Two tears
Here’s a photograph of Sophie from end of January. Why she’s crying, I forget. What’s left are her two tears.
Tags:photograph sophieA wider Modern theme for WordPress
I’m well satisfied with Ulf Petterson’s excellent WordPress theme, Modern, but for one thing: at 419px, the main content column is just too narrow. Things just won’t fit: 500px-wide, medium-size photos from Flickr; quoted code snippets (unless you prune their line-lengths).
Well, Kevin McGuire worked out how to widen the main column by 100px. It turns out there are seven places in Modern’s stylesheet that need changing. Who’d have known? I widened my theme according to Kevin’s instructions and couldn’t be happier.
Tags:css flickr modern theme wordpressBrainpeel 2007-02-09
Was I ever startled this morning when my browser asked if it should load the 93 tabs I’d had open last time. Now that’s officially way too many, perhaps even reason to worry! Time for a nice brainpeel so I can close this sucker.
Python web frameworks
Tags:brainpeel debugging editor markdown python testing web frameworkDark Room: distraction free writing
I stumbled onto a new text editor today, WriteRoom, that promises the simplicity of a typewriter:
Tags:editor simplicity writingWriteRoom is a full screen, distraction free, writing environment. Unlike standard word processors that focus on features, WriteRoom is just about you and your text.
Coffee
So much depends on a cup of coffee, enjoyed in a moment of quiet intent, a moment as good as a comma or semicolon. My espresso machine, which had always grumbled and hissed, developed a leak in her old age. To handle the drip, drip, drip I employed towels, hand pumps and trays just as I deployed buckets everywhere in our last apartment during a downpour. A hassle, but I’d never replace her with a model more stylish. I like to baby her; she still makes a great cup.
My kitchen is almost never this quiet. It’s normally a whirling choreography of scrubbing, opening and shutting, loading and unloading. The microwave chimes and keeps chiming. Little Sophie runs too quickly and suddenly meets the floor; she turns to catch her daddy’s eye a moment before bursting into crocodile tears.
Tags:coffee espressoRoy’s BBQ’s pulled pork
I just took a walk in the neighborhood. First stop was the Columbia City Library for something to feed my DVD player. Next door, the Columbia City Farmer’s Market (here’s a photoset) was in full swing. I swung by and bagged a tomato. Yeah, just one, but it’s a real beauty.
The whole time my stomach was gnawing at me for a pulled pork sandwich, so I walked down the block to Roy’s BBQ, a colorful little hole-in-the-wall. Had a Georgia Gold sandwich, potato salad, and a bowl of red beans and rice. Now that Georgia Gold’s a great sandwich: smoky, tangy, tender pork spilling from a fresh bun from the Columbia City Bakery up the street. Very happy now. Then I noticed their nice selection of beers neatly lined up. Next time I’ll try their Fish Tacos and wash them down with Stella Artois.
Tags:columbia city pulled pork restaurant
