September 30, 2005 – 12:11 pm
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, [...]
September 29, 2005 – 4:09 pm
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 [...]
September 28, 2005 – 4:44 pm
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 [...]
September 28, 2005 – 10:56 am
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!
September 28, 2005 – 10:16 am
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, [...]
September 27, 2005 – 4:52 pm
It’s got a little ways to go yet, but I’ve just thrown together a first stab at a Colophon for this blog.
September 27, 2005 – 4:30 pm
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, [...]
September 27, 2005 – 2:04 pm
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 [...]
