Do people at Microsoft actually use SourceSafe?
Working for one of my clients this afternoon, I had to figure out a reasonable way to work with Visual SourceSafe. I program on a Mac, and my only access to Windows is via a Parallels installation of Windows Vista.
That’s not really the problem, Parallels is a stunningly good piece of software, and I [...]
Mac Memorization Software: Genius
I’m taking a Spanish language class, in prep for an extended trip next year, and I’ve been wanting a great flashcard program. I found it in Genius (Mac only), which is Freeware and exactly what I wanted.
I had been using iFlash which was good except for the fact that it sometimes chokes on importing [...]
Mass Import Yojimbo Passwords
I searched all over the place last night and I couldn’t find anything that could import passwords into Yojimbo for me. I did see a lot of complaining about the lack of ability to do so, however.
Since I really like the app in most ways except for its lame import capabilities, I whipped one [...]
Avoiding the dreaded Duplicate Content Penalty in Drupal
Drupal, along with a decent CSS based theme, makes it much easier to build and maintain a well optimized site which Search engines can read with the greatest of ease.
That’s one of the jealously guarded "secrets" of the SEO elites. Basically, just take the viewpoint of the search engine or a blind person. [...]
Apps That Fit Into OSX
I’ve been using a Mac as my primary development and personal operating system since OSX 10.1, a few years. In that time, I’ve tried a lot of software, and I’ve developed my own working style. But what is really interesting is how I’ve come to appreciate the services the operating system and its [...]
Tricky Drupal Javascript Loading Problem
A short tale about squashing a bug.
You see, my mistrust for IE made me miss the real problem. What was happening was that in IE 7 on Vista, a site I’m building for a client was not loading any Javascript. It wasn’t even loading the base Javascript "jquery.js" and "drupal.js", so my site [...]
New record, three patches accepted in one week.
I have this wonderful client who hired me to build a world-class e-commerce site for him. He gave me carte blanche to use whatever framework I wished, so I chose Satchmo, an ecommerce app for Django.
This was a bit gutsy, as I don’t think there are any live Satchmo stores in the wild just [...]
Django auto_now Removal Gotcha
The latest Django revisions have removed the shortcut handlers "auto_now" and "auto_now_add". This didn’t look like a very big deal to replace.
