We’ve Got Money, What We Need is You A New Dad’s Family Handbook The first time around, we picked up the stereotypical new parent books. If any of you are having your first child – you only need one of those books. Go to the bookstore, page through them all, buy the one that makes …
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
RE: Crushing the life out of the iPhone ecosystem
A couple years back, after ‘getting’ the idea of having all my favorite audio with me at a moment’s click – I had grown bored of my then new 40gb iPod. A few minutes of searching and I found Doc Searls link about the iPod Platform. Suddenly, I was neck-deep in podcasting. Even in those …
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We’re Not the Source of Waste
If we actually want to reduce waste and encourage reuse, retailers need to be responsible for disposing of the packaging and waste from the products they sell.
Juicy Lucy in Hometown Tales #189
In Hometown Tales #189, Gene describes a pretty tasty variation of the Juicy Lucy It might be the first Jucy Lucy Resturant east of Georgia, but I’ll leave final judgement to Ed, Dave, Scott, and the other experts.
I’m 12
According to Ed Kohler, I’m smack dab in the middle of the Top 25 Minnesota Blogs by Google Subscribers. Just being on the same list as Doodledee, Blogumentary, Tech-Surf-Blog, and s4xton makes me smile.
Framing Rails Tests: Tests are Requirements
I’ve ignored Rails Tests for too long. In fact, I’ve skipped over Test chapter in Agile Web Development with Rails in both the first and second editions. After fighting with the same bug over and over again, I knew now was the time for tests. On the surface, tests seemed very un-DRY1 – like I’m …
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In My Right Mind
I’ve yet to perceive the dancer spinning counter-clockwise. RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS uses feeling “big picture” oriented imagination rules symbols and images present and future philosophy & religion can “get it” (i.e. meaning) believes appreciates spatial perception knows object function fantasy based presents possibilities impetuous risk taking
FeedHub: HAL, er MAPE, Filters Your Feeds
Graeme pointed me to FeedHub – another next generation feed filtering service. On first glance, it reads like FeedRinse – import a bunch of feeds, apply some filters, drop the resulting aggregated feed into your regular reader. The difference, FeedRinse’s filters are manual and FeedHub’s are automated. My first hiccup with the FeedHub service: Registration. …
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Unload
If the kitchen renovation has told me 1 thing it’s: when you empty one room in your house, every room in your house gets more cluttered. While I anxiously await the finished kitchen so the rest of the house can get back in order, I’ll be tracking Erica Mauter’s Cut the Fluff 30-Day Challenge: “Every …
Distraction Elimination Week: Day 4: Visual Field
There are 2 major visual field distrations; inside the monitor, outside the monitor. First, inside the monitor: Since 1997, my desktop background has been “Solid Gray Medium”. I’ve played with other shades of gray, but always found SGM to be the most neutral, keeping the focus on the applications I’m working in and making screenshots …
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