Blog
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How I create a combo feed using WordPress
When my site was on Barley I had something we called a "combo feed". A combo feed combined all content types (what we called custom post types) into my main RSS feed. This allowed someone to subscribe to a single feed and get all of the blog posts, statuses, photos, and audio bits that I publish. […]
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Sunset over Jermyn, PA – May 2016
Sunset over Jermyn, PA – May 2016
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Instagram has now become 100% friends and family. Which means we early adopters are about to jump ship. I thought it would be to SnapChat but that is still too disjointed (though crazy fun). I wonder what is next.
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We’ve already used our BBQ more this year than all of last. Hoping to keep it up.
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Everyone should write (or, blog?)
Deanna Mascle wrote on her blog on why all teachers should write. In it she says this about why students should write in every class every day: Reflective writing at the beginning of a class or before a lesson can help students access existing knowledge and build a foundation for new information. Writing activities during […]
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Owning my words and photos and audio bits
Jeremy Keith wrote on his blog about owning his words, or, being willing to publish his words (snarky or otherwise) on his own site under his own name. I recommend you read his entire post. But this bit stood out: I wish I could articulate how much better it feels to only use Twitter (or […]
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Sunset, Back Bay, Sandbridge, VA
Sunset, Back Bay, Sandbridge, VA
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Lately I’ve helped clients
Lately I’ve helped clients generate Excel and PDF files. Next I’ll be creating a bot that generates stone tablets. *rimshot*
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Missed a grand opportunity to record a toad chorus audio bit while kayaking over the weekend.
Missed a grand opportunity to record a toad chorus audio bit while kayaking over the weekend.
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How to fix iTunes
How to fix iTunes: Remove App Store, remove Apple Music, remove Podcasts, remove syncing to iOS. Improve OS X App Store to include iOS apps. Make Apple Music app. Make Syncing app. Make Podcasts app. iTunes now just a jukebox. As it was. Perfect.
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I’m surprised the Warriors lost Game 1. I think this is going to be an incredible series.
I’m surprised the Warriors lost Game 1. I think this is going to be an incredible series.
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IFTTT recipes
Just took some time to clean up my IFTTT recipes for posting statuses, photos, audio bits, and blog posts to both Twitter and Facebook. I may need to rejigger the bits a few more times to get it right.
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Kayaking is therapy.
Kayaking is therapy.
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The Inn at Cape May
The Inn at Cape May, May 2016
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The iPhone SE is going to win every award it deserves. The camera is incredibly good.
The iPhone SE is going to win every award it deserves. The camera is incredibly good.
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The Unicode Consortium is responsible for more than emoji
Mark Davis, President of the Unicode Consortium, [on their blog](The Unicode Consortium enables people around the world to use computers in any language. Our freely-available specifications and data form the foundation for software internationalization in all major operating systems, search engines, applications, and the World Wide Web. An essential part of our mission is to […]
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We know better now
Manton Reece, on his blog, on podcasting lock-in, the open web, silos, and more: While the open web still exists, we really dropped the ball protecting and strengthening it. Fewer people’s first choice for publishing is to start a web site hosted at their own domain. Like the destruction of Pennsylvania Station, sometimes you only […]
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Cape May Island, May 2016
Cape May Island, May 2016
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Guy in this coffee shop
Guy in this coffee shop ends all of his dictated text messages with “ellipses”. Class act.
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Improving Photos for OS X and iOS and iCloud Photo Library
I’ll start out this post, as most empathic developers would, by saying that I realize how hard syncing is. It is incredibly hard to get right. The fact that it works at all is magic. It is amazing. And I’m tickled that I even have it. That being said, we’re a few years away from […]
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Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett continues to take his own advice. He once said “In the short term the market is a popularity contest; in the long term it is a weighing machine.” So as Carl Icahn sells $APPL Buffet buys $APPL. Sounds about right.
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When I show
When I show http://h2ocolor.com to someone in real life they are amazed that I’ve spent countless hours over 5 years curating an online watercolor gallery. Believe me, so am I.
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Your blog doesn’t need to make money
Sarah Pressler, on her blog: But the thing is you can just write for the sake of sharing your thoughts with the world at large. Or mostly, just for the sake of getting your thoughts out of your own head. It is true. Your blog does not need to make money. You do not need […]
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Yesterday was Astronomy Day and I didn’t write a word about it.
