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Skribit, the very same service I use to allow suggestions on First initial, last name, has finally opened its doors to the public. I suggest checking it out. See what I did there?

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As reported by Danilo Campos on Twitter "Any ziplock bag you happen to find in your kitchen will waterproof your phone while allowing the screen to respond." So I gave it a whirl and it works! Neven Mrgan, who I heard this through, brought up a few great uses for this. He said "This means […]

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Like last time I used this recipe. It was a little sweet for me (typically I do not order my french toast with cinnamon or powered sugar) but it turned out really good. The bread was from [Bingham’s Restaurant](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=bingham’s restaurant kingsley pa&sll=51.47653,-0.286825&sspn=0.070672,0.123596&ie=UTF8&hq=bingham’s restaurant&hnear=Kingsley, PA&ll=41.740194,-75.699749&spn=0.081464,0.123596&z=13&iwloc=A) (Google Map link).

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Here is @pookers’ butt.

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Taken with my iPhone while getting gas one morning and cross processed in Mill Colour (iTunes link).

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Hot on the heels of WordPress’ Twitter API Tumblr has announced their own Twitter-like API for reading and writing to Tumblogs. I love that they came right out and said that they were inspired by WordPress’ move.

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WordPress.com, to be specific, now has an API that mirrors the Twitter API. This effectively allows any Twitter client, such as Tweetie or Hahlo, to read and write to WordPress.com powered blogs only by changing their API endpoint. Hopefully this feature will be available via a plugin sometime in the near future? /via Tony Schneider.

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Joby, the makers of the Gorilla flexible tripods, have released a free iPhone camera application called Gorillacam that could be used as a replacement for the default camera app. Tripod not included nor required. /via John Gruber.

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I’ve seen TeuxDeux recommended by several blogs that I’m subscribed to over the last few weeks so I finally took a few minutes to take a look. Turns out it is exactly what it says it is, a simple, designy to do application that is definitely worth a look.

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"Project52 is a personal challenge geared toward getting fresh content on your website. The goal is to write at least 1 new article per week for 1 year." I’ve never liked the word "content" but I love when people set goals before themselves to write more. Anton Peck created Project52 this back in 2007. He […]

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Last night, long after my "sleep" preference that I have set up on Twitter, I got a text message from Paul Stamatiou via Twitter. I follow Paul, or @Stammy as he’s known on Twitter, but I do not have him turned on for SMS notifications. Odd, I thought. I rolled over and went back to […]

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In July of this year I conducted an interview with the co-founders of Panic about transparency in software development which was published in September. Prior to that interview in a short, off-the-cuff, via email, discussion with Steven he mentioned that they had just been putting together a plan for 2010 to help "lift the veil" […]

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I’ve just started following Ze Frank on Twitter. I’ve added him to my "met" list (remember my Twitter lists?) and some have asked why. Well, because he and I met in 2007 in Austin, TX as SXSWi. We had a pretty good chat. Ze is incredibly talented and creative and has an interesting story. If […]

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I’ve just started following Ze Frank on Twitter. I’ve added him to my "met" list (remember my Twitter lists?) and some have asked why. Well, because he and I met in 2007 in Austin, TX as SXSWi. We had a pretty good chat. Ze is incredibly talented and creative and has an interesting story. If […]

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I’ve just started following Ze Frank on Twitter. I’ve added him to my "met" list (remember my Twitter lists?) and some have asked why. Well, because he and I met in 2007 in Austin, TX as SXSWi. We had a pretty good chat. Ze is incredibly talented and creative and has an interesting story. If […]

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I’ve just started following Ze Frank on Twitter. I’ve added him to my "met" list (remember my Twitter lists?) and some have asked why. Well, because he and I met in 2007 in Austin, TX as SXSWi. We had a pretty good chat. Ze is incredibly talented and creative and has an interesting story. If […]

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I’ve just started following Ze Frank on Twitter. I’ve added him to my "met" list (remember my Twitter lists?) and some have asked why. Well, because he and I met in 2007 in Austin, TX as SXSWi. We had a pretty good chat. Ze is incredibly talented and creative and has an interesting story. If […]

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I’ve just started following Ze Frank on Twitter. I’ve added him to my "met" list (remember my Twitter lists?) and some have asked why. Well, because he and I met in 2007 in Austin, TX as SXSWi. We had a pretty good chat. Ze is incredibly talented and creative and has an interesting story. If […]

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Picked up a copy of Lessons from a Lifetime of Watercolor Painting by Donald Voorhees. I’m going to go through this entire book this winter. First step is to get my brushes inventoried. A few of them were broken so I fixed them (no need to spend money on more).

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The moment you’ve all been waiting for is finally here. Video of my LessConf presentation is now available, for free, in its entirety courtesy of the guys at LessEverything. Duration: ~59minutes In this presentation I cover how to measure success for a start up in a global market (read: the Internet). I tried my best […]

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I’ve just started following Ze Frank on Twitter. I’ve added him to my "met" list (remember my Twitter lists?) and some have asked why. Well, because he and I met in 2007 in Austin, TX as SXSWi. We had a pretty good chat. Ze is incredibly talented and creative and has an interesting story. If […]

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Had breakfast here yesterday. It was pretty good but I wouldn’t add Cozy Corner Cafe to my favorite places within 2 hours of my home list. It would do in a pinch, though. Something has to be said that they don’t come up, at all, in a Google Maps search though. Hmm. Update: Since Google […]

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I made French Toast using this French Toast recipe on Simply Recipes (even with the optional Triple Sec). It was delicious. I recommend.

