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On This Day...

• 2012: Sketchnote workflow — I like sketching notes of books and presentations. It forces me to squeeze the information onto one page, and the [...]
• 2011: Rails: Paperclip needs attributes defined by attr_accessible, not just attr_accessor — I wanted to add uploaded files to the survey response model defined by the Surveyor gem. I’d gotten most of [...]
• 2010: Quick guide to domain names — Having your own domain name means being able to use the same e-mail address or website URL for as long [...]
• 2009: Making things; Vogue 8020 — I’ve been writing a lot about sewing lately, which might surprise you if you came to this blog for tips [...]
• 2009: Weekly review: Week ending May 10, 2009 — From last week’s plans: Work: Merge development changes into release-4 Work: Build event calendar system Work: Get feedback on presenter guide Work: Attend speed [...]
• 2008: You have received a painting from Sacha —
• 2008: I need a faster web host — My site’s been slow for a while now – so slow that even I don’t have fun flipping through it. [...]
• 2006: Refreshed — Whenever I slow down and let the universe tell me what to do, it gives me back something amazing. I slept [...]
• 2006: Linux Caffe — I’m sitting in the Linux Caffe working over a wireless connection, having just polished off another cup of their excellent [...]
• 2006: Books at the Linux Caffe — I’ll be writing another blog post about the Linux Caffe, but here’s a list of the books they have along the [...]
• 2006: BBC World Documentary on free and open source software in developing countries — Seen on the Toronto Linux Users Group mailing list: http://www.apdip.net/news/fossdoc From the announcement: “Coming Soon: The Code Breakers – a BBC World Documentary [...]
• 2006: Stretched — I’m starting to feel a little stretched. Too many nights with too little sleep, too many blog entries that are just [...]
• 2005: Colored index cards — I love posting my productivity ideas because every time I do so, I get comments suggesting even better ways to do [...]
• 2003: Smartphone — - Developing apps for the Microsoft smartphone I wonder if I can use it with Linux… Would the ppp trick described at [...]