Because I rarely use MySQL nowadays and because how often do you set up a new machine, this is a reminder to myself on how to get mysql-python installed in a virtualenv

1. Add /usr/local/mysql/bin to your path (permanently in your .profile)
2. If …

Having recently had shoulder surgery, some advice:

• Memorizing your patient number will amuse the nurses
• Conversely, making your first statement after coming out of general anesthesia, “It was supposed to be the other arm” will not amuse them
• Like the man said, you can’t buy …

A local experience designer, James Christie has been writing about what he calls “Clean UX”: designers and developers starting to make conscious choices about code and design that reduce the carbon footprint of web sites. As developer tools and frameworks get bette…

Don’t do this:

https://twitter.com/AndrewBerkshire/status/344972991404310528

At best, it says, “I’ve been drinking”. At worst, it just looks stupid. Rene Rancourt is a thing— if you’re from New England, he’s perfect. If you’re not, I guess he’s annoying. Regardless, there …

Ran into an interesting quirk today that I don’t see a lot of search results for: if you have a min-width set on an element but then set a zoom on an element other than 100%, the min-width (and, one presumes, the max-width) is scaled …

Built the website and tools that helped a startup grow to a major New Hampshire health provider

Worked directly with the founders to create the front- and back-end of their original web site and then extend it to add more tools as the business took off. Added …

If you’ve never seen Fletch, stop here and go watch it. It’s a great comedy and one of the rare cases of a movie being better than the book. Assuming everyone reading past this point has seen it, you’re familiar with the plot: businessman Alan …

• Beast of Burden
• Working in a Coal Mine
• Green-Eyed Lady
• Lay Lady Lay
• Legs
• Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
• Fairytale of New York
• something by The Dixie Dregs

(Yes, I know it’s been a while.)

Just a quick note in case this bites someone else. I’d file a bug with Haystack, but I have a feeling I’m doing something incredibly dumb. I have a convoluted set of filters for a search …

So it’s been a while. In my defense, I have a good excuse (of which more later). I am returning from blog hiatus to grouse about something: I subscribe to Hacker News in Twitter and I’m happy to do so as I regularly …