October 2009
13 posts
How to use Twitter without being a douchebag...
Jason Snell understands how to use Twitter:
Twitter is a conversation. Twitter accounts are people. Give your Twitter account a personality, even if it’s for a brand.
It takes two people to make a conversation. Make sure you’re responding to replies on Twitter when appropriate.
Twitter should be more than a self-promotion machine. Twitter accounts should be of a followable volume and add...
Closing slash for XHTML single tags in TextMate
You probably shouldn’t use XHTML, but in case you do and you want that closing slash a la <br />, then do the following:
HTML tags inserted which have an EMPTY content model now place the value of the TM_XHTML variable before the closing ‘>’. If you want these tags to use the minimized (XHTML) form, go to Preferences -> Advanced -> Shell Variables and set TM_XHTML to “...
This is a test
Tumblr appears to be stripping my Markdown headings of their HTML tags in the Dashboard. Why? I don’t know.
Here’s a test:
H1 Tag
H2 Tag
H3 Tag
h1 tag in html
h2 tag in html
h3 tag in html
3 tags
Thoughts on the New 27" iMac
My coworkers and I were some of the first to receive the new iMacs, getting them around the same time that Apple stores did. Here are my thoughts after using one for two days.
The Peripherals
The Magic Mouse feels too sticky at first but it quickly gets that thin layer of oil from your skin so your fingers don’t stick when scrolling. It sits very low on the desk, and so is most...
If the print magazine industry is struggling so much, why can’t I get a magazine by mail a few days after I subscribe? I can get a vacuum, tax free with free shipping in 2 days with Amazon Prime, but I subscribe to a magazine and have to wait 4-6 weeks to get an out of date issue?!
Then people in the print industry walk around like chickens missing their heads bemoaning this fearsome yet...
“Within supported apps, such as Preview, you can scroll in any direction.”
– In other words, it won’t work in Photoshop. Using the Mighty Mouse, a Photoshop canvas will not scroll at a diagonal.
Macworld on Apple’s new Magic Mouse.
UPDATE: It looks like this does work in Photoshop, but it still doesn’t feel all that smooth. It seems kind of like making...
If your Mac's wifi is slow to connect on wake from...
The problem is likely related to the “preferred networks” you have stored. Move your home network to the top of the list and take a minute to clean out some of the crud that’s built up from coffee shops and hotels.
To do this, go to System Preferences, Network, click Advanced, and reorder/delete the appropriate “preferred networks.” Alternatively, you could trash...
What Happens if You Eat One of Those Silica Gel... →
In short, nothing.
Again, from the fantastic reddit.
President Obama's Email about the Nobel Peace...
Subject: A call to action
Scott —
This morning, Michelle and I awoke to some surprising and humbling news. At 6 a.m., we received word that I’d been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009.
To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who’ve been honored by this prize — men and women who’ve...
