Archive for November, 2007

Dvorak users of the world unite!

Saturday, November 24, 2007 19:45 4 Comments

I encountered yet another Dvorak bug today. For the benefit of those (ok, probably all of you) who do not know what Dvorak is, it’s an alternative keyboard layout. It’s generally considered faster and more efficient than the standard QWERTY layout.
I can certainly type quite fast and, since the Dvorak keys are not in [...]

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RapidWeaver vs Wordpress

Sunday, November 18, 2007 21:38 No Comments

Now that I’ve finally settled on a layout for this new site (after toying with it for a few weeks), I am going to polish it up so I can offer the basic design as a free Wordpress template. Trust me, it needs some serious polishing. But I think it’s almost there. I’ve got [...]

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A layered backup scheme

Saturday, November 10, 2007 20:02 4 Comments

With the advent of Mac OS 10.5 Leopard, backup is now easier than it’s ever been. Using Time Machine is a simple process: you’re asked if you want to use it on an external disk as soon as the disk mounts. You choose ‘Yes.’ Then, you choose which folders to exclude from the backup (which [...]

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the rainbow state

Thursday, November 1, 2007 19:13 No Comments

I thought I’d share a few photos taken this evening after I returned home from work. Greetings from Hawaii.
(p.s. if you click on the image you’ll be taken to my flickr page)

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