“I remember thinking that the food scene was very progressive, and Minneapolis should get more national attention than it currently does. There are really good cooks there and people on the cutting edge.” – Bobby Flay
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
zen habits: 38 lessons
…4. Goals aren’t as important as we think…. …6. When your child asks for your attention, always grant it…. …20. A good walk cures most problems…. …23. Competition is very rarely as useful as cooperation…. …27. Create…. …37. Fear will try to stop you. Doubts will try to stop you….
WordPress + Thickbox Requires Markup
I’ve been fighting with getting the contents of a WordPress page to display within Thickbox. The great thing about WordPress, is that wiring this up is super straight forward. Tell WordPress you want to use thickbox in your theme by adding it to the functions.php file function init_theme_method() { add_thickbox(); } add_action(‘init’, ‘init_theme_method’); Update the …
In Praise of Hopville’s Beer Calculus
Tonight, I loaded my beer recipes into Hopville’s Beer Calculus (thanks to Mr. Hadden for the tip). Yes, they’re all off style. Some by a little, and some so off – they’re on (the Maibock passed BJCP guidelines for American Barleywine). In all honesty – this round of brewing wasn’t about hitting a style, it …
Tracking Flash Movie Plays with Google Analytics
If you’re looking for a quick way to track when Flash movies (or anything else in <object> <embed> tags) are played – this works for me: Quick overview: create a new div with an onClick action and put the Flash movie inside it. Then in the movie’s <object> tag – add <param name=”wmode” value=”transparent” /> …
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EFF: Why We Need An Open Wireless Movement
As you know – I’ve got a long bet on WiFi being the default transport for all our information exchange; voice, video, audio, email, web, everything. Everything. Unfortunately – there’s an insidious group with a counter bet and planting FUD everywhere. Thankfully, the EFF has declared the need and benefit for more open WiFi networks: …
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Me-tered
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Link Rot
“The idea that authority is best transmitted by a coarse-grained gesture like linking is bankrupted by the sheer volume of gaming that is emerging.” – Steve Gillmor Back in the early days of Cullect – I was trying to figure out a way to programmatically provide a meaningful excerpt of an article. In the end …
tl;dl
like tl;dr but for talking.