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I'm working on a set of shell scripts at work to aid in deploying projects to our dev server and a test environment, as well as update a network database with information about the releases... and I'm having naming issues.

While looking for advice in trying to develop a solid grid for designing a css-based layout for a site, I ran across this awesome visual grid by Andy Budd that can be set as a background on your design to show you pixel measurements on the page. He's also got a bookmarket so you can apply the grid to any design you're working on with a single click. W00!

While reading blogHelper's post about using Wordpress as a CMS, I noticed the menu of views in the upper right corner. You can select "normal" (blog style), "discussions" (most commented posts), "book" (all posts arranged into a hierarchical book structure), or "best" (highest rated posts). I thought this was a very clever and interesting way to expose users to various aspects of the content.

Sound Opinions - Listen Critically- I can't find now where I got a link to these guys, but Sound Opinionsis a rock and roll *talk show* (sweet!) on Chigago Public Radio. It's excellent,geeky stuff, and it's a nice antidote to most music radio.

Scott Adams, the creator of the way-too-like-real-life comic Dilbert, also has a blog and has commented a few times on the colloquially named "Middle East Crisis" (with surprising lucidity and insight). Today he discusses how both sides can be claiming victory, and gets a bit into cultural matters over there.

OMG. Star Trek Inspirational Posters.

mac-pro

A co-worker, Lee points out that Intel just posted info on new Core 2 Duo desktop and Core 2 Extreme processors. Looks pretty ripe for a new Mac Pro to replace the (cliche alert) aging G5 desktops, perhaps?

UPDATE: Mac Pro, yes, but Xeon based. W00!

So, most of us Mac users don't care about a developer conference, right?

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A co-worker, Lee points out that Intel just posted info on new Core 2 Duo desktop and Core 2 Extreme processors. Looks pretty ripe for a new Mac Pro to replace the (cliche alert) aging G5 desktops, perhaps?

UPDATE: Mac Pro, yes, but Xeon based. W00!

According to Adobe:

Another app I've come to appreciate on the Mac is WriteRoom, a full-screen writing environment - nothing but blackness, green lettering, and you.

Today is my second day at the new gig and I'm getting used to a Windows environment. First installs included Firefox of course, and Eclipse.

After some prodding, I posted the full, and slightly edited, "Building The Franken-site" saga on Drupal.org. It basically covers using XML-RPC as the glue to get Drupal content into a Wordpress template and vice-versa. The next version of this site (under construction now) will work this way.

I'm planning out the next iteration of redmonk.net, and it involves more close integration between the Wordpress blog and the rest of the site in Drupal. If you're a Drupal hacker, please check out my progress here:

Jodi and the kiddo and I are out East, visiting the family for a real live vacation. Before leaving, I raided the bookshelves of a family friend, and came away with a couple of pulp sci-fi novels - perfect airplane reading.

Two Fridays ago, I was laid off from Content Connections. After touching base with a few folks I knew, and sending out a number of resumes, one in particular came together rather quickly. I got an offer early last week.

>The job of a newspaper is to show you what's new.