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Vibram Five Fingers Shoes: The Barefoot Alternative

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:21:23 -0400

Vibram Five Fingers Shoes: The Barefoot Alternative:

I am totally intrigued by these. Wonder if I can even get them in my size, or if they’re just for normal people?

Google Reader Theme for NetNewsWire

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:25:00 -0400

I’ve always liked NetNewsWire, but somewhere along the way it was much more beneficial for me to move to Google Reader - it was the ability to have all my feeds in one place, accessible from anywhere.

When I heard rumblings of Google Reader support in the NetNewsWire application, I got very excited. Yesterday the latest beta of 3.2 was released, and I am amazed at Google Reader Sync functionality. As I was reading through my feeds, I kinda missed the feel of Google Reader’s content interface. So I decided to make a style!

To celebrate NetNewsWire’s new Google Reader Sync feature, and to make me feel more “at home” when reading feeds, I have created the Google Reader Theme for NetNewsWire. It’s a quick implementation, so there may be a few differences between the actual Google Reader interface and this one. I will continue to refine this theme as the Google Reader featureset for NNW improves. Feedback is more than welcome!

Where do I sign up? « carpeaqua by Justin Williams

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:41:41 -0400

Where do I sign up? « carpeaqua by Justin Williams:

Seems like Google Voice’s rejection from the App Store is causing iPhone developer frustration to reach a boiling point. I’m starting to get that same feeling as a user and iPhone’s limitations (e.g. no background processing). I may just see what T-Mobile/ Google Android are up to when my contract is up next June.

6 months of DSLR action at found_drama

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:54:13 -0500

6 months of DSLR action at found_drama:

Great write-up by Rob after 6 months of using a DSLR for the first time. I can echo all the sentiments myself, and after close to a year there’s still so much I have to learn. I really need to take a class at some point.

BlueTrip CSS Framework :: Home Page

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:58:34 -0500

BlueTrip CSS Framework :: Home Page:

great hybrid grid system. best of all grid worlds…

New RED Epic and Scarlet Still and video camera systems....

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:54:59 -0500

New RED Epic and Scarlet Still and video camera systems. It’s like an intimidating choose your own camera adventure. Crazy, but awesome. Someday I’ll be worthy of something like that…

A Dream Realized

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:00:07 -0500

A Dream Realized

FiveThirtyEight.com: Obama to Become Next President

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:00:31 -0500

FiveThirtyEight.com: Obama to Become Next President:

FiveThirtyEight says so. It must be true. :)

My Setup for Election 2008. Moved the 30” screen to the...

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:57:00 -0500

My Setup for Election 2008. Moved the 30” screen to the coffee table to accompany the TV. Yes I am that big of a geek. Click the image to get more details on Flickr.

Awesome poster from the Cinema Theque de Tangier in Morocco. Two...

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:56:00 -0500

Awesome poster from the Cinema Theque de Tangier in Morocco. Two great things that go great together! (found by Erin)

GitHub Code Search — GitHub

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:50:23 -0500

GitHub Code Search — GitHub:

Hot Stuff from the GitHub folks. Keep up the good work!

Before South park last week, I had never heard of Peruvian Flute...

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:37:00 -0400

Before South park last week, I had never heard of Peruvian Flute bands. Of course what do I see as soon as I visit the Space Needle?

T-Mobile G1 review - Engadget I’m very intrigued by this...

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:01:30 -0400

T-Mobile G1 review - Engadget

I’m very intrigued by this phone, but the lack of a proper 3.5mm jack is definitely a dealbreaker. I’ll see what you’ve got in a couple years, Google/ T-Mobile.

Code: Flickr Developer Blog » Flickr Engineers Do It Offline

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:45:27 -0400

Code: Flickr Developer Blog » Flickr Engineers Do It Offline:

Slightly oldie (before my official blog launch) but definitely a cool insight into the inner workings of Flickr.

"india launched a manned moon mission for $78m. MSFT bought Powerset for $100m. I’m totally..."

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:55:47 -0400

“india launched a manned moon mission for $78m. MSFT bought Powerset for $100m. I’m totally getting indian for lunch.”

- Twitter / Mike Redbord

A Whole Lotta Nothing: How to get my nerd vote

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:17:45 -0400

A Whole Lotta Nothing: How to get my nerd vote:

Great series of points by Matt Haughey on how to get his “nerd vote”. They would get mine too.

A Fresh Face on Cable, Rachel Maddow Produces a Sharp Rise in...

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:33:58 -0400

A Fresh Face on Cable, Rachel Maddow Produces a Sharp Rise in MSNBC Ratings - NYTimes.com

Rachel is awesome.

Apparently I didn't get the memo

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:23:03 -0400

So I finally get my blog back up, and blogging dies the same day. Well, I’ve never been one to go along with the masses.

It’s been a long time coming. I had originally taken a hiatus what must have been 3 years ago now, and stopped posting on my original site. I had rewritten my site in Django and found no suitable blogging component. I checked out some of the existing ones, but nothing seemed to work quite the way I wanted it to. I began writing my own, but never really finished one - there was always something I wanted to complete before I finished it. I really should have released early and often. I then had a short lived blog over at Vox when it first came out, and found it pretty good, but it wasn’t my own - not on my own domain, not built by me.

Of course in that time I’ve worked for two really great companies where I’ve been doing Django development like it was my job, mainly because it was my job. This meant the last thing I really wanted to do when I got home was work on Django projects, so Blog project stalled out yet again.

It was about that time when I declared “I’m done messing around!” I started looking into the various blogging platforms again. Dave Cancel was a big fan of Tumblr, using it on various sites.

Upon looking into Tumblr some more, I found i could pretty easily integrate it into my existing online identity, and make it a subdomain of my website. This was a total win-win for me: I get blogging capability I don’t have to manage, that works as a part of my domain, and allows for various extras I hadn’t planned on: quotes, links, and more. Couple that with a great commenting system and I was good to go (as soon as the DNS changes propagated). Apparently other people I follow had the same idea. I guess great minds think alike.

I’m hoping this and other blogs I’m going to be contributing to in the future will get my creative juices really flowing. Look for more cool stuff in the future. I have about 3 years of making up to do.

Back in the saddle again

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:54:25 -0400

Finally back in the blog world. More soon.