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Monthly Archives: February 2007
Vellum
Sunday, February 18th, 2007
I didn’t sleep well yesterday; had some crazy dreams. Reading Vellum does leave an impression on the mind. Am only half-way through, so I expect to be miserable at work tomorrow.
Global spell-check
Sunday, February 18th, 2007
There are many things one can piece together with the proper tools. Today I’ll show you how to create a global spell-check system for Windows, but it should be easier to do this for Linux.
So the idea is pretty simple: you type something anywhere, copy it to the clipboard, run spell check on the [...]
Simplr 3.0 RC1
Saturday, February 17th, 2007
Updated my template to Simplr 3.0 RC1. Let’s see how it goes. Also, I’m not using prototype.js anymore; it was too heavyweight for my needs.
How I Write
Sunday, February 11th, 2007
Another screencast, this time on how I write my posts, using emacs:
Looking at it, I cringe at the way I’m typing. I must be screencast-shy or something. What the hell, don’t have the time to re-create it. Though I didn’t have a script prepared, so this is pretty good on the first shot.
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Learn.
Thursday, February 8th, 2007
There is so much in life to learn. I’ve decided to go slow, and think of the long term. Ten years or so.
Among my varied shortcomings is a lack of patience, and I keep trying to build it up. Often I seem to get better at waiting, those phases never last. I’m sure I’ll learn [...]
Inflation
Thursday, February 8th, 2007
The new Potter book is coming out this July. I calculate that it’ll cost me 850 bucks: I blame economics.
Upgrades
Sunday, February 4th, 2007
I’ve upgraded to Wordpress 2.1. Let me know if anything seems broken… Also, I’m buzzed that Simplr 3.0 is about to be released.