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In case you’ve been living under a rock (where in the world did that phrase originate?) you probably know about Dan Benjamin‘s extremely simple, yet incredibly useful and valuable, step-by-step tutorial for installing Ruby, RubyGems (including Rails and mySQL) on Mac OS X Snow Leopard. I recently had the need to upgrade each of these […]

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If you’re like me, you love Coda. Well, you may find the need to open a file, or set of files, from Terminal in Coda. Gregory Tomlinson has created a bash script to let you do just that. Update May 20, 2011: It turns out that Tomlinson’s website is down. So, here is a brief […]

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Dude knows how to eat a lemon… rind and all.

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This was my first game of Risk ever. What a perfect day for playing a game!

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Google launched its public DNS offering yesterday. Immediate reactions were "ooo, aaahhh, sweeet!" because we all know Google will nail the technology aspects of an fast, open DNS. Immediately following those reactions, however, came the "Oh great, now they know more about me!" statements. But then came this statement by Steven Frank of Panic (whom […]

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I won’t lie. I made these from one of those "add butter and water" bags but still, I made them at home. Hence, homemade. Mmm.

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Remember what I said about leaving Tiger Woods alone? Remember why I said to leave him alone? In case you don’t, here’s an excerpt. "He is keeping personal matters personal and he knows his rights – I’d say that is a role model to look up to, regardless of what happened. But, this silence will […]

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[viddler id-5fbc8f85 h-280 w-420] Random 60: When was the last time you wore a suit? I’m wearing a suit. Are you? If not, when was the last time you wore one? Simple question, answer in the comments.

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Shopping list Milk Eggs Inexpensive wines from all over the world Bread Cheez-Its

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Terry Gross, by far my favorite radio personality to whom I listen religiously, was interviewed in 1998 on Mothers Who Think for Salon Magazine by Lori Leibovich. I love these few bits. First, a little about Terry’s reputation. "Marcus isn’t the only journalist to swoon over Gross — other colleagues speak of her with reverence, […]

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George Vecsey "reporting" for the New York Times has a terrible piece about Tiger Woods’ not being very forthcoming about an accident he recently had right outside his own home. Vecsey goes off on Tiger simply because he feels his pen (err, keyboard) is mightier than Woods’ driver. To Vecsey I say; you’re an idiot. […]

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[viddler id-c82761e0 h-280 w-420] Random 60: How do you heat your home? What type of heat do you use? It seems the possibilities are endless. Wood stove, fireplace, propane, natural gas, electric, pellet stove, maybe you just run in place?, etc. Sound off in the comments!

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The folks at Colour Lovers (we’ll excuse the U for now) have put together a really great Twitter theme designer that somehow saves directly back into your Twitter profile. I didn’t realize this was possible so perhaps they have a "deal" with Twitter? Perhaps Twitter should simply buy the app? /via Evan Williams on Twitter.

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A lovely video recapping a year of Field Notes Brand note books. I’ve been holding off picking up Field Notes note books for far too long. Today I’ll be counting the change in my piggy bank, cashing them in, and purchasing a pack. /via John Gruber.

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Pie Guy is a fun game for your iPhone that is free, is installed via the Web (it is a fancy Web page), works offline, and is actually a lot of fun (works sorta like Pac-Man). Neven Mrgan, the developer of Pie Guy, built the game – not only so people can enjoy the game […]

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This morning is when our new apartment started to feel like home.

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We’re repurposing our wine rack into our new TV stand for the new apartment. By we, of course, I mean Eliza is doing all of the work and I’m taking photos of her and posting them on the Internet without her express permission. 🙂

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Fred Wilson commented on my blog. I’m celebrating a bit.

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Sometimes Eliza and I like to treat ourselves.

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As sort of a follow-up to my How much money is being made on the H1N1 virus? post the other day, Jason Kottke gives what I think is the most readable explanation as to how a vaccine for the virus is made. Interesting stuff.

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In mid-September I wrote that I was going to give Instapaper a whirl. And for a day or two I did but it didn’t stick. Turns out I was doing it wrong. I was trying to use Instapaper as a way to sync a "reading list" between two computers (in this case, my iPhone and […]

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Need a few things for the new crib.

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I’m sort of following Fred Wilson‘s lead here (simply because he did it first) but I’ve been thinking about explaining my somewhat odd avatar for a while. The story of Fred’s avatar is much more interesting so I’ll forgive you if you leave to read his instead of mine. *sniff* My avatar is meant to […]

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Twitter, by default, uses Bit.ly to shorten URLs for use with SMS, the API, etc. But on its Web site Twitter shows you the original URL (or at least part of it) so that people know where they’ll be going if they click on the link. Or, at least that is why I think they […]

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Neat jQuery plugin that makes it dead simple to wrap text around an image. The key point here is that it will actually wrap the text around the contents of the image, not just the bounding box of an image. /via Simon Willison.

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