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Blog, page 66

page 66 of 80

Continuing through the writing archive.

Vancouver · 1 min

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.

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Development · 1 min

Every 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.

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Tips · 1 min

How to burn .uif files

How to burn a MagicISO .uif file by decompressing it to an ISO and then writing it with ImgBurn.

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Tips · 3 min

Tips 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.

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Media · 2 min

Aurgasm

Aurgasm.us is my favourite spot for full, free songs from musicians I have never heard of, with reviews and an mp3 player.

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Tips · 2 min

If 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.

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Vancouver · 1 min

OK to talk to

Ordering an OK Social button for Vancouver, a wearable signal that says strangers are welcome to start a conversation.

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Development · 1 min

When 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.

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Development · 2 min

Internet explorer (IE) caching AJAX requests.

Fixing IE's aggressive AJAX caching by appending a timestamp query parameter to the request URL.

#Code#Web#Tutorial
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Development · 1 min

Defeat your Google twin

Plotting how to outrank my Google twin, the engine-casting Steven Smethurst, by Christmas.

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