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Drowning doesn’t look like drowning

By Sharpy | Published: July 7, 2010
Scary (especially for parents), but a must read. Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning, via John Gruber: So if a crew member falls overboard and every looks O.K.—don’t be too sure. Sometimes the most common indication that someone is drowning is that they don’t look like they’re drowning. They may just look like they are treading [...]
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Blogging from TextMate

By Sharpy | Published: November 1, 2009
And, by way of follow-up to my post yesterday, here is my very first post written entirely in TextMate, and entirely in Markdown. Pretty awesome stuff. So here are a couple of links for you: First, the process of blogging from TextMate. It’s actually pretty easy. Second, a screencast on how to do it. Thirdly, [...]
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Why you and I are obsessed with Facebook

By Sharpy | Published: October 5, 2009
Note—that’s not a question. I daresay that if you are on Facebook (Twitter, YouTube et al.) you are addicted. Maybe you don’t agree. Unfortunately, that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re correct. Now, don’t get me wrong. For those of you who know me (and also those who don’t), I’m not attacking you with this comment. Actually, [...]
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Another text editor?

By Sharpy | Published: September 29, 2009
I’ve been a BBEdit user for around 6 months now, and I can tell you that I am very happy with it. There are probably many who would say my love of text editors and plain text is a little crazy, or at least odd. I’d probably agree with them. It must be an insatiable [...]
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Now you can Subscribe2

By Sharpy | Published: August 10, 2009
Hey there all. Spent a little time browsing the WordPress.org plugin site the other day and now I have some shiny new additions to tell you about. Subscribe2 me The major addition is the Subscribe2 plugin which has officially moved in at this site. Why do I care? you ask. Well, if you’re at all [...]
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