Scraps
Things I’ve collected – some for reference, some for interest, some just to increase the signal on.
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Every now and then I’d hear a developer mention security issues with WordPress. I’d ignore these (sometimes oblique) statements and trust that the folks working on the WP core knew what they were doing and that while potentially vulnerable… I mean there are security holes and then there are security holes. Until last month when…
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Merlin Mann of 43folders.com posted this to his blog, and as a mac newbie, I’m also posting it here for further exploration. Some of these I know about and some are new. Merlin said it’s a good list, so I’ll try at least some of these. http://techmagazine.ws/mac-software/
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This from MacBreak weekly – a podcast I’m listening to right now, so I’ll have to find the links for it later. Evidently one easy way to get a color palate is to find a piece of artwork or image – or take picture of something with a nice sense of color you’d like for…
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The original post uses the “W** 2.0” buzzword, but I’ll just call it a lengthy (not complete, although complete is probably impossible) list of APIs for interesting/innovative use. If you don’t know what an API is, here is the wikipedia page. Here’s the link to the list of APIs. I know of a few they’ve…
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We’ve started using Google docs and calendar for weekly household budgeting. The privacy issues I guess don’t really bother me. About all anyone would see is that we drop $130 frequently at Trader Joe’s were someone to take the trouble to find out. The important stuff is all offline. That said I found this kind…
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I found this article that features several different forms of data visualization that might be of interest to a colleague (or it might be on the basic side for her). Some of these are just funny little web 2.0 “mashups” (wincing as I use that word). A few I’ve actually seen before, but one I…