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Any Interest in the 700-page Abridged Version?

INT - KITCHEN - DAYTIME

Me: We’ve still got the frying pan to clean. Michelle: I always forget that. Me: I know, it’s on my list of complaints about you. Michelle (unimpressed): Really? Me: See chapter 3, …

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Week 133

”[T]here’s something splendid waiting for you to go and find it, far out yonder. I wonder if I’d feel it now, or if it happens only when you’re young, and have no thought for the ill things that may lie along the way.” Flashman …

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True Love: A Play in One Act

OUTDOORS - NIGHT - FENWAY PARK

A nice April night, game is in the middle innings, Kevin Youkilis coming up to bat.

Michelle: After this at bat, I’m going to the bathroom, no matter what Youk does. Me: What if he cries out yo…

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Week 132

Well, the Devil made me do it the first time/ Second time I done it on my own.” Billy Joe Shaver, “Black Rose”

Never got around to the last couple of weekly updates. There wasn’t much of interest, technology-wise,…

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Community Trust Bank: Community Trust Bank Site

CMS and Django tools for a Louisiana bank web site. Tools allow the bank to manage multiple product lines with different details from state to state.

Community Trust Bank is based in Louisiana but has expanded into Mississippi and Texas. In order …

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Crew Log: Social Media Site for Boat Crews

Worked with Slim Kiwi to create a social media site for boat crews to track their friends on crews across the world.

In July 2009, I began working with Slim Kiwi on an exciting social media project. Usually when I see …

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Week 129

There’s no sense in a man picking out the worst name he can find for everything.”

Dashiell Hammett, Red Harvest

On Wednesda…

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Week 128

Not much changed from last week, mainly working to push the social networking site out the door (while working on a proposal for another Django/ Pinax project). This week did mark the first time I actually got a Fabric script working (not that it’s hard, just that …

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Week 127

(idea cribbed from BERG, week count done by Wolfram Alpha because I am too lazy)

”[T]he beauty of reading a page of de Selby is that it leads one inescapably …

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Fidelity: Broker Information Site

Private web site that brings encrypted XML data about funds into Expression Engine which displays the information in HTML and PDF formats.

A massive undertaking in three parts

This client has a large mutual fund business with a number of channels they sell …

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