Status
It’s launched! Status is a lightweight group communication tool. I really hope it finds its niche and helps some people out.
Archive for August, 2008
The Twelve Button Mouse?
Richard sent this to me. Hilarious. (picture after the link)
My New Microsoft Keyboard, ApplicationEnhancer, Leopard, and the Blue Screen of Death
So my RSI / Carpal Tunnel whatever in my hand has gotten quite bad. I’ve been wearing a brace and I bought a book to read up on it. It’s been getting worse and worse and it has really become obvious that I need to do something about it. Work a little less, have better […]
Fixing Media Temple + Coda Slow Uploads
And when I saw “slow”, I don’t mean like “takes twice as long as you might expect”, I mean like “two minutes per tiny little 2k image”. I asked the Twitter hive-mind and totally got a fix that seems to be working: Media Temple + Coda workaround: set Coda to SFTP in the sites prefs […]
Firefox & Google Gears Problem
This has been bugging me for probably months now. I have tried everything I know how to do, and I’m completely stuck. Whenever I visit Google Reader, I get a Firefox popup telling me that I’m missing a plugin. “Additional plugins are required to display all the media on this page.”
Got Screwed Trying to Buy chriscoyier.com
Against all better judgment, when I got a shady-looking email offering to sell me chriscoyier.com for $200 bucks, I went through with it.
Retiring Unused Keys
We all have weird unused keys laying around. But you know the day after you throw it away you’ll either remember what it was for or need it desperately. My solution is to put they key in a plastic bag and write the date on it. The date represents when this key was “retired”. Should, […]
Favre Reactions
So as a Wisconsin native, the Favre situation has been a big deal ’round here. I’m of the opinion if you say you are going to do something, you do it. You don’t pussyfoot around and change your mind. It pisses people off and shows them they can’t count on you. Anyway, it’s over now. […]
Morphine
This old-time song has really gotten stuck in my head lately. I took morphine last Saturday night,Lord I took it in that morphine way,If the Doctor hadn’t come just as he did,Lord I’d a’been in my grave today. Well it’s peaches honey, Rye, Rock and Rye,Oh baby let me tell you my dream, I dreamed […]
On Locke’s Attractiveness
Me: I still find it bizarre you find Locke attractive. Rachel: He gets me. Me: So it’s an emotional thing? Rachel: Well yeah! A perfectly normal, fiercely reciprocal, not at all delusional, emotional connection.