Monthly Archives: August 2005

My brain’s full of fog

Man, starting a new job really takes its toll on my spare brain cycles available at the end of the day. See, I’ve had it in my head for the last month or so that I want to do such various things as: Build a new kind of wiki Pen a few short stories Hack up my [...]

Super-fast DummyPants Addressbarlet for del.icio.us

Okay, so lately I’ve switched to using “addressbarlets” for my del.icio.us posting needs. In particular, I’ve been using the Super-Fast variety. I cannot stress how much better these are than clicking links in the bookmark toolbar. My del.icio.us posting has converged that much closer to command-line / QuickSilver perfection. But, I [...]

Quick and Random Thoughts

Today was my last day at my job in downtown Detroit. Change is afoot. I put together a bed today from Cost Plus World Market that could have probably crushed me. This was dumb. I still have a reflexive dislike for PHP, for many of the same reasons (and more!) I tend to avoid Perl [...]

Quick Thoughts for a Thursday

I think that one of the greatest compliments I can give to Eastgate, Mark Bernstein, and Tinderbox is this: On the few occasions I’ve been inspired to build my own clone of or cousin to Tinderbox, the first tool for which I reach is Tinderbox itself. Another Tinderbox thought: I’ve just realized that I tend [...]

Homebrew Productivity via Rube Goldberg

Here’s a quick weekend assemblage of a hack that might be of use to someone: I recently switched to a Palm Zire from a Handspring Visor–which itself was a downgrade from a Treo 600. The Zire was a bit of a lateral move from the Visor, since the Zire is rechargeable and more pocketable, but [...]

Quick Brain Burps

It’s been quiet around here, despite an intention to make a more regular presence. Oh well–I blame it on a few things which have added up to a mostly busy month or so. Hell, I’ve even been a bit out of touch with my news aggregator, so you’ll notice my usual del.icio.us output [...]