Cape Lookout
Cape Lookout off the coast of Beaufort, North Carolina in October, 2008.
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Interview with GitHub team member Scott Chacon
I was digging through this interview of GitHub developer Scott Chacon trying to find the most quoatable portion to paste here in hopes that you'd follow the link to the interview to…
The Mariana Trench to scale
This has been passed around a bit lately but it is just too awesome not to share. Here is an image showing the Mariana Trench to scale showing a human being, a…
Updates to the Tumblr API
Tumblr is rolling out updates to its API. I'm liking the updates that I'm seeing so far and I think Tumblr could really benefit from having a stronger API offering.
Visiting Franklin Hill and Amoré on the Lehigh Valley Wine Trail
Eliza, my mother-in-law Carla and I took a drive last week to visit a few wineries along the Lehigh Valley Wine Trail. Due to winter hours, a long lunch, and some shopping…
Eating 28 chicken McNuggets
A few years ago, and I have the video to prove it, I said that I wanted to try to eat 100 chicken McNuggets from McDonald's. Those whom I asked to try…
Google Buzz and the whole Google Accounts fiasco
Yesterday Google began to release Google Buzz to its Gmail users. Buzz appears to be a compelling service – especially since it plugs right into something many of us use already. For…
Big blind
A few more hands before our friend Burke goes away for two months.
SUV on roof
Saw this at 12:30 on Sunday afternoon at the intersection of Routes 106 and 247. Everyone seemed to get out OK though.
Tumblarity is gone. Thanks Tumblr.
Last August I complained about Tumblarity and I wasn't alone. Many people didn't like how Tumblarity motivated the Tumblr community to post and repost drivel and I'm very happy to see that…
Geronimo Jack’s Beard – A new LOST podcast from Jorge Garcia
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] This is too awesome for words but I'll try my best anyway. Jorge Garcia, whose blog I've been subscribed to for – well, a long time now, has started…
Switching to Google Chrome Developer channel
For months I've been using Chromium the open source browser that powers Google Chrome. Using Chromium had its advantages and disadvantages. I had the bleeding edge of what was offered by the…
5 by 5 Studios – Talk radio for the Internet
Or, maybe we should call it Talk Internet now? Talk radio still sounds better. Anyway… Dan Benjamin, who like me has always been a very big fan of talk radio, has launched…
LOST – Season 6 Episode 1 chat. Live.
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] Who says blogs are dead? Lets have a live discussion about tonight's upcoming episode of LOST Season 6, live, right here in the comments on my blog. To participate…
More social media icons
Speaking of icons for popular social media services, Komodo Media, who recently updated their collection, has a set of over 130 icons also.
Vector Social Media Icons
Icon Dock (love the name, branding, pretty much everything) has just released a set of 50 icons based on today's popular social media services in full vector including the one I love…
Pack your CSS and JavaScript
Pack, by fellow Viddler team member and friend Andrew Smith, is a great utility to compress your CSS and JavaScript for deployment. The real meat of Pack comes from its ability to…
Catch up on LOST via Hulu
LOST Season 6 starts on Tuesday. LOST Seasons 1 through 5, all one hundred and one episodes, are now available via Hulu to help you catch up!
RSS Subscription extension for Google Chrome
Here is a great example of a good extension written for Google Chrome. The RSS Subscription extension is built by someone on the Chromium team and it brings in the unified feed…
The name iPad
Neven Mrgan just changed my perspective on the name iPad. I don't particularly care for it. However, Neven compares iPad to the name of some of the top gadgets currently getting press….
Ignoring and removing a file from a Git repository
Found this little gem tonight after I had made the mistake of ignoring a file that I had already added to my repo and had committed more than one change to and…
iPad impressions and keyboard wonkiness
I had published a placeholder link for the iPad when it was announced. I've now updated that post to include my impressions of the iPad based on the video, announcement video, and…
Apple Tablet roundup
On the cusp of an announcement from Apple later this afternoon (or morning if you're in San Francisco where the event is taking place) I thought I'd roundup my favorite posts about…
The Apple iPad
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] So, it has finally been announced. Now, what do I think about it? I have to admit that since it was announced, about 36 hours ago now, my opinion of…
Using 7 Scrabble tiles
Playing Scrabble this evening this rule came up. How many points does a player get if they use all 7 tiles if some of their tiles fall on premium squares? "If a…
A Google Chrome Extension for Viddler
As a sort of pet project of mine I'll be committing updates to a Google Chrome Extension for Viddler.com. There is very, very little there so far but there will be more…
ColorADD – The color identification system for the color blind
This is pretty great and something I've never seen before. The ColorADD System is a system of 'codes' that can be used to identify colors for people that are color blind. By…
Never work for cheap.
When someone says they are going to go freelance this is the first piece of advice that I give them. "Work for free or for full price. Never for cheap." /via we(heart)it.
Birch bird feeder
What can I say, it has been a bird feeder weekend. Something I learned from my father is that it is very easy to put together your own bird feeder. Using what…
Richard Stallman’s approach to email
I wish I could handle email this way. Richard Stallman, the guy behind GNU and a self-proclaimed free software advocate and campaigner, only signs onto the Internet to send email a few…