January 2010
49 posts
Pack your CSS and JavaScript →
Pack, by fellow Viddler team member and friend Andrew Smith, is a great utility to compress your CSS and JavaScript for deployment. The real meat of Pack comes from its ability to take an entire…
United States Patent Application: 0070260677 →
Our patent at Viddler.
The name iPad →
Neven Mrgan just changed my perspective on the name iPad. I don’t particularly care for it. However, Neven compares iPad to the name of some of the top gadgets currently getting press. Turns…
Catch up on LOST via Hulu →
LOST Season 6 starts on Tuesday. LOST Seasons 1 through 5, all one hundred and one episodes, are now available via Hulu to help you catch up!
RSS Subscription extension for Google Chrome →
Here is a great example of a good extension written for Google Chrome. The RSS Subscription extension is built by someone on the Chromium team and it brings in the unified feed icon button…
iPad impressions and keyboard wonkiness →
I had published a placeholder link for the iPad when it was announced. I’ve now updated that post to include my impressions of the iPad based on the video, announcement video, and Web site.
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Ignoring and removing a file from a Git repository →
Found this little gem tonight after I had made the mistake of ignoring a file that I had already added to my repo and had committed more than one change to and wanted to remove the file from my…
Using 7 Scrabble tiles →
Playing Scrabble this evening this rule came up. How many points does a player get if they use all 7 tiles if some of their tiles fall on premium squares?
“If a player uses all seven of the tiles…
The Apple iPad →
It has been announced. (Check back here for more later today)
Apple Tablet roundup →
On the cusp of an announcement from Apple later this afternoon (or morning if you’re in San Francisco where the event is taking place) I thought I’d roundup my favorite posts about the Apple…
A Google Chrome Extension for Viddler →
As a sort of pet project of mine I’ll be committing updates to a Google Chrome Extension for Viddler.com. There is very, very little there so far but there will be more over time. If you have a…
ColorADD – The color identification system for the... →
This is pretty great and something I’ve never seen before. The ColorADD System is a system of ‘codes’ that can be used to identify colors for people that are color blind. By knowing…
Never work for cheap. →
When someone says they are going to go freelance this is the first piece of advice that I give them.
“Work for free
or for full price.
Never for cheap.”
/via we(heart)it.
Richard Stallman’s approach to email →
I wish I could handle email this way. Richard Stallman, the guy behind GNU and a self-proclaimed free software advocate and campaigner, only signs onto the Internet to send email a few times per…
Birch bird feeder →
What can I say, it has been a bird feeder weekend. Something I learned from my father is that it is very easy to put together your own bird feeder. Using what I remembered from him, I…
More bird feeders →
Left: bird seed mix, Right: suet.
Suet
Bird seed
The temperature has finally gotten above freezing. I took it as an opportunity to get two more bird…
The Chromium Bookmark Manager →
A few days ago I updated to the latest nightly build of Chromium, something I do every few days using TechCrunch’s Chrome-Up application, and was elated to discover that Chromium finally has a…
Type testing on a few devices →
Ever wonder how long it would take to type the exact same message on a Macbook, iPhone, a Newton, a Treo, or even actually writing it down on a pen and paper? Wouldn’t it be neat if someone did just…
Google Reader subscription notifications →
I’ve got an idea for the Google Reader team. When someone on Viddler, or Twitter or Facebook “follows” me I get an email letting me know. This gives me an opportunity to identify who is…
Bernie the switcher →
As you may recall Bernie has a support control center on his desk. Today I came into Viddler HQ to discover that he’s pretty much a switcher.
RSS to Twitter using PHP 5 now on GitHub →
The PHP5 script that I use to send my mobile photos to Twitter that was bounced back and forth a few times back in December has now been officially moved to GitHub.
After searching on GitHub…
These are a few of my favorite things →
I have different reasons for saving favorites on each service that I use. I figured I’d take some time to explain the reasons by listing out the services on which I save favorites and why. Also of…
Jorge Quinteros gives Avatar five stars →
Jorge Quinteros on Avatar:
“It’s by far James Cameron’s finest pieces of work and although I’ll be one of the many to grab a Blu-Ray copy, seeing it in theatre is an experience you should not…
Revision3 offers Conan a job/stake in the company →
Revision3, the Internet video network that brought you DIGG Nation, The Totally Rad Show, Scam School, and other very popular video podcasts, is offering Conan O’Brien a spot on their…
Some Earth quaking perspective →
Here is a bit of perspective regarding the recent outbreak of earthquake news. The Earth quakes quite a bit. In fact, it could probably be said that somewhere on the Earth, at any given time, there…
The since IE 6 list. →
Dave Shea has put together a rather fascinating list of some of the things that have happened since the release of Internet Explorer 6 on August 27, 2001 (a browser that is still in use).
