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Six pairs of socks

I went through six pairs of socks yesterday because it was raining. Every time I stepped outside, my socks got wet, and every time I was indoors with wet socks, I changed them. I need to get some proper rain shoes.

Ruby on Rails isn’t backed by a company

I forget where I read this, but I’ve been wanting to blog about it since last Thursday, when I first started researching about Ruby on Rails. It’s an awesome language, though I haven’t had a chance to code in it yet. It’s fairly new, and version 1.1 was only recently released. I emailed my computer…Continue Reading…

Appeals of MySpace

There’s room for a competitor, but MySpace does some things well. Here are some thoughts on this post. MySpace’s users are mostly 13-25 years old. Its main appeal is that it’s sprawling out of control. News Corp is starting to reign in aspects of it. Some think this may cause its user base and visitors…Continue Reading…

emacs redo

emacs is awesome. Not only does it have infinite “undo”, but it also has infinite “redo”. But there’s no “redo” command. Redo is the same thing is undoing an undo. That’s a very logical way of looking at things.

Blogs can be duplicated in other formats

This comment at Micro Persuation got me thinking. What “Ne0h” suggests is that bloggers can do more to reach the “AOL crowd.” That is, the world of people who aren’t advanced Internet users, but need content handed to them. What restrictions do blogs impose, and how can we overcome them? They’re hard to read, hard…Continue Reading…

April 1 is April Fool’s Day

The one day of the year on which I really feel good about pulling a good prank. You see, I’m not a prankster, but I love good (and harmless) fun. As does Google. Of course, it’s also a good time to release an amazing product, and get lots of free press for it (can you…Continue Reading…