As part of my experiment with the Twitter API, I decided to use CakePHP as the framework because of its “rapid deployment” strategy. While there are many frameworks out there to choose from, I liked this one because it follows the MVC (Model View Controller) pattern like Ruby on Rails (another side project of mine). [...]
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Project Weekend Update 1: Install Cake on (mt) Gridserver
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Plans for the weekend
It should be known that while I don’t often publish a lot on this site, I think about it more frequently than I care to admit. At this very moment, I have 3 -almost finished- blog posts waiting in the draft section, and a notepad sheet filled with possible post subjects that I think [...]
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My thoughts on the Macbook Air
For the past two days I’ve had the pleasure of unpacking, tweaking, and stress testing a brand new Macbook Air. No, I didn’t get to keep it. It is currently being flown overnight via UPS to my laptop-less mother in New Orleans, in hopes of being a suitable replacement to her much loved [...]
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Tweets for 2008-02-25
sometimes, firefox really sucks. #
keming - noun: The result of improper kerning. (via Joshua Blankenship) #
realizing that in about an hour I will make my 10th ?Mac purchase in as little as 4 years (including those purchased for family). 10th = AIR #
@cpm I’m having the strangest issues with keyboard disabling. at first it [...] -
Tweets for 2008-02-24
Looks like I’ll be picking up a macbook air tomorrow. exciting. #
just set up google apps for elihorne.com in under 15 minutes. that process gets faster everytime I do it. #
realizing that setting up new email accounts is the closest I ever get to "inbox zero." I think its time for a [...] -
Tweets for 2008-02-22
@hillaryismomjeans - thanks for the add. Let’s try to keep politics out of my morning coffee though. kthx #
i wonder if there is a good way to access -by keyboard- windows that are minized in the dock. Anyone? If not, somebody should make that. #
can anyone supply an invite to reinvigorate.net? [...] -
Tweets for 2008-02-21
doctor’s office getting a physical. Smells like infection all over the place. Also missing the UI presentation of my work to the board. #
Ugly truth: I’m better at apologizing and rebuilding bridges than I am maintaining the relationship and preventing the need for an apology. #
lunch accomplished. back to php #
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Tweets for 2008-02-20
watching helvetica while plugging away at some wordpress goodness. #
wow. just managed to lose the brand new remote control somewhere between the kitchen and the bathroom. (I live in NYC. thats like 10 feet.) #
apparently Julia Roberts is following me on twitter (@juliaR). Too good to be true? #
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Tweets for 2008-02-19
random quote: Microsoft took 6 years to make a system buggier, slower and more difficult to use than its predecessor, imagine what they … #
preparing a code drop, and then off to the beginning of the meeting marathon # -
Tweets for 2008-02-18
get it while it’s still on youtube - Kimbo Slice vs. Tank Abbott. That is one scary dude! http://tinyurl.com/ywctrm #
there’s no place like localhost. *click click* there’s no place like localhost. #
is this it? #
@haveboard THIS #















