We had a ton of rain over the past day, with downpours after midnight. A neighbor called at 1:30 this morning to warn us that “Lake Churchill” was in effect.
Our new sump pump performed like a champ. The biggest worry was if the power went out. Then we were D-U-N, done.
I decided [...]
Being an admitted band nerd, I long held a grudge for those who made music by simply singing in a large group. What kind of skill is there in that?
While I still have my preferences, I’ve learned to appreciate good stuff for what it is. Though I only really know a few choral [...]
When I started frequently publishing blog posts that contained code, I immediately searched for a syntax highlighting plugin to WordPress. I found a pretty good one rather easily in SyntaxHighlighter. It worked well and was fairly intuitive.
Then I realized that I would blog more if I used the wonderful TextMate to make blogging [...]
Photo by Galaktoboureko
In my freelance time I find myself working with an internationalized site used in over 50 countries. Of course, users of the site wanted to deal with things in a localized time zone. Adding time zone awareness brings a special angle to testing and it [...]
The lightning is back!
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Admittedly, I haven’t seen a lot of SCTV. This is my favorite of the sketches I’ve seen, though. Thanks for showing it to me, Nate!
(Credit to Esthr - some rights reserved)
In a recent issue of Games for Windows Magazine, John Carmack gets accused of pining for the “good ol’ days” of video game development.
Well, only in that at 36, I get to be the grumpy old man of the industry. Ten years ago, we were undisciplined [...]
Recently I implemented a true maintenance page on Scrawlers using Mike Clark’s excellent HOWTO. Clark’s directions show you how to create a more dynamic maintenance page than the standard HTML version we all know and love. It’s a good technique.
With those clear directions, I was most of the way there. But I [...]
Photosynth (Windows only) displays absolutely amazing use of the world’s collective photos and metadata. Unfortunately, I can’t actually try it via the link above. But the demo is impressive.
Thanks to The Brother for sharing this.