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At the library today I browsed through the Python section (QA 76.73 .P98 or so, if you care to know :)) and picked up O'Reilly's Learning Python. Spent the last hour going through the first chapter and a half. Good stuff. It's surprisingly easy to learn, and ...

I've been using both TextWrangler and vi for the last while, but all these Rails screencasts have got me interested in TextMate. I downloaded the trial version and it looks pretty cool, but I'll have to do some real work with it before I decide. It's really quite ...

In Digital Bridge a while back, I said something about Penny Pincher, the software I want (er, need) to write to help me save my money. So this morning I came up with a logo (the name is now just Penny, by the way) and it'll be my ...

I tried cleaning out my fonts folder (with FontExplorer X) and that didn't help at all. Why aren't the fonts showing up in the Adobe apps?!? I checked Illustrator CS and the fonts do show up and I can use them just fine. So what changed in ...

Go iTunes! :) [tags]iTunes[/tags]

Ever since I upgraded to Adobe CS2, I haven't been able to access my Thai fonts from within Adobe apps. I can still see them in TextEdit and Font Book and even Word, but Illustrator and InDesign (and probably Photoshop too) don't even show them in the font list. ...

Not that it's been very long, but all this work on Translating Scripture has got me missing programming in a big way. But it's okay, because the book will go to press this week and then it'll be time to write Penny Pincher and Beyond and finish reading all ...

From PC Magazine: Apple Computer has applied for a patent on several methods of applying gestures to touch-sensitive input devices, possibly implying a touchpad- or touchscreen-enabled product is in the company's future. It's pretty cool. Multi-Touch Interaction Research has an amazing video showing it off -- it's a must ...

I can't save money worth beans. The desire is there, but whatever external constraints I need to help me actually do it are not there. A deep look into my psyche reveals that if I keep track of my money, saving will be easier. I've got to ...

After hearing a lot about Shiira today, I decided to check it out. Before I started it I'd already kind of decided that I was going to stick with Camino, but I was surprised to find that it's very similar to Camino. (The main difference, I suppose, ...