Archive for July, 2003

Wednesday, July 16th, 2003

Random Reading

Got all fiesty after reading the two MT(Movable Type) articles this a.m., as well as this guide to creating a links “sideblog”, and did just that. Created a new blog, and after getting bookmarklets set up in Phoenix Firebird and IE, I can quickly post links of interest to the new “Random Reading” section [...]

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Wednesday, July 16th, 2003

Doing your entire site in Movable Type

Two great articles out this week about managing your entire site through MT. One article from Matt Haughey, and another one from Brad Choate.
Matt’s article discusses a few approaches to using MT(Movable Type) to manage an entire site’s content, one using index templates to generate static content, and (even more interestingly) using MT(Movable Type) [...]

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Monday, July 14th, 2003

Hey buddy, couldja spare a text message?

I experienced a new kind of panhandling yesterday. I was walking back from the bike shop, when a slightly disheveled man walking the other way stopped me and asked me if he could make a call on my phone. Apologizing for already being late to get somewhere (it was true, after all), I [...]

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Saturday, July 12th, 2003

Words to live by

A friend of mine emailed me this today… I think it’s beautiful.
The 4 immutable principles

The right people always come
Whatever happens is the only thing that could happen
Whenever it starts is the right time
Whenever it is over, it is over

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Friday, July 11th, 2003

Bandwagon

Couple of quick updates:

I made a few changes to templates on the site, including using the very cool MTOtherBlog plugin from David Raynes to cross-list new posts from the new Medium Archive on this page, and vice-versa. I’ve also been using the beta release of MT-Textile 2, which has a bunch of new features [...]

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Friday, July 11th, 2003

The Medium, unveiled.

Ok, I have a special treat for everyone. A few days ago I was able to grab copies of most of the issues of the student paper I had written articles in at Rutgers (thanks, Josh). My plan is to type in all the articles of interest (which, of course, will include all [...]

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Wednesday, July 9th, 2003

Severe CSS Hotness

The redesigned Adaptive Path site is amazingly beautiful. Doug Bowman discusses some of the cooler aspects from the technical side. Great job.

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Wednesday, July 9th, 2003

Morning Commute™, Now With 33% Less Swamp-Ass®

Can I tell you how much I like bike shorts? Even though it was humid enough this morning to feel like I was riding through a lake the whole way here, thanks to the patented Hot Chamois Action™ in the shorts my crotch was quite pleasant when I got to work.
This was on top [...]

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Tuesday, July 8th, 2003

Attention, Fuckwads

When a traffic light is out (due to a storm or other mechanical problems), the intersection becomes like there’s a 4-way stop sign there. No exceptions. I’m sure you’re in a huge hurry to get to your crap-ass minimum wage job, and I’m also sure that because you watch NASCAR you feel you [...]

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Monday, July 7th, 2003

Holiday weekend

Busy and fun long holiday weekend. Lots of eating, got the bike all fixed up again… good times. Perhaps a meatier post later.

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