If you are using Debian Lenny or Squeeze, you may think you have the latest version of Git, but you might be happily oblivious to the fact that you are using, as the linked article puts it, your grandmother. Continue reading
Configure a static IP in Debian 5 Lenny
Fastboot mode on newer Android devices
If you are an Android app developer, you may find yourself needing to enter fastboot mode on an Android device and are only finding instructions on the web which say to “hold the camera button and the up arrow button” while powering up.
Well, on some devices, that is impossible. Continue reading
Tutorial-let: How to change default product sort order in Magento
To change the default sort order (position) of products within each category in a Magento store…
Goodbye Paper: Part I
This is the first of a long series of posts about how paper is going away and how I think that is totally sweet. Continue reading
Communit.as Social Networking Framework
I’ve been a big contributor to the Communit.as open source software project over the past year or so. Jaybill has put a lot of hard work into it, and now it will be officially launching on Thursday, February 19th, 2009. There is going to be a launch party at Cubespace PDX that evening.
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Whoa. A less bloated Windows on the way?
According to this article, the next version of Microsoft Windows will have a few programs removed. The programs are being offered as optional downloads from Windows Live instead.
My latest effort – Ryz
I’m really proud to have been on the team that accomplished this. Ryz is a website where people can submit shoe designs and see them rendered in 3D within minutes, then enter them in a contest to win $1000 plus royalties.
This is all based on the Communitas social networking platform which should be opening for public beta in the next month or two. I’ve joined the Communitas team (Jaybill) and will be tweaking the API, developing new modules, and helping write documentation.
Changes – a visual diff tool for OS X
I’ve been looking for the Mac equivalent of Scooter Software’s flagship (and only) product, Beyond Compare for a while now. Looks like I have finally found something that at least begins to, well, compare to Beyond Compare (sorry).
DasBlog seemed like a good idea at the time…
UPDATE: Now I’m using WordPress.
Turns out DasBlog is pretty difficult to use and customize. I didn’t even realize until today that in order to post a comment, you have to be some sort of a scientist. Even I was unable to comment on my own post. I’ll try to turn that off ASAP.
Now that I’m pretty comfortable with PHP, I might be moving my blog to WordPress. We’ll see…