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…
Jan 3rd
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…
Dec 31st
Swings →
There are some tree swings popping up in my neighborhood. Gonna see if I can take Mark there sometime this week.
Dec 13th
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,…
Dec 2nd
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…
Nov 29th
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…
Nov 16th
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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…
Nov 8th
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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…
Oct 18th
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…
Oct 14th
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….
Oct 7th
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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…
Sep 26th
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…
Sep 21st
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…
Sep 15th
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…
Sep 12th
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 apps—at least, any web app I work on in my future. I present to you my new starting markup:
Sep 8th
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August 2011
Aug 30th
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…
Aug 29th
Aug 27th
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…
Aug 27th
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…
Jul 28th
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…
Dec 18th
Said the Gramophone: BEST SONGS OF 2010 →
Dec 14th
ioannis cherouvim » Blog Archive » A table that... →
Dec 9th
Call Me Max. The Diary of Maxim Dalton.: Ten great... →
Dec 5th
Star Wars Themed Snowflakes →
Star Wars themed snowflakes.
Dec 3rd
Choosing Beef With Jack O'Shea →
Choosing Beef With Jack O’Shea See also: Espresso, Intelligentsia Via my new favorite weblog: TasteLand
Dec 2nd
November 2010
Nov 23rd
Nov 17th
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…
Nov 12th
We Let Kevin Down →
Something interesting happened on TV recently and NOBODY NOTICED except Kevin.
Nov 7th
Nov 5th
We’ve got about six weeks of prime break-up... →
Nov 3rd
Michael Tsai - Blog →
Nov 2nd
Whoever made up this chart apparently never tried... →
Nov 2nd
Bookmark on Delicious on iPad - Maria's Notes →
Nov 2nd
What's your favorite Django app? →
Nov 2nd
Life Without Logistics: Data-Visualizing the Most... →
Nov 2nd
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…
Nov 2nd
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!
Nov 2nd
Nov 1st
Halloween Exclusive: “Horror Business” | ... →
Nov 1st
Church of Planets Past →
Nov 1st
Yellow Bird Machine -- Illustrations by Amy... →
Nov 1st
trickle down ergonomics →
Nov 1st
The Great Unwashed - NYTimes.com →
Nov 1st
Riddle & Bind is out. Party! →
Nov 1st
Cliff House, SF - 1903 film →
Nov 1st
Dancers, 1897 →
Nov 1st
Nathan Kensinger Photography: The Hole →
Nov 1st
secretcloak →
Nov 1st