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Bookmarks for December 22nd
Sublime Text: The text editor you’ll fall in love with – Another nifty text editor–cross platform too! CyberDuck – Nifty-looking cross platform FTP/SFTP/WebDav/AmazonS3/Cloud Storage client.
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Writing Motivator Script
I wrote a little python script to help people get motivated to write more*. It compares the word count of a text file (by default “mywork.txt”) to a target number; if you’ve exceeded your target, it...
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Automatically Printing Text Files to a Thermal Printer
Ever since seeing this Microprinter post I’ve been fascinated by the idea of having a thermal receipt printer to play with. But they were always a bit too pricey for a toy, and I wasn’t sure that even...
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38 Studios
Here is the story of a spectacular disaster in progress, being funded by my state tax dollars. Former Major League Baseball pitcher Curt Schilling owns a video game studio called 38 Studios. They...
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Connect a thermal printer to If This Then That
I just figured out something that my little python script is really good for. If This Then That is a neat service which connects a whole bunch of web services together with a really simple interface....
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Podcastle
I’ve been catching up on Podcastle episodes lately and there have been some excellent stories in there. I can’t say too much about the stories without spoiling them but I’ll try to describe them...
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Upgrading the Kindle Fire to Android 4.2.1
I’ve got a first generation Kindle Fire. But I was frustrated by the Amazon software: You can’t install apps from the Google Play store, and a lot of features that other Android tablets have are either...
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Fever
Much and more has been written about Google executing Google Reader. That decision has eroded the last of my trust and good will for the company and has forced me to seek an alternative RSS service....
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Lift
Lift is a free iPhone app which helps you achieve daily goals. It’s pretty and it’s simple: You make a list of habits that you want to achieve every day (say “Floss” or “Exercise” for example). Then...
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Make Twitter Less Sucky With Stylish + This User Style
I wrote up a quick-and-dirty “User Style” to make Twitter not suck so bad. Now it looks like this: Here’s how to make it work on Firefox: Install Stylish and restart Firefox. Go to twitter.com and log...
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Skills of an Artist
I’ve been looking for a hobby that doesn’t involve looking at a screen, since it feels like most of my waking hours are spent staring at glowing rectangles. So I decided to try learning how to draw. I...
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ASUS RT-N65U Custom Firmware
If you own an Asus RT-N65U, you owe it to yourself to upgrade it to this custom firmware. I know that it looks a bit sketchy, but this firmware takes all the features that ASUS shipped with the router...
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Buzzfeed Clean Eating Challenge, Part 1
Against all past experience, BuzzFeed has actually published something worthwhile. It’s a comprehensive 2 week healthy meal plan, with a grocery list and exactly what you need to do each day to prep...
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Buzzfeed Clean Eating Challenge, Part 2
I’m on the final day of this clean eating challenge. I’ve held myself to it more strictly than I had planned to at the start. I actually did abstain from caffeine, for example. And I feel pretty good...
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What am I eating now?
It’s been a week since I finished that clean eating challenge. Oddly enough, I didn’t go straight for a cheeseburger like I thought I would. I was feeling pretty good, and I wanted that to continue. So...
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Rebuild
I’m feeling the itch to blog again. Perhaps the urge will pass, but on the off-chance it doesn’t I’m revamping things again.I’m trying out Jekyll, which converts a folder of text files into a nice...
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Gloomhaven
Gloomhaven Box ArtGloomhaven promises a lot. This game comes in a gigantic box, weighs twenty pounds, and costs $140 retail. The designer’s intent was to convert a tabletop role playing game (like...
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underscores.me | A Starter Theme for WordPress
underscores.me | A Starter Theme for WordPress: A super stripped down WordPress theme with all the basic functionality you’re going to need
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It’s a blog!
Hey, remember blogs? Blogs were neat. I wanted a place to write things publicly now that I’m backing way off of Facebook, so I made one. Re-made one, really, since I used to blog all the time before...
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