October 2010
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SEO "Experts" please read before emailing.
I have a new canned response anytime you email me offering your SEO services.
Hi [Spammers Name],
thanks for you email. I searched for “[relevant keywords]” and checked the first 5 pages of results but [spammer company name] did not appear. Why is this? Surely if you had expert SEO knowledge you would be the first result?
thanks
Aaron
After sending this I...
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Access pics on locked iPhone (iOS 4.1)
Press “Emergency Call”
Enter gibberish number and hit call button
Promptly hit the hardware lock button
iPhone should drop into Phone.app
Click on contacts
View any contact and click edit
Click on avatar and select “Choose Photo”
see www.engadget.com for more.
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Blog | Graphicpeel: Credit Card Icon Pack →
graphicpeel:
Introducing 35 miniature credit card icons. A hand drawn icon pack just for you. They’re realistic, simple, and one-hundred percent awesome. Each one has just enough pixels to remain clear and understandable, and just few enough to stay out of the way. Use them for online checkouts, your…
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Ultimate IDE.
Please someone combine the following to make my dream IDE.
Vim’s text-editing
PyCharm’s code completion and syntax checking
Coda’s looks
Transmit’s file transfer support
Firefox’s easy plug-in development
Textedit’s minimal memory footprint
Mix in Git support, ability to generate/view Sphinx docs in editor as well as run Unit/Doc tests and a Django shell...
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clientsfromhell:
A client who owns a tanning studio has the initials of B.J. and she signs all of her emails “xoxo bj.” Aren’t hugs and kisses awkward enough?
“One day, high above Arizona , we were monitoring the radio traffic of all the...”
– Flying the SR-71 Blackbird (via davemorin)
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Dear Gap, I have your new logo. →
You sell good stuff. But never in my experience has any of your employees offered my a free pair of pants because the ones I was wearing looked bad. I wouldn’t expect them to. Their job is to sell me clothes.
My job is to sell design.
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@rem @ > 140 characters: Hold off on deploying... →
remy:
[Please note that this post is intentionally unedited. It’s a raw rant that would probably go down better in a pub. Since we’re not in a pub, this medium will have to do.] So, go read this equally link baiting article on why you should hold off HTML5. Then come back and let’s talk. I’ll say…
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Question: Firewall Profiles on OSX.
I recently bought a Mifi (Mobile Wifi). An awesome little device which should save me a fortune on airport/train Wifi when traveling. But the data is still quite expensive.
Because of this I want to reduce how much my machine uses when connected. Normally when on Wifi my machine is running remote backups, checking for software updates, polling email/todo/weather/calendar servers. And the other...
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Golden Beach Hotel, Blackpool is a bit shit.
After 18 months of treatment for 14 tumours a cancer patient booked a holiday staying at the Golden Beach Hotel in Blackpool. But things went a bit shit.
Nothing like the internet or owners description. Dingy room, very poor furniture…people were arriving, looking at rooms and leaving. young man on desk refused to acknowledge or rectify complaints or refund deposits…on entering...
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WatchI might have the greatest Desktop ever (for #Django Geeks). Not quite complete yet, but getting there :)
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Thanks to the AFA <@OfficialONN>! Without their report on Home depot “The Home Depot: See it in their own words” I would never have known what a tolerant, diverse, supportive, moral and commendable company Home depot is!
I will be sure to give them as much of my business as possible, as well as letting family and friends know to do the same. I’ll also be in contact with...
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“Unit testing is a lot like going to the gym. You know it is good for you, all...”
– Is Unit Testing worth the effort?
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♺ Reduce ♺ Reuse ♺ Recycle
I’ve been looking at Plug computers trying to find a suitable machine to run
USB RFID Scanner, USB Mini LED display, Arduino
It will also have to run the odd Python script to power the different peripherals but nothing too major. But it has to have a low power consumption, quiet (passive cooling) and small. Ideally it would also have built in Wifi and bluetooth. I was going to get a...
