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While I mostly write about technology on my blog, amazingly I do have other interests as well. One of them… Baseball. This was a blog post that was sitting in my Drafts folder for about 6 months, unpublished. Not sure … Continue reading
How-to: Secure OAuth in JavaScript
Wouldn’t it be awesome if we could use OAuth in JavaScript-only apps? JS is a powerful, expressive programming language, and the browser engines are getting faster and faster all the time. Why not use JavaScript to conduct your API calls … Continue reading
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Crockford on JavaScript
I just finished watching Part 1 of Douglas Crockford’s ongoing lecture series on JavaScript, and it’s fascinating stuff. A must watch for any programmer. Even if you don’t code in JS, it’s worth watching simply because this first part is … Continue reading
Testing out TextMate’s blogging bundle
This is a test from Textmate’s Blogging bundle. This is really cool.
Enabling WordPress 2.3 Tagging in Windows Live Writer
Part of the reason for my recent increase in blogging is mostly due to my discovery of Windows Live Writer, I absolutely love it. The only complaint I’ve had so far is that it doesn’t support tagging for WordPress 2.3, … Continue reading
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New WordPress Theme
I figured it was about time to upgrade to a new theme, so I found this one, Snoods theme. Whaddya think? Because this theme doesn’t accommodate the native tagging capability of WordPress 2.3, I had to hack into the wp … Continue reading
What happens when you neglect your blog and don’t install a spam filter?
You get 7000+ comments about viagra and porn to go through an delete. Ugh. Hopefully I won’t have to go through that again with the new spam filter. Thanks Akismet!
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First post from Windows Live Writer
One of the reasons why I don’t find myself blogging too much is I think I’m just too lazy sometimes to go to my site, log in, go to the post page, use a crappy WSYWIG to create the blog … Continue reading
I won Prom King!
Thanks to Lisa, prom queen Sarah, and her date Derek for making the 2nd chance prom night an awesome night. And thanks to everyone out there for your support over the last few weeks. Its been a ton of fun. … Continue reading
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I’m in 96.5 The Buzz 2nd Chance Prom’s “Prom Court”!
I sent an email at to the buzz last week saying they should select me for one of the male contestants for the prom court, and got a call yesterday telling me I’m in! I guess they are going to … Continue reading
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