January 2012
Transparent Business →
Occasionally I will be writing this year about progress on Simpleform’s transparent books. Last week I learned how to retrieve and parse my bank account’s transactions. They’re in a format called…
December 2011
Top MLKSHK Images By Likes →
Andy mentioned something about Imgur’s most popular files based on views, so I figured I could find something for MLKSHK. So here are the top 20 files from this year based on number of likes…
Swings →
There are some tree swings popping up in my neighborhood. Gonna see if I can take Mark there sometime this week.
The Berg Cloud Little Printer Alternative →
Yesterday Berg announced two products, The Little Printer and Berg Cloud. Everyone was pretty excited about this little printer. It’s so damn cute!
Hello Little Printer,…
November 2011
NoVIMber Wrap Up →
After almost a whole month of using MacVim, I think I can safely say I’m a convert. Whenever I felt I was getting really good with it, I’d switch over to SublimeText and realize I was still much…
Using the Django ORM outside of Django (1.3) →
I did this today. I thought I’d write it up so I can remember for next time. I’m working on another project using Django and have liked using the ORM more than any other of the big Python ORMs out…
NoVIMber →
Some friends were talking about National Novel Writing Month and since I don’t have an idea for a novel but felt like trying to accomplish something in November, I decided to switch my text editor…
October 2011
Clocks →
I’ve been meaning to point to Adam’s new site: Decommodify. He just posted about his frustrations with his alarm clock. While I don’t use an alarm clock, we do have a clock in our bedroom* that I…
Glitch →
I tweeted earlier about Glitch: http://twitter.com/torrez/status/124542343616528384 But I think having 140 characters didn’t give me enough space to fully explain why I am so excited about it. So go…
Hackers →
Back when I was younger there used to be this big debate about the meaning of the word “hacking”. In the News it was always used to describe unsavory acts of theft, vandalism, and destruction….
September 2011
Marking Spam For Fun →
I had an idea a couple weeks ago and so I tweeted about it: Nobody took up the challenge. So after finding a couple hours of my own, and wanting to get better with Backbone.js, I made it. (Wrote…
The Last Rocket →
For the last couple of weeks I’ve spent hours solving, playing, and re-playing a game called The Last Rocket by Shaun Inman. The main game itself could probably be finished in one sitting if you…
Why We Test →
This past _why day an email made the rounds that _why had sent two years prior to someone asking how they could become a better programmer. The crux of the email was: if you follow the rules you are…
Jump To Previous →
Back during SXSW Caterina posted about FOMO. The Fear Of Missing Out. I’m a big consumer of social media but sometimes I realize I’m consuming because of FOMO rather than having time or an…
Future of (my) Web Apps →
I pulled my head out of MLKSHK the last two months and had a bit of a revelation about the future of web appsâat least, any web app I work on in my future. I present to you my new starting markup:
August 2011
Sunday Morning Hack →
I wrote a little jQuery plugin that does a Twitter search for the URL you are looking at and inserts the tweet and some links to favor, reply, or retweet that tweet. Twitter Search results are only…
We Have A Parade For That →
San Francisco: We have a parade for that. San Francisco: That’s illegal, unless you stand over there. San Francisco: That’s a great idea! (thinking to self: That is terrible.) San…
July 2011
Closing G+ →
Sorry I uncircled you on Google+. Hell, I uncircled everyone and closed my account. Boop dee boop! Facebook was never my thing, and Google+ filled with the 300 or so people I interact with…
December 2010
Learn To Program In 24 Hours →
You may have heard that Delicious is shutting down (or not?). Someone on Twitter suggested that a group of engineers should get together on a weekend and build a Delicious clone. In anticipation of…
Said the Gramophone: BEST SONGS OF 2010 →
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Call Me Max. The Diary of Maxim Dalton.: Ten great... →
Star Wars Themed Snowflakes →
Star Wars themed snowflakes.
Choosing Beef With Jack O'Shea →
Choosing Beef With Jack O’Shea See also: Espresso, Intelligentsia Via my new favorite weblog: TasteLand
November 2010
How To Merge All Windows Into One Window As Tabs... →
I switch browsers every year or so. Last year Chrome was my default browser after switching from Firefox (which had become achingly slow), and I switched from Chrome to Safari because it supported…
We Let Kevin Down →
Something interesting happened on TV recently and NOBODY NOTICED except Kevin.
We’ve got about six weeks of prime break-up... →
Michael Tsai - Blog →
Whoever made up this chart apparently never tried... →
Bookmark on Delicious on iPad - Maria's Notes →
What's your favorite Django app? →
Life Without Logistics: Data-Visualizing the Most... →
I'm On Coudal.com →
When Steve at Coudal.com asked me to be the guest editor for links I was initially hesitant. I used to consider myself a pretty good source for finding interesting stuff. My day was so predictable…
Bees With Machine Guns →
Wow, this is what EC2 was made for: Bees With Machine Guns, described as a “low-cost, distributed load testing using EC2” POW!
Halloween Exclusive: “Horror Business” | ... →
Church of Planets Past →
Yellow Bird Machine -- Illustrations by Amy... →
trickle down ergonomics →
The Great Unwashed - NYTimes.com →
Riddle & Bind is out. Party! →
Cliff House, SF - 1903 film →
Dancers, 1897 →
Nathan Kensinger Photography: The Hole →
secretcloak →