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Splitt

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Derek

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 This was a blog post that was sitting in my Drafts folder for about 6 months, unpublished.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 →

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How-to: Secure OAuth in JavaScript

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Derek

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

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Derek

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 →

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Testing out TextMate’s blogging bundle

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Derek

This is a test from Textmate’s Blogging bundle. This is really cool.

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Enabling WordPress 2.3 Tagging in Windows Live Writer

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Derek

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

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Derek

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 →

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What happens when you neglect your blog and don’t install a spam filter?

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Derek

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

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Derek

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 →

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I won Prom King!

Posted on April 8, 2006 by Derek

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”!

Posted on March 25, 2006 by Derek

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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