Font Conference — Times New Roman presides as the standard fonts debate whether to allow Zapf Dingbats into the club. Hysterical! (via DF) … [Read more...] about Font Conference
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Essential WordPress plugins
I've set up a lot of new WordPress sites lately, and I've come up with my own homebrew installation package. All but one of these are admin tools; I don't have a standard list of theme additions because every site is so different. Akismet is the only spam blocker I've ever … [Read more...] about Essential WordPress plugins
Free Tor stuff
To celebrate the launch of Tor.com, they've reposting the free giveaways they did as teasers. Among other things, that page is a source for some pretty kick-ass iPhone wallpapers. … [Read more...] about Free Tor stuff
Gah.
It's 1am. I've spent the last seven hours migrating my sites from the old-and-busted server to the new-hotness server. A few things broke, and my email was bouncing for a while there, but everything seems to have stabilized now. Except me. Me, I go fall over. … [Read more...] about Gah.
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
Short version: Joss Whedon has a musical web serial; go watch it. Longer version: this is the video blog of Dr. Horrible (Neil Patrick Harris), a hapless evil genius who's trying to perfect a freeze ray that will stop time long enough for him to figure out what to say to the … [Read more...] about Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
Revision update
The out-of-order problem is way worse in the second half, which I knew. I still love my subplot, and I think it's less flawed than I thought it was. The main plot is more so, but… I think I can fix this. … [Read more...] about Revision update
F*cking programming
F*cking programming — Yeah, that sums up my working life. (via comment at Making Light) … [Read more...] about F*cking programming
OH SANDERS NO
OH SANDERS NO (ETA: … and it just keeps getting better) (Oh wait, there's more.) (Summary of the whole thing.) … [Read more...] about OH SANDERS NO
42 Things That I Am No Longer Allowed To Do in I.T.
42 Things That I Am No Longer Allowed To Do in I.T. … [Read more...] about 42 Things That I Am No Longer Allowed To Do in I.T.
Revision progress
I've been working on web stuff more often than not, so I'm going slowly through this, and I'm still on the first pass. Took the big pile o' paper to the coffee shop writing group this morning, and I'm now up to page 250. I'm crossing out lots of stuff — scenelets that never … [Read more...] about Revision progress
