Monthly Archives: September 2005

Trac rocks like a really rocking thing

Say hello to my new Trac installation! For a couple of years now, I’ve been meaning to take a serious look at Trac. But, general level of busy, as well as random obstacles to getting it up and running kept me from getting very far. Such is so often the story with me. Finally, though, [...]

Ode to a vertical tab strip in Firefox

Overlooked Firefox keyboard shortcuts. Ctrl-PageUp and Ctrl-PageDown cycle between tabs in a window. So do Ctrl-Tab and Ctrl-Shift-Tab.Source: Nelson’s Weblog: tech / good / firefoxTabs Remember when I started singing the praises of OmniWeb’s Tab Drawer? Well, I eventually got snared back into the clutches of Firefox—I blame the monkey—and have since wandered away from [...]

MIT’s $100 laptop

A research project at the MIT Media Lab has a plan for getting $100 laptops in the hands of millions of people around the world. One notable feature is a hand crank for providing power in places where electricity is undependable or unavailable.Source: Images: MIT’s $100 laptop | CNET News.com Is it just me—or does anyone [...]

Racking up the Amazon Associate sales

Holy crap! For the first time ever, it looks like I’ve actually been getting people to buy something on Amazon by way of my site. I’m assuming this means lots of you are buying my book from the sidebar panel there. Thank you, thank you!

LiveJournal, über social software

I’ve just noticed that LiveJournal added a School Directory, where you can search for schools you’ve attended and add them and the years you were there to your user info. Here’s where I was between the years of 1989 and 1997: Algonac High School – Algonac, MI (1989-1993) Central Michigan University – Mount Pleasant, MI (1993-1997) Goodbye, [...]

Hello Colophon

It’s got a little ways to go yet, but I’ve just thrown together a first stab at a Colophon for this blog.

Colophon

Welcome to 0xDECAFBAD v4, my fourth attempt at establishing and maintaining a presence on the web. I am your host, variously known as: deusx l.m.orchard Leslie Michael Orchard This is all personal branding and googlejuice; my friends call me “Les”. I am a hacker, tinkerer, and creative technologist working in Santa Clara, CA (USA). I live with two spotted Ocicats, [...]

My, aren’t we posty?

It’s this new blog, I think. Between the lighter-weight blog template and the faster response times from WordPress in general, it doesn’t feel like I’m Issuing a Decree or turning a battleship every time I want to fire off a bit of writing to the world. I’ve got a lot of little things [...]