Yesterday was Astronomy Day and I didn’t write a word about it. Someone is going to take away my space nerd card.
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Mornings
For about 10 years now I haven’t set an alarm unless I had a plane or bus to catch. My belief is that if my body needs to sleep it will and if it doesn’t it won’t. For the most part this has worked out just fine for me. I’m not someone who needs to […]
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Photos has finished syncing to iCloud Photo Library.
Photos has finished syncing to iCloud Photo Library. Yay! I started on the 29th of March and synced nearly every night that I could.
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Some Fridays are more Friday than other Fridays. Today is the Fridayest.
Some Fridays are more Friday than other Fridays. Today is the Fridayest.
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Apple Didi
You have $250. Smart friend asks for $1. Says they can turn it into at least $15. You give them $1. That’s Apple’s $1B Didi investment.
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ear hair
I have the ear hair of a 90yr old Abe Vigoda and the chest hair of a 9yr old Macaulay Culkin. I guess it balances out?
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How emoji get rendered
Monica Dinculescu gets all geeky about how emoji are rendered in the Chrome browser. It is a great read but she makes this very important point: Emoji does not have a plural in Japanese, so stop trying to make emojis happen. Now you know.
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Instagram’s new look
Ian Spalter, Head of Design at Instagram, on Medium: The evolution of the community has been inspiring, and we hope that we’ve captured some of the life, creativity, and optimism people bring to Instagram every day. Our hope is that people will see this app icon as a new creative spark — something to have fun with […]
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Went for a short walk. Nicest day of the year so far.
Went for a short walk. Nicest day of the year so far.
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Cape May, NJ, May 2016
Sunset Beach, Cape May, NJ – May 2016
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GitHub is now more affordable
GitHub: We couldn’t be more excited to announce that all of our paid plans on GitHub.com now include unlimited private repositories. GitHub will always be free for public and open source projects, but starting today there are just two ways to pay for GitHub.com. $7/m for personal accounts, $9/m per user for organizations (only $25/m […]
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The new Oru Kayak: Beach
An all-new kayak from Oru Kayak, Beach. It’s the easiest collapsible boat in the world to put together, taking just three minutes. Its 28" width makes it stable and comfortable. The open cockpit makes entry a breeze, for paddlers of all shapes and sizes. I love the design and it looks like there are tons […]
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We are in for a gorgeous evening. Oh, and I mowed the lawn like an adult.
We are in for a gorgeous evening. Oh, and I mowed the lawn like an adult.
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Huge updates from Instagram today.
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There is no such thing as a bad day on the beach.
There is no such thing as a bad day on the beach.
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We are spoiled
We are spoiled with excellent coverage and views of the goings on of the universe. Imagine what Gallileo would think of the Hubble?
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Today Mercury transits the Sun. But don’t look, it’ll hurt.
Today Mercury transits the Sun. But don’t look, it’ll hurt.
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Dogfish Head Brewing
Dogfish Head Brewing, October 2015
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Grateful to be invited to a friends house tonight. It feels good to be invited.
Grateful to be invited to a friends house tonight. It feels good to be invited.
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I didn’t know long-pressing on the camera in iMessage was a thing.
I didn’t know long-pressing on the camera in iMessage was a thing.
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I miss John Candy.
I miss John Candy.
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Last year gave us our first real photograph of Pluto
Last year gave us our first real photograph of Pluto. I hope in the next few we’ll see a man waving back to Earth from the moon (again) and from Mars. And a photo of a robot on a moon of Jupiter.
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Space X killed it last night.
Space X killed it last night.
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Trying out something different
Trying out something different with my web site: http://cdevroe.com
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Dawn and Shadow Time
One thing I’m forever fascinated by is how the local landscape affects sunlight, weather patterns, wind speed, etc. Meteorology with a view from the ground, if you will. Isn’t it fascinating that where I live, in a very small stream valley, above a larger river valley, between two small mountains, has a wholly different temperature, […]
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It isn’t raining. This is news.
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Further iCloud Photo Library observations
On March 29th I began syncing to iCloud Photo Library using Photos on OS X. Today, over a month later, I’m just over halfway done. For context, you may want to read Photo stats and observations, and A few iCloud Photo Library observations. As with those last two posts I’m going to provide a laundry […]
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