Category: Random

  • Building A Socially Conscious Kid

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    I’ve got an 18 month old daughter and like many (hopeful all) parents I want to raise a kid that is not self-centred. I want to raise a kid that doesn’t associate Christmas with getting stuff. I want to raise a socially conscious kid. One of the ways I’ve thought about working to mould her…

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  • What I Want in a Cycling Jersey

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    Riding this weekend I dropped my wallet. I was lucky and a kind stranger tracked me down online and returned it with everything intact, but it got me to thinking about some things I miss with my cycling jersey. ### A ‘Safe’ Pocket I think that jersey’s for most riders should have a smallish pocket…

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  • An Alternative View on Light Table

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    I think that Light Table looks pretty neat but not everyone agrees. Going through the comments most people seem to be excited about Light Table and disagree with the post. I haven’t used Eclipse so I can’t really speak to the truth of the post but at the least it’s always worth taking a step…

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  • Getting the Right Coding Environment

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    I typically use MacVim with Janus (I’ve stripped some things out) mainly because of the navigation and the fact that you really don’t ever need to take your hands off the keys. I still find that MacVim is missing things, like completion of functions in a project, or adding extra folders to a project. When…

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  • Light Table on Kickstarter

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    I spoke about code editors and highlighted Light Table earlier. Just saw that Light Table is on Kickstarter. If you think it’s the future of code editors, hope on board. I certainly think Light Table is cool, but I’m undecided about supporting it on Kickstarter.

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  • Making Things More Useful

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    I’ve got a fairly small place and a kid and 4 kayaks and 4 bikes and a couple snowboards and lots of other outdoor gear. Right now this means that my office is in my bedroom. I did a pretty large upgrade to my office this year. This awesome furniture has me thinking about doing…

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  • My MacVim Disclaimer

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    Since I often end up talking about my love of Vim keybindings in reference to any writing app, I figured I’d take the time to simply write it out once and link back in the future. I use Vim (well MacVim) to write code all day. The highlight of Vim for me, is the extensive…

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  • Get Out of Your Office

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    I mentioned in [recent post][pay] that I ride my bike as a way to clear my head and ‘pay myself’ each week. Really if your not taking the time off that you need each week then your doing your clients a disservice since you’ll never be able to apply your full brain power to the…

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  • Looking at the Rules

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    While [the rules of cycling][rules] are meant to be a laugh for there is at least one that we should probably all follow, [rule #5][rule5] which reads. > Harden the Fuck Up! I know that I am totally guilty of complaining about things when I should just Harden Up. Twitter is particularly bad for that…

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  • Mavic Aksium 5000km Review

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    Update May 15, 2012: About 2 weeks ago I blew through 2 more rear spokes on the non-drive side at the head (not the nipple near the rim). Mavic offered to take it back and rebuild it, then decided to simply ship out a new one. I was going to leave the update on this…

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