Launch delay →
No matter how fast your computer is there is a slight delay between asking an application to open and it actually being opened. Depending on the size of the application and how well it was built,…
FOR SALE: The Tonight Show →
This is absolutely fantastic. It appears as though Conan O’Brien put The Tonight Show for sale on Craigslist. Craigslist appears to have taken the page down. Bummer.
/via Mashable.
All Chrome all the time →
I’ve been using Chrome as my default browser for nearly six months. It won Best Browser in my Best of 2009 list. I didn’t even realize it had been that long until I went back through some of …
This is why I love Acorn →
When was the last time you saw a free update like this roll out from you know who? I suggest you grab a copy of Acorn 2.2 and test it out for yourself. Awesome.
Viddler Support command central →
Bernie’s ‘computer bank’ for Viddler support is pretty awesome.
I want a big iPhone too →
Photo credit: Eliza Devroe
The speculation about the upcoming product from Apple, presumably some form of tablet computer, is all over the place. The more I read the more I want….
Not anymore Henry →
Interesting comparison between the knowledge of science and the knowledge of man by the always quotable Henry David Thoreau:
“Science does not embody all that men know, only what is for men of…
Black Phoebe →
Several birds have visited our bird feeder since we’ve moved into the new apartment. I have yet to get a really good capture of any of them though the opportunities have been there. I’m…
Facebook URL Helper →
The Facebook iPhone application now has an address book syncing feature that will pull in all of your friend’s profile pictures and also set up their Web site URLs as fb://somethingsomething. …
Kyle Slattery on geocoding his vacation →
Kyle Slattery pulls a bit of a yarn about the current state of geocoding in his world as he experienced it on a recent trip to Chicago. Kyle and I are nearly always on the same page and with…
Graceland →
Well, my Graceland anyway.
CES 2010 videos →
The video coverage of CES 2010 by the @viddler base has been pretty stellar so far this year.
Dave Oberheu on fun and winning →
My friend Dave Oberheu is a bit of a gaming nut. Having played several games at his house over the years I can tell you from first hand knowledge that Dave probably owns more games than you have…
Random 60: Are you geocoded? →
Turn up your speakers for this one folks. My friend Eric Brophy and I (more him than me) have a chat about geocoding, mashups, Twitter, and the potential for other geocoded…
Mushroom Bowl →
Eliza is making soup. She cut up countless mushrooms of varying types (only some pictured here). Mmmmm.
Back that thing up. →
This is just wonderful. Marco Arment has recently released a back up application for Tumblr that is currently only available for Mac OS X. This back up application takes a fairly unique…
Now with 100% more Twitter. →
In addition to the support for Realtime RSS that I’ve added recently I’ve also now created a Twitter account for First initial, last name. Although the username @cdevroecom is rather…
And thanks for the stats →
This is odd.
Today I was reading on Wordpress.com’s blog about “Two New Stats Things”, written by the always fantastic and multi-talented Andy Skelton, and since I use Wordpress’ free stats…
The L5 Remote →
Speaking of cool remote controls – the L5 Remote is a combination iPhone/iPod touch application + accessory to turn said iPhone or iPod touch into a remote control for your television,…
The Boxee Box. →
The Boxee Box, a mini-square-ish computer with the sole purpose of running Boxee on a television, is becoming more compelling with every press release. Made by D-Link this little box is…
Photos of UPenn Weave Bridge by Albert Yee →
Brilliant photos from Albert Yee the new Weave Bridge at UPenn show that it is pretty stunning. I love when people take the opportunity to make something beautiful in a place where something…
Chrome overtakes Safari for 3rd place among... →
According to Mashable (via Net Applications via The Apple Blog) Chrome has surpassed Safari for third place among browsers in terms of market share. I’m as big an Apple fan as anyone but…
Joining the drum line for Realtime RSS →
I remember when I first learned about RSS. At the time my personal Web site was running on some homegrown content management system that I built myself using ASP. So I was tasked, unlike many…