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Visual Studio QuickOpen
On the Mac, I love TextMate, particularly the Command + t shortcut to quickly go to a file. At work, I spend all day in Visual Studio and I've been wanting something similar for it for ages. I finally found it: Quick Open for Visual Studio 2008. So far, it ...
The Browser Is the Operating System
It occurred to me a couple days ago, that the bottom right corner of my browser is starting to look a lot like the task bar of my windows machine. Then it occurred to me that the browser is the operating system. Pretty much everything I do is in the ...
Tips: HTML
This is mainly a reference for me, but might come in handy for other folks looking for oddball HTML entities and things. Musical Entities (who knew?!) ♩ ♩ ♪ ♪ ♫ ♫ ♬ ♬ ♭ ♭ ♮ ♮ ♯ ♯ Other Strange Entities → → The Pirate's Tag! Shows a ...
Tips: Python
Since I'm new to Python, I'm using this as a place to jot down tips and neat ways to do things. I doubt anything here will be groundbreaking, but for a newbie, might be of some use. I'm using Python 2.5 - I have no idea if this works for ...
Tips: Javascript
Neat trick for for loops that sets the iterated variable for you: for (var i = 0, o; o = all[i]; i++) { if(o.href === "bleh")... } Same as above, but speed up large loops by not getting the length attribute every time: for(var i = 0, len = arr.length; ...
Feeds
What's a "feed"? Basically, you can subscribe to content from this website. This is an RSS icon - RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication, and it's a format that various programs can understand. I prefer Google Reader these days, but most browsers can handle RSS now, Outlook can, etc. How ...
About
What's a "slipangle"? It' a racing term that means the difference between where your tire is pointing vs where your tire is going. I like it as a metaphor for life: the difference between where you think your going and where you're really going. About Me I'm a most-of-the-time programmer ...
Tips: Mac
I jumped ship from Windows to Mac, so I'm trying to keep track of the tips and tricks I learn as I go. I doubt there's anything groundbreaking here, but if you're a Mac newbie like I am, they might be of some use. I'm on 10.5 Leopard, so they ...
Tips: Windows
(newer tips are at the top) Launchy If you're on a Mac, you're lucky enough to have Spotlight built in, but for us suckers on Winderrs there's Launchy. Operation couldn't be simpler: install it, and it indexes all your programs and stuff on your Desktop. Then, just hit Alt+Space to ...
Manifesto
I'm seeing most of these ideas play out in the frameworks that are popping up these days, like Django and Rails, but this is a list I've been keeping for awhile, just to keep my own bearings straight on what a decent web app should be. Although the tech world ...