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14 Aug, 2008

Wordpress upgrade and new design

Posted by: Dave In: Blog| Design

I upgraded the site to Wordpress 2.6 and added a new theme to the site.  What do you think?
[poll=7]

02 Jul, 2008

Dr Horrible’s sing along blog

Posted by: Dave In: Blog| Film

Teaser from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog on Vimeo.

18 Nov, 2007

What reading level is this blog?

Posted by: Dave In: Blog| Books| Humor

According to the blog readability test, this site is readable at the elementary school level.
Somehow, I believe them.
-Dave

13 Oct, 2007

Google increases Gmail storage

Posted by: Dave In: Blog| Communication| Web

Gmail is getting a storage boost in the coming days, according to a recent post on the Gmail blog.  The storage counter will be sped up to increase in size a little more speedy than before.
It’s like free money…only not quite as good.
-Dave

07 Oct, 2007

Customized my 404 error today

Posted by: Dave In: Blog| Humor

I found a site today full of customized 404 errors.
So I decided to do my own.
The Above the Aether 404 page in all its glory.
Enjoy.
-Dave

07 Oct, 2007

Because caring is sharing

Posted by: Dave In: Blog| Communication

Google Reader, the site I use to read my RSS feeds, has a neat feature that allows me to share interetsing blog posts I am reading with the public.  If I find something really funny or engaging I might post it here in the blog, but I also might just flag it to share on [...]

09 Sep, 2007

Rate posts

Posted by: Dave In: Blog| Usability| Web

You can now rate my posts now with the little star widgets you’ll see at the top of each post. It looks like this:

Whether you think it’s crap or fantastic, let me know. Also, let me know if you ever have technical problems with the site. I think I fixed the right [...]

09 Sep, 2007

RSS bloat: part 2

Posted by: Dave In: Blog| Web

I wrote previously about my rss bloat of 192 subscriptions in google reader. I made the first pass at reducing that number today and came up with 132 subscriptions. This was pretty painless, trimming stale feeds (updated lass than 1/month) and anything I havn’t read in months (whether it updated or not).
My [...]

29 Aug, 2007

Yahoo Pipes and my iTunes

Posted by: Dave In: Blog| Podcasts| Technology| Usability| Web

(Web geekery ahead. You have been warned.)
I’ve recently played around with Yahoo Pipes, a feed aggregation and manipulation service provided by Yahoo, (here’s a yahoo or wikipedia explanation of the service) to manipulate some of my iTunes feeds to more easily update my little green Shuffle. You see, I have a handful of [...]

13 May, 2007

SF writers who blog

Posted by: Dave In: Blog| Books| Spam Poetry

There is a great collection of science fiction writer blogs at SF Signal.  There are nearly 200 feeds to choose from alphabetized by author.
Now all you need is some free time to actually read them.
-Dave



  • Nathan: Pretty awesome. I wonder how much time and money was spent on that? Was this guy's[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxKtZmQgxrI]video linked on here
  • Jim Thompson: Brilliant!
  • Nathan: It's unpossible! ...and no, that's not a caption. It's like staring at the sun.
  • Nathan: He is in need of an Amish hat.
  • Christi Black: I have one of these little tools and it's very functional... I love it =D
  • Dave: Thanks, John! We're having a relaxing weekend strolling around Taos. I love this part of the country. So peaceful and beautiful.
  • John Uselding: Happy birthday Dave! Have a great time in NM.
  • AwesomeGuy: Kurt Cobain Is The Best Singer In History! OMG! LIKE TOTALLY!
  • Scott: So... I'm supposed to stand somewhere *else* and "masterbate"?
  • TDH: Photoshop by someone who can't spell, no less.

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