Big Things, Little Things and Unassociated Thoughts
At this moment, I’m lying in bed sandwiched between a yellow dog and a little brown and white dog and a much chewed upon stuffed witch. And it is good. It’s been a somewhat hectic day and the...
View ArticleSome Alternatives to MobileMe
MobileMe (the email, contacts, calendars and file service from Apple) is something that seemingly everyone loves to hate. It’s too expensive, doesn’t work right, and doesn’t really offer anything...
View ArticleLiving with Google Voice
I don’t really like telephones all that much. I understand that they are a necessity of modern existence and can be greatly convenient, but that doesn’t make them pleasant. They ring incessantly and...
View ArticleIntroducing LyX-Outline 0.1
Writing anything - whether it be a book, or a short story or an angry letter to your boss - is substantially more than starting from the first idea moment of inspiration and continuing to the final...
View ArticleI Killed Twitter
I just killed Twitter. The whole website is down, it can’t even be pinged. So ... just in case I get asked about it, here’s my story. I was trying to post an update about the brand new, easy to...
View ArticleWhy Bother With a Personal Website?
Seven or eight years ago, I remember seeing a print advertisement for Apple’s latest computer: the MacBook. Like most Apple ads, it hyped the benefits of a connected digital lifestyle promising...
View ArticleTime Drive 0.1.5: Incremental Changes
It’s been an interesting couple of days. I was rather honored to see that Lifehacker did a short highlight of Time Drive, which I thought was pretty cool. It’s always been one of my goals to have...
View ArticleReclaiming Free Space from a Time Machine Backup
As much as I love Apple’s Time Machine, it’s a hard drive pig. If not carefully watched, the little porker will use every spare byte of free space it can. What is particularly obnoxious, however, is...
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