoc Widget
Ruby RDoc Widget.
I’m sure this has been posted more than a million times on other sites, but I just ran across it today. This is a very handy widget, and you can either point it at the Rails API or the Ruby RDoc sites.
September 2005
3 posts
Happy 8th Dreamhost
Dreamhost has one of their excellent deals on once again in celebration of their 8th birthday.
If you’re interested in signing up for the hosting deal yourself, just head on over to Dreamhost and signup for the for any shared hosting package and during Step 5 of the signup process enter the promo code 888, you’ll save 80% off the annual price of any shared hosting account.
Think Before You Speak
This comment from Steve Ballmer definitely raised my blood pressure to an unhealthy level:
“We won the desktop. We won the server. We will win the Web. We will move fast, we will get there. We will win the Web.”
and rather than rant about it, I recommend you read Molly’s post. She has summarized my feelings perfectly.
Still Kickin'
I’ve got no other excuses for this long period of absence other than, I’ve been busy…Extremely busy. Let me just leave you with this: you may not hear from me on this site for a while, but exciting things are coming down the pipe. A redesign is in the works for both this site as well as my portfolio. I also have a couple of products in the works that I’m especially...
July 2005
3 posts
Changes Afoot
After reading Keegan’s post about the great deal to be had over at Dreamhost on their Crazy Domain Insane package, I decided it was time to move this site to it’s own domain.
If you’re interested in signing up for the hosting deal yourself, just head on over to Dreamhost and signup for the Crazy Domain Insane package and during Step 5 of the signup process enter the promo code...
To Skate, Or Not To Skate
Over the past week, I’ve received an insane number of emails from people asking me where they can buy one of my skateboards. I haven’t actually had any of my designs printed since I started dabbling in skateboard design, but this steady flow of emails has got me seriously considering start to have some of them printed up.
Skate Or Die
Skateboarding seems to be still going extremely...
Rockin' Out
I was sitting here this afternoon listening to iTunes and wishing that there were more alternatives to posting what I’m listening to on this site. Then, coincidentally, reading through my RSS feeds I found this post by Jeremy regarding the same subject.
If anyone has any less memory hogging alternatives (Mac based, of course) for posting currently playing iTunes tracks to a website (other...
June 2005
1 post
Ketchup
Wow, nearly a month later, and here I am once again to play the catch-up game. I know some of you may be thinking that I’m really slacking on this blogging thing, but to be honest, I’ve got so many little side projects in the chute right now that blogging has just needed to be pushed to the back burner.
Ajax
I’ve been playing around with Ajax (namely SAJAX, a simple Ajax...
May 2005
5 posts
Network Backup Workflow
06/14/2007 — I’ve just released an updated workflow for local backups. It’s definitely worth taking a look at as a good combination with this network backup workflow.
Since I received a request from someone for the Automator Backup Workflow that I mentioned a few posts ago I decided that I would post the Workflow here because I’m sure that there are many others that can...
The Musical Baton
Mr. Grimes has passed along the musical baton to me, and to avoid being beaten with it, I decided I should get my act together and do my part.
Total Volume of Music Files on My Computer My Powerbook currently contains 35.09GB of music files (368 artists, 6707 songs, 19.2 days) which only includes full albums and doesn’t include The Girlfriend’s music as well. My complete library is on...
Two Weeks With Tiger Part II
Dashboard has definitely been one of the most useful features of Tiger for me this far. It is also one of the features that has caused the most controversy since it’s announcement last summer. At that time, many parallels had been drawn between Dashboard and Konfabulator. While there are many similarities between the two, and after having used both, I can definitely say that Dashboard is...
Two Weeks With Tiger Part I
After spending a couple of weeks using Mac OSX Tiger I can honestly say that Apple has definitely made a huge improvement on the operating system; both in speed and the quality of its applications and features.
Since I first installed Tiger on my 1GHz. 15” Powerbook (512MB RAM), I’ve been nothing but impressed by Tiger. I’ve been using my Powerbook both for casual purposes...
Rebooted
This redesign has been a long time coming. CSS Reboot was just the thing I needed to get off my ass and get started on it. Although, I didn’t really begin this design in earnest until this past friday afternoon, and just completed it moments ago.
Not Quite Finished
Although the redesign may look completed, there are still a lot of things that I want to add to the design. Not to mention...
April 2005
1 post
No, I'm Not Dead
Update: I apologize to those of you that have been having trouble posting comments here today. It seems that Spam Karma has been misbehaving so I’ve disabled it to prevent any lost comments. I’m not really sure how long this has been an issue, so if you have tried to post a comment here in the last 3 or 4 weeks and have fallen victim to Spam Karma, please let me know. Things should...
March 2005
3 posts
SXSW '05, @media 2005, and catching up
After spending the past week reading countless blog posts regarding SWSW Interactive as well as viewing many Flickr photo galleries of the festivities, I almost felt almost as if I was in Austin with everyone; well, not quite. I felt like a kid with the flu who had to stay inside while he watched all of his friends playing outside in the beautiful weather. I am extremely envious of each and...