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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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Very much looking forward to baking bread again this winter.

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While in Hawaii last year, visiting Shane and Roxanne in Kailua, Eliza and I found this orchid Bird of Paradise flower behind a few garbage cans near a burger joint we were having dinner at. It just shows you that beauty runs deep in Hawaii. Update: I stand corrected. Mike Cohen commented that this is […]

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I’m no medical expert, but one has to wonder about the finances behind having a global pandemic – or at least the appearance of one. The H1N1 virus, or swine-flu, is no doubt a virus that should be taken seriously. If you have the symptoms of the virus you should take action to get the […]

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One sip of a Mocha Joe makes my heart palpitate. @elizard loves them.

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Last weekend I rolled out an updated theme for this site when your browsing it with an iPhone. The main reason for this is my mobile photos. When I post a mobile photo my site automatically Twitter’s a link to it, like this, and a lot of people flood in to view the photos and […]

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Love playing in old beat-up gyms. Love seeing Chris get blocked even more.

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Came across this photo in my library and now I’m in the mood for hibachi.

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Playing with Eric and Terry. I love this game.

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My drive into Viddler HQ yesterday morning was very, very foggy.

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NASA scientist Jing Li (and others) has created a tricorder, ala Star Trek, using an iPhone and a few little gadget bits that is able to ‘sense’ gases in the air. My advice: get this tricorder things to the point where it can repair broken bones and inject medicine into a human’s neck, then move […]

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The moving sale is in full swing (although you can not tell from this image). A lot of people have already been in and out and our "stuff" is following them. Nice.

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For years the Internet has challenged those that work on it. At first it was all about how to get the bits from here to there. Then it was how to link them together and to navigate through them. Then it was about adding media. Next came display ports and fitting well-designed information on them […]

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[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] Viewing the source of a page on Google Chrome is, for the most part, a terrific experience. Chrome supports syntax highlighting of the underlying code of a page making it much more readable for us geeks while we look under the hood. However, something I’ve run into of late is that it […]

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[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] Viewing the source of a page on Google Chrome is, for the most part, a terrific experience. Chrome supports syntax highlighting of the underlying code of a page making it much more readable for us geeks while we look under the hood. However, something I’ve run into of late is that it […]

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[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] Viewing the source of a page on Google Chrome is, for the most part, a terrific experience. Chrome supports syntax highlighting of the underlying code of a page making it much more readable for us geeks while we look under the hood. However, something I’ve run into of late is that it […]

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[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] Viewing the source of a page on Google Chrome is, for the most part, a terrific experience. Chrome supports syntax highlighting of the underlying code of a page making it much more readable for us geeks while we look under the hood. However, something I’ve run into of late is that it […]

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[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] Viewing the source of a page on Google Chrome is, for the most part, a terrific experience. Chrome supports syntax highlighting of the underlying code of a page making it much more readable for us geeks while we look under the hood. However, something I’ve run into of late is that it […]

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[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] Viewing the source of a page on Google Chrome is, for the most part, a terrific experience. Chrome supports syntax highlighting of the underlying code of a page making it much more readable for us geeks while we look under the hood. However, something I’ve run into of late is that it […]

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As I said in a recent Random 60 about haircuts, I am not too picky when it comes to my hair. Then, on the Twitter, I mentioned that I was thinking of cutting my own hair. Many of you said to go for it. Then, a few days ago Eliza came home with some clippers […]

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Another day, another great letter of note. I know I’ve suggested Letters Of Note in the past but today I must suggest this specific letter. A letter written by Wilbur Wright. My favorite letter so far. "With this general statement of my principles and belief I will proceed to describe the plan and apparatus it […]

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[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] Viewing the source of a page on Google Chrome is, for the most part, a terrific experience. Chrome supports syntax highlighting of the underlying code of a page making it much more readable for us geeks while we look under the hood. However, something I’ve run into of late is that it […]

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I wanted to know what type of bike I should be saving for this coming spring. I fired off an email to the editor of I Am In Like With My Bike on Tumblr and they posted it to their Tumblog (mistypings and all). Nice. Update: Now I’m finding myself wishing they answered the question. […]

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One of my most favorite branding updates in recent memory, The New York Public Library gets a new logo and Brand New has the scoop. Side note: Glad to know I wasn’t the only one thinking "Simba!!". Image credit: Brand New.

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New favorite site and now book on my wishlist (which has been recently updated, btw): Bird book. /via Jason Kottke.

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Speaking of WordPress 2.9, here is an exhaustive feature list from Dougal Campbell.

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Yahoo! has announced that Flickr now has built-in Snapfish support through its (still one of the best Web apps ever) Organize & Create tool. It is about time. I hope Flickr and Yahoo! bank some serious dough on this deal.

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Or, as I like to call this particular video – YouTube video of the week. Again /via Jason Kottke.

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I didn’t realize that Quake Live was available for the Macintosh now. Thanks to Sebastiaan de With for letting me know (and for the fancy Fluid icon). There goes a few hours.

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Photo credit: Eliza Devroe. After a friend and I were talking about fishing this weekend I noticed that I never posted a photo of my biggest catch this summer – a 5-pound bass. As you can see from the photo I was soaking wet. Eliza, my friend Johnny, and myself walked to our fishing spot […]

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I don’t like to make it a habit of following people on Twitter that I haven’t met. But I’ve made a few exceptions – mostly people I know "online" but not off and celebrities. I was wondering tonight: "How many people do I follow that I haven’t met?". So I created a list for just […]

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What a great week on The Diet! As I said on the Twitter I was able to get a sufficient level of fitness in this week. On Tuesday I jogged six miles (or 10K), on Wednesday I did the P90X Kenpo X routine, on Friday I fit in another 5K jog, on Saturday I did […]

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While perusing Aaron Brazell’s always great 10 things you need to know about [the latest upcoming version of WordPress] for WordPress 2.9 I noticed that it will have oEmbed support. Back in June 2008 I added an oEmbed service to Viddler. That means that in the next version of WordPress you’ll be able to embed […]

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WordPress.com now supports geotagging for both the blog itself on WordPress.com and each individual post. Although there have been a few plugins that support this for the self-hosted WordPress none look as promising as the one running on WordPress.com now. So, where is the plugin?

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CodeIgniter is faster than its competitors by quite a margin. Glad we at Viddler chose it for our PHP-based solutions. /via Mike Rundle on Twitter.

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I know, hate is a strong word, but think about this for a moment (especially you new runners). Our entire lives we focus on self-preservation. From an early age we’re told "Don’t touch that, its hot." or "Don’t jump off of that, it is too high." And, obviously, this is good advice. It saves us […]

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On Wednesday my friend Chris and I ate dinner at Pete N’ Reenie’s in Eynon, PA – a 50s-style burger/shake joint. The food was delicious, the service was good (the owner was our waitress), and the place is altogether great. I think Pete N’ Reenie’s is going to quickly become one of my favorite places […]

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Delicious food, good service. Recommended.

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Recent piece from Khoi Vinh puts the amount of money that the New York Yankees spend on payroll into perspective. Short version: The Yankees spend a lot of money on payroll but compared to their revenues they spend less than some other teams when compared to their revenues. Read the long version though, it is […]

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