Microsoft: You are in a helicopter
Neil Bishop, IT man at BPB, emailed me this entertaining tidbit today: A helicopter was flying around above Seattle when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft’s electronic navigation...
View ArticleFacebook Gangsta
Worth linking, though I feel a little dirty posting this video in my blog. Humorous for the first 30 seconds, then I have to admit, way too long to be enjoyable anymore… See more funny videos at...
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Sequential Numbering in BBEdit
BBEdit’s grep replacement feature is not as robust as most; most people get smart and learn perl or another language with a deeper definition of features, but I don’t have that time today. What I need...
View ArticleHanzo's doing well
Although we have not heard from Randy Vo since last week (when he was still trying to come up with a small payment), Hanzo has been doing fantastic. He’s running around, playing like a little puppy,...
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Cloak
Update: I’ve passed the torch to Jonny at his wonderful WordPress CMS site. He’s going to keep an eye on this, head over there for the new work! Building off the excellent, but extensively quiet plugin...
View ArticleAnd there goes our apartment
Recently, we’ve been extremely excited about our upcoming move to the Archstone South Market ; a stone’s throw from the museum of modern art and Yuerba Buena Gardens. Apparently, it may not be in the...
View ArticleArchstone, round 2
Recent issues aside, Archstone has offered us a new place to live… albeit not without some stress. As I wrote prior, our upcoming move was delayed by the existing tenant of our new apartment rescinding...
View ArticlePursuit of Equality
As Art Director for Bently Reserve, I was asked to manage, direct, and design the Advertising and Marketing for the upcoming event Pursuit of Equality. Aside from a Branding Identity, Sponsorship...
View ArticleLegal Judgment on Randy Vo
Most of you have followed along through this website, as well as the main site, regarding our legal, financial, and emotional troubles dealing with the Pet Broker Randy Vo. Due to some of the legal...
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Thrillist.com jumps shark
Thrillist is a modern, hip (cough, trendy) website that often features some of the most entertaining new events & eatery in your city… especially when someone pays them to tell you. Unfortunately,...
View ArticleThe Cove
Douglas Hahn writes: “Billed as ‘an intelligent action/adventure/Ocean’s-Eleven-like horror film wrapped around a tale of redemption and ultimate revenge,’ The Cove is a documentary that follows an...
View ArticleXML error for WordPress iPhone
I was attempting to add my blog, and my various corporate blogs, to the recent WordPress iPhone Application but kept getting the following error: “XML-RPC Service for you blog cannot be found” The...
View ArticleEregi deprecation for PHP 5.3 in CubeCart
Older versions of Cube Cart heavily used the erge family of functions. Luckily, the fix is using the new preg family, and a bit of light code changes. Head on over to Guillermo Rauch’s devthought and...
View ArticleThank you, East Bay Mac User Group!
Thank you to everyone at East Bay Mac User Group taking time out of your busy schedules to share your thoughts, and work together to learn web development! It’s always a nice compliment to have such a...
View ArticleBuying a Piano: Digital vs Acoustic
Buying your first piano is a monumental achievement; in many ways, a validation that you’re dedicated to the world of music for recreation or for profession. Nowadays, the choices between various piano...
View ArticleProfessional, Functional Timesheets in iWork
Although most of us use electronic time keeping, there are still times when an easy, quality spreadsheet can fill a quick emergency or an immediate need. I’ve found most of them online to be 1)...
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Creating an eBook with ePub
This is a first round overview of the ePub format used for digital books, which I’m finding is needed more and more in my freelance work. I’ll go over both how to code it, and tools I’ve used to...
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