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Charlie Sheen is a long way from philosophy– but the journey is winning
After reading about an interesting phenomenon witnessed in a cartoon by Randall xkcd I decided to see how true it was that you could get to Philosophy from most any Wikipedia term via a reasonable number of clicks (here the … Continue reading
Show all available documents to new Google Apps – Docs users
At my job we use Google Docs (via Google Apps) for internal collaborative documents and archives. One big issue with this platform is that when new folks are hired/given accounts and they go to view “All documents”– lo, and behold! … Continue reading
WordPress 3.0: Well-polished, fun to customize
After reading about all the exciting new features and improvements packed into WordPress 3.0, I’ve finally gotten this blog updated to it. Thelonious is one awesome release of WordPress, making this great platform even better!
Skip the distractions: Focus on web page content with Readability
Often when trying to catch up on the news or just researching something online, I come across article pages filled with distractions. Ads before the article, ads around the article, ads below the article, ads in the article, obscene sidebars … Continue reading
Editing Trac comments at the DB layer
Today I needed to alter the content of a comment made on a Trac ticket. I didn’t anticipate this would be a difficult task, but I wasn’t too familiar with Trac’s DB schema. So to save you a few consternated … Continue reading







