March 2010
February 2010
RT @jasonfried: "Mad Libs" Style Web Form Increases Conversion 25-40% http://bit.ly/dALdgz
"Important notes: 1. Before operating the oven, please read this instruction manual carefully" - written on the LAST page of the manual!
RT @zen_habits: 4 Simple Principles of Getting to Completion http://bit.ly/clHv0u
I wish I hadn't just read the number of calories in my very delicious chocolate muffin!
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." - Douglas Adams
Using sudo to re-launch a Python script as root: http://DJM.me/b1804
Copying all sent items to Inbox in Gmail / Google Mail: http://DJM.me/b1802
"If your copy is updated, cheerful, and friendly users will not notice." http://bit.ly/7ohycl /via @smashingmag, @ice3collab
"System accidentally rebooted by Steve, who was not paying attention to which window he typed "halt" into" - http://kvm-hosting.org/outages/
RT @RichardWiseman: As someone interested in body language, I am disappointed that the contact app on my iphone is not called icontact.
January 2010
AVG Free couldn't even detect rootkit virus on parents PC. Avast Free detected it and removed it. http://j.mp/bHjnQw
Facebook, Twitter Revolutionizing How Parents Stalk Their College-Aged Kids: http://j.mp/9J7fMn
RT @chrismessina: Welcome to the future! Google drops support for Internet Explorer 6: http://bit.ly/9C9DrU /via @ericg
RT @ThisIsSethsBlog: Random rules for ideas worth spreading http://bit.ly/a3yJbL
If you spill coffee on someone by accident, you wouldn’t say “I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused!” - http://j.mp/cOem84
RT @TimBrownson: ROTFLMAO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew9cEATPzDE
Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard (The Onion) - http://j.mp/d7Us1C /via @AndreasGoldberg
RT @Lifehacker: The Problem with the Apple iPad http://lifehacker.com/5458690/
Who'd have thought you can pretty much describe me in four letters... http://typelogic.com/intj.html / http://personalitypage.com/INTJ.html
"Please contact the Administrator if your date of birth has changed."
The "famous 5-minute WordPress installation" becomes half an hour when you're uploading at 4 kB/s
RT @noradio: Twitter open sourced Murder ( http://github.com/lg/murder ) for fast large scale deploys using BitTorrent.
RT @carsonified: Lovely themed login form from MailChimp - http://bit.ly/4XdUWr
Alberon Newsletter - January 2010 (including my snowman photo from last week!): http://www.alberon.co.uk/newsletter/2010-01/
RT @CHRISDJMOYLES: Snowing in London. ... I know it looks pretty and stuff, but maybe it should just **** off!!
It's not perfect, but it's mine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6cX5jh7p6I /by @timminchin
RT @RichardWiseman: Logos with hidden messages http://bit.ly/75KOTE
I missed this at the time: 37signals on the valuation of large tech companies: http://j.mp/8NxbLI
Everything's amazing & nobody's happy (video): http://j.mp/4GU33W
Decided rss2email not such a good idea - just one inbox gives no sense of priority! (Still useful for sending @replies to email though.)
I thought I would like working from home... But I don't really. Too quiet, and I miss having the bus journeys to prepare / wind down.
Half-second power cut - just long enough to reset all the computers!
Snowman catching a bus in Summertown, Oxford: http://j.mp/82QlKv
Snow day, and I've decided the ability to work from home actually works against me today!
RT @joelcomm: Everyone thinks they are right. But that's just not possible.
Correction: New rss2email website is http://www.allthingsrss.com/rss2email/ /via @allthingsrss
Very good advice about creating habits/setting goals/new years resolutions: http://6changes.com/ (by @leobabauta / @zen_habits)
Combined RSS, Twitter & Email into a single inbox using rss2email http://rss2email.infogami.com/ (command-line app)
RT @ktotheb: The wise speak only of what they know. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
Decided to take a photo-a-day for 2010 - here's the first: http://djm.me/pad100101
03 Mar 2010
If it's not working, "try harder" might not be the answer. Try different: http://bit.ly/c9Hyek /via @ThisIsSethsBlog
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