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This house has been upgraded

By Emile • Mar 29th, 2008 • Category: Blogging, General

to both Leopard and Wordpress 2.5 So far, everything works splendidly. More to come soon.
UPDATE
Ok, so maybe it hasn’t worked out “splendidly” but the transition to Leopard has proved more fruitful than I thought it would.  Most notably, Quick Look is a lifesaver and a MUST for anyone having to consistently open MS […]



This just in…

By Emile • Mar 20th, 2006 • Category: Blogging, Entertainment, General, WWW

I still don’t get podcasting… even the good ones. I find most radio broadcasters stale and unentertaining, and to think that there are more people (thousands, if not millions) that look to enter the fray just kinda boggles me. Podcasts aren’t visual mediums but purely aural ones that depend on not only what […]



Why Blog?

By Emile • Feb 6th, 2006 • Category: Blogging, Entertainment, General

Freedom of the press belongs to the man who owns one.
- Nora Ephron (in The Huffington Post)
I looked at that and just thought: Wow!
Would it be fair to answer the question: “Because I Can.”
I try not to take large political stabs at anyone really on this space of the web, there are more […]



Tweaked

By Emile • Dec 31st, 2005 • Category: Blogging, Design, General, WWW

Before doing any serious upgrading to Wordpress 2.0, which I’m debating, I managed to tweak the site a bit using some tips care of Paul Stamatiou. Go check it out.
Also, I love footers with this style (care of Tauqil.com). Expect to see something like this in both Elvgren and Taft! With a […]



The Union Of Blogland

By Emile • Nov 16th, 2005 • Category: Blogging, FileMaker, General

Dear people of the place possibly known as Blogland,
I’ve been terribly busy but there is much to write and much to ponder (these are my skims) in the news of late. In no particular order:
- You know Google Analytics is out. I’m tracking all of you suckas right now. I’m in yo […]



Design: I couldn’t have said it better

By Emile • Oct 6th, 2005 • Category: Blogging, Design, General, WWW

Check out ParticleTree, which is boasting a new PDF web development magazine entitled “treehouse”
An interview with Jason Santa Maria had him speak the following:
Some of the best design goes unnoticed, because good design just gets out of the way. It shouldn’t obstruct the communication taking place.
That’s what it’s all about. If you’re interested, check […]



The future of Wordpress?

By Emile • Sep 28th, 2005 • Category: Blogging, Design, General, Software, WWW, Wordpress

The future is coming, the question is really what will it be and where will we end up? I’m absolutely fascinated by the progress on Wordpress, the community that has sprouted up around it, its proliferation of web standards, and the future of web apps. Wordpress isn’t the root of things like AJAX, […]



“The fat lady has sung” aka Opera is FREE!

By Emile • Sep 20th, 2005 • Category: Blogging, Design, General, WWW

In case you haven’t read around the web yet, that not-so-oft mentioned other web browser is now free and is, at the very least worth, a download and a run. I am, of course, talking about Opera, so go download it.
Your thoughts on the Opera interface would be appreciated as comments, there are things […]



Back in business

By Emile • Aug 28th, 2005 • Category: Blogging, Design, FileMaker, General

It took long enough but I’m finally back from an exploration of the beaches and marshes of Hilton Head, South Carolina. Yes, when the beach is 40 ft from your back porch, life is a bitch…
As for other updates, I haven’t forgotten about the promises for the FileMaker search technique a la Spotlight. […]



SVN for Mac, explained… F***ING FINALLY!

By Emile • Jul 26th, 2005 • Category: Blogging, Design, Elvgren, FileMaker, General, Taft, Wordpress

Chris J. Davis, already ranked with several gold stars in my book, for his Wordpress evangelism and kick-ass Rate-It Wordpress plugin, has outdone himself once again. Why, you ask? Because he broke down SVN (an open-source version control software) into a simple, layman’s set of instructions that we can use on a Mac […]