[This was updated 12/16/2008 with the most recent software I am using]
7-zip – This program will handle nearly any type of compressed file. Its pretty solid and supports drag and drop. – Replaces WinZip & WinRar
Daemon Tools – Daemon tools is a CD emulator, needed if you want to mount CD or DVD images. …read more
A picture I took in Hong Kong recently got featured in the Error’d section of The Daily WTF. They even took the time to blur out the kid’s faces.
Brendan Nee observed some children at a Hong Kong airport enjoying one of my favorite passtimes – dancing on a projected DOS prompt!
View the post on …read more
I’ve been rocking Google’s new web browser Chrome for the last few days and really like it. Browsing craigslist and clicking on email mailto: links I realized there isn’t an obvious way to force these links to open a gmail window in Chrome. Most Windows systems will have the default mailto handler set …read more
En route from Belize City I decided to honor the start of the 2008 Olympic Games by taking the Panda Express challenge. A sign in Houston’s George Bush Intercontintal Airport posed the question: “Which is better, Beijing Beef or Orange Chicken”.
After trying both, I give the gold medal to Orange Chicken with Beijing Beef taking …read more
Warning: Rant below
I decided to take a last minute trip to Belize with Lisa to meet up with Jed who has been traveling around Mexico for the last few weeks. Lisa found a $360 ticket at 8 PM leaving at 12:30 AM so we packed, hit up a Taqueria for a goodbye burrito and …read more
Update: Thanks to Joost in the comments for suggesting the use of get_pages() to accomplish the same thing as what I posted below. He posted the example:
$pages = get_pages(‘child_of’ => [[THE PARENT ID]], ’sort_order’ => ‘ASC’);
foreach ($pages as $page) {
// Do your thang
}
This seems much better than what I had previously used, …read more
I use buxfer to keep track of expenses among friends, it had really streamlined paying for trips and meals and cut down on the confusion. I use it almost daily.
Recently, I attempted to add a new group to share expenses among friends but I kept getting a popup that said I had encountered a …read more
I use wordpress for many sites, and its really important for me to be able to automatically perform nightly backups of not just the database, but all files including uploads, themes, plugins and the basic wordpress files. I need the ability to revert any file back to a previous version.
I found a variety of …read more
Today I downloaded the latest Radiohead album, In Rainbows. Unlike all the other albums I’ve obtained since I stopped purchasing compact discs, I purchased this album directly from the artists on their website and downloaded the album directly in just a few minutes rather than from peer-to-peer networks.
I chose to pay £5.00, …read more
The future of personal finance software will be online. I regularly use buxfer to keep track of shared expenses with my roommates and friends. Often we’ll share groceries or meals and its easy for one person to pay the whole bill, then enter the transaction online later and split it evenly (or unevenly) …read more
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