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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 […]

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.

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I stumbled onto a new text editor today, WriteRoom, that promises the simplicity of a typewriter:

WriteRoom is a full screen, distraction free, writing environment. Unlike standard word processors that focus on features, WriteRoom is just about you and your text.

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Only a certain kind of geek will delight in the following post.

I favor Vim for most of my text editing. I wanted to compose my WordPress entries with Vim, especially after finding a Vim syntax file for Markdown. Great! But how to post those entries into WordPress?

I found a way last night. A Berkeley student […]

I love extensions in Firefox. They add power and elegance. I’ve tried a bunch of them. These are the ones that’ve proven their worth. Tags:extensions firefox listsShareThis

Had a nice chat with my neighbor, Scott, at the Columbia City Farmer’s Market. He and his wife, Michaele, are mural painters and illustrators. Scott’s work is on the cover of the Sept 8—14th issue of The Stranger, the New Orleans issue. Updated my Mom’s browser and anti-virus software. Her computer caught a virus somehow. I’d […]