Blog, page 66
page 66 of 80Continuing through the writing archive.
House hunting in vancouver
A list of rental sites for hunting an apartment in Vancouver during the September crunch when vacancy sits under 1 percent.
Read postEvery Day Fiction dot com
Every Day Fiction publishes a new sub-1000-word story each day, delivered by email or RSS, short enough to read on a lunch break.
Read postHow to burn .uif files
How to burn a MagicISO .uif file by decompressing it to an ISO and then writing it with ImgBurn.
Read postTips for pulling an all nighter
Tips for pulling an all-nighter at the computer: showers, dark editor themes, fruit, a 4 a.m. meal, and loud music.
Read postAurgasm
Aurgasm.us is my favourite spot for full, free songs from musicians I have never heard of, with reviews and an mp3 player.
Read postIf you know beans about chili, you know chili aint got no beans
My slow-cooker chili recipe with bacon and three kinds of beans, plus a note on the no-beans purist debate.
Read postOK to talk to
Ordering an OK Social button for Vancouver, a wearable signal that says strangers are welcome to start a conversation.
Read postWhen big people steal small guys ideas
Adobe Kuler looks a lot like ColourLovers.com, and small site owners have no real way to push back on big copycats.
Read postInternet explorer (IE) caching AJAX requests.
Fixing IE's aggressive AJAX caching by appending a timestamp query parameter to the request URL.
Read postDefeat your Google twin
Plotting how to outrank my Google twin, the engine-casting Steven Smethurst, by Christmas.
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