Jack’s my man. If Jack is out, I’m out.
...Read MoreSquawking About Twitter
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I took a time out and went outside to enjoy California Spummer. I took photos as proof!
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I watched Slap Shot the other night. It’s been nearly 10 years since I saw it last. I hadn’t forgotten all the slapstick (pun intended) but I’d obviously forgotten most of the dialogue. Let’s just say I was happy my daughter was in a room far, far away and out of earshot.
...Read MoreThe Emperors New Clothes
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Please pardon the blandness, I haven’t picked a theme to use with Dailything yet. The theme I was using was a pain in the ass, poorly coded nightmare. I’ll probably make something or find one soon enough but for now this old thing will do.
...Read MorePeople Aren’t the Only Ones Taking It Off in the Tropics. Whales Do Too!
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Scientists are proposing that whales who forage in polar waters and migrate to lower latitudes are doing it to maintain healthier skin. In a research paper in Marine Mammal Science, scientists propose that whales conserve body heat in colder waters by diverting blood flow away from their skin. This leaves the a layer of dead tissue….
...Read MoreLook Who’s Back, Back Again
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In 2002 I started this blog and posted almost daily. As you can see from the content it was mostly just a mishmash of things I found interesting, thoughts, posts about being a new father and life along the way. After a while though my time got taken up by other things, I changed jobs,…
...Read MoreNew Trojan Reportedly Infecting Millions of Macs
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An OSX trojan has infected millions of computers according to an article published on ArsTechnica. According to Dr. Web (the Russian antivirus company claiming to have discovered the infections), 57 percent of the infected Macs are located in the US and 20 percent are in Canada. This latest variant of the Flashback trojan searches an…
...Read MoreWould I like an Intuos5? Yes, please.
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I bought my Wacom Intuos tablet several years ago and even though it’s one of the dustiest things on my desk, it’s garnered a place in my heart. For editing photos it’s my tool of choice and I really couldn’t do the photo production work I do without it. Wacom has released a new version…
...Read MoreZapping the PRAM-NVRAM in OSX
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What’s in the PRAM? PRAM in OSX stores user specific system and device settings. The exact settings stored in your computer’s PRAM varies depending on the type of computer as well as the types of devices and drives connected to the computer. Some information stored in the PRAM includes: Display and video settings such as…
...Read MoreCodeKit – A Swiss Army Knife for Web Development on the Mac
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Recently while investigating to see if using LESS could help the way I develop I stumbled across this really cool app for the Mac, CodeKit. CodeKit is a Mac only (sorry Windows guys) app that automatically compiles Less, Sass, Stylus, CoffeeScript & Haml files and combines, minifies and error-checks JavaScript files in real time. CodeKit…
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