Fixing Paver
I’ve been a fan of Paver since the first time I read about it. It gives me all of the control I want with just enough of an implied structure to keep things sane and easy. The problem was, I couldn’t...
View ArticleSafari 4 Beta and Coda Tabs Joy
So the Safari beta 4 has landed and opinions are all over the place about the new features. The most consistent target for criticism has been the changes to the tab interface. Although the differences...
View ArticleTextMate reStructuredText Bundle
TextMate is great for general editing of most text formats. By default, reStructuredText is not one of them. This document describes how to fix TextMate so that it is a better fit for the tools I work...
View ArticleuTidyLib Fix
uTidyLib is a Python wrapper for the HTML Tidy Library. It’s a pretty handy library and is dead simple to use, but unfortunately it does not compile on Leopard out of the box. I wrote a quick patch to...
View ArticleAmber Alert Tube Pedal
The Amber Alert is a prototype for the forthcoming Shock Hazard tube guitar pedal. Two stages of pure tube gain in a stompbox – with no starved plate or silicon clipping trickery! (more…)
View ArticleLeverage Twitter's Distraction Value to Stay Focused
Twitter by nature is a stream of distractions. I personally never keep Twitter open and visible while I’m working because I know I’ll be too easily derailed from whatever I’m doing. If Life Hacker...
View ArticleMimicking Python Descriptors in PHP
So you’ve been working in Python for a year and then along comes a PHP gig that you just can’t pass up. All of a sudden you’re realizing just how much you miss some of the familiar Pythonisms you’ve...
View ArticleWordPreSt reStructuredText Plugin For WordPress
WordPreSt adds a reStructuredText input mode to the WordPress post/page editor. Once installed, reStructuredText may be input directly into the editor and converted to HTML with the click of a mouse....
View ArticleBank of America Breakdown
I have a check written out to me from a local Nashville company, drawn on their Bank of America account. I no longer have a personal BOA account (thankfully) but I’ve never had a problem cashing a BOA...
View ArticleGitHub Clone with Redmine
I’m in love with GitHub and I don’t mind paying a few bucks a month to host private code repositories there. It’s not without its issues though, and I’ve often had trouble getting others to...
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