Month: April 2006

  • Help out some friends of mine

    Chris Rhee, a member of the 9rules Network and friend, has had $5,000 or so worth of equipment stolen from right beneath his nose. We’re try to help out, and I’m asking that anyone else that can help out should too. Link to him from your blog too, if you get the chance. Side note:

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  • 10MacApps

    Merely days after saying that I never get invited to do memes, here comes one from Zach Hale. Here is a list of my 10 13 favorite applications for the Macintosh. Textmate NetNewsWire MarsEdit QuickSilver iTunes iPhoto Delicious Library Safari Transmit Colloquy PHP Function Index Chax iChat extension Mail.app I was supposed to stop at

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  • Coffee and a donut for the rest of the week

    Also known as; The Breakfast of Champions. Last night Eliza and I stopped at Dunkin Donuts on the way home and I decided to buy one donut for each day for the rest of the week. This way, when I woke up each morning I could enjoy coffee and a donut. My coffee and donut

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  • Meeting up in Philly

    The Philadelphia WordPress and Weblogger meetups are over, for April. Eliza, Chris, and I drove down to Philadelphia (it takes us about two and half hours), and enjoyed the company of many bloggers in the Philly area. First, we met up with Andrea and Tom. This happened to be Tom’s first Meetup also. It would

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  • I am rarely asked to participate in memes

    If you are with me, pass this along to two friends that aren’t usually included in memes either. I’m passing this to Mike Stickel, Chris Fehnel, and Devin Reams.

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  • Philadelphia Meetups

    Also known as: Colin’s first try at this meetup thing. This Saturday, at around 2pm EST, Eliza, Chris and I are heading down to Philadelphia for the April Philadelphia WordPress Meetup, organized by Owen Winkler. Shortly thereafter, since it would appear that the WordPress meetup will only last about an hour, we’ll attend the April

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  • 30 Minute Meals

    Eliza and I love to cook at home. As Eliza says "The clean up is the worst part.". Apart from that, there is nothing I do not enjoy about cooking, and eating, at home. It is cheaper, generally better for you, and is all around more fulfilling. Not too long ago Eliza picked up Rachel

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  • Do you still use film?

    My brother taking a digital photo Film vs. Digital. There are very obvious pros and cons to both. On the one hand, the quality of photos taken on good film is vastly superior to those taken by your digital camera. Yet, the immediacy of digital photos, the ease of being able to get them into

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  • My Web: Yesterday and Today

    This "Web 2.0" that we’re all so accustomed to lately is great. Semantic, accessible, open, and dripping with fantastic design. However, there are times I reminisce about the days of old, the days of well – Web 1.0. There are several sites, some still in existence that I really do miss. I remember spending hours

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  • Naked for CSS Day

    Dunstan Diaz, a 9rules Network Member, has decided to spearhead an effort to raise even more Web Standards awareness by creating a Naked for CSS Day. To participate, all you need to do is rip out your style sheet for one day, leaving nothing but your naked site to show in all of its semantic

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