Monthly Archives: August 2008

"Duh" Moment

Sometimes I realize something that’s so obvious that I actually slap my forehead and say, “duh.”  I had one of those moments this morning: I use IMAP for all my e-mail accounts because I love the access-anywhere freedom it provides.  … Continue reading

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Evolvable Systems – Microblogging

Ajaxian just recently posted a great summary of Clay Shirky’s In Praise of Evolvable Systems.  In it he talks about how all the poor design decisions that went into making the World Wide Web were overcome by its ability to … Continue reading

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PHP CSS Sprite Generator

A couple of days ago Saul Rosenbaum asked for a little help with a PHP utility he was writing.  I took a crack at it, and we ended up with a nice little class that generates CSS sprites from pairs … Continue reading

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Simple PHP Pavatar Method

Microsoft Passport was a good idea. OpenID is a better idea. Gravatar is a good idea. Pavatar is a better idea. I think whenever a system can be open and decentralized, it should be (see my upcoming post on decentralized … Continue reading

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Auto-Focus Input

OK, this has bugged me for a long time.  Many times I’ll come to a site which helpfully auto-focuses on the input element I’m most likely to use (either the username field of a login form, or the query field … Continue reading

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Philly New Media Hub Update

Over the weekend I made a few quick updates to the Philly New Media Hub.  Now you can get aggregated content in a number of formats: On The Web (blogs, events, and mailing lists) Via Twitter (blogs and events) Via … Continue reading

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In an ideal world…

This is a joke—the form doesn’t actually do anything. New Client Form Please fill out this form to discuss a new web design/development project. Your Name: Your E-Mail Address: Brief Description of Project: I agree to the new client TOS … Continue reading

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100 Push-Ups Update

OK, so our 100 Push-Ups group challenge started on Monday.  Now we have 6 people going for it.  Thanks to Roz, we got set up on dailymile.com and I threw together a group for us (there’s also a global hundred … Continue reading

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iPhone App Wishlist

SSH Client Now that I’ve come to rely on my iPhone so much, I find myself very frustrated when it can’t do something that I need it to do.  The #1 thing is SSH into my servers to run quick … Continue reading

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