The old PowerBook having been pronounced not worth fixing by a genuine Apple Genius Bar employee over the weekend — remind me to tell you sometime about the "authorized reseller" that does repairs locally — and no new laptops having been announced at the Expo this … [Read more...] about Sundry
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Strip Microsoft smart tags with regex
I've just come across a series of regular expressions that will remove smart tags, o tags, and other Microsoft XML cruft from HTML documents. Jonathan Snook is my hero du jour. With one minor modification, it'll catch the closing smart tags too: </?st1:.*?>. … [Read more...] about Strip Microsoft smart tags with regex
Why a Mac tablet from Apple does make sense
The Unofficial Apple Weblog posted Why a Mac tablet from Apple doesn't make sense earlier today. I commented briefly there, but this seems as good a time as any to spout my theory of the Apple tablet. (I bored several of you with this in person a few months ago. If you're one … [Read more...] about Why a Mac tablet from Apple does make sense
Open Web Design
Open Web Design — more free web templates. Not to be confused with Open Source Web Design despite the similarity in purpose, color scheme, and offerings. … [Read more...] about Open Web Design
Home for the Holidays
All done with the shopping and the traveling and the wrapping and such. Utterly worn out and looking forward to relaxing. … oh, hell. I've forgotten how. Merry Christmas, everyone. … [Read more...] about Home for the Holidays
O SWEET INTERNET, HOW I HAVE MISSED YOU
No, our phone still doesn't work, I'm just at the office. I could hug my monitor. … [Read more...] about O SWEET INTERNET, HOW I HAVE MISSED YOU
Incommunicado
Our phone line is inexplicably dead. No dial tone, no DSL. Michael is losing his mind. Verizon is (collectively) slow and unhelpful. Fortunately, our neighbors don't know how to secure their wireless. However, if you need to call us, use the cells. … [Read more...] about Incommunicado
Veronica Mars is on the iTunes store
Veronica Mars is on the iTunes store — Finally! … [Read more...] about Veronica Mars is on the iTunes store
A little-known way of identifying successful agents
A little-known way of identifying successful agents — added to Writing & Publishing 101 … [Read more...] about A little-known way of identifying successful agents
20 Lines That Could Have Dramatically Changed _The Lord of the Rings_
20 Lines That Could Have Dramatically Changed The Lord of the Rings — Ã¢â … [Read more...] about 20 Lines That Could Have Dramatically Changed _The Lord of the Rings_
