Jun 5
Marco compares the new Nook to the Kindle 3
If the review ended here, I’d probably conclude that the Nook is a great alternative to the Kindle for nearly all potential buyers. But these e-readers aren’t self-contained — they’re primarily vending machines for two very different publishing ecosystems.
In a heavily ecosystem-dependent category like this, one good hardware release isn’t enough.
via marco.org
I bought my Kindle 3 just about two months ago, so when the new Nook came out with its touch screen, I wondered if I had made a mistake. However, after reading href="http://www.marco.org/2011/06/03/nook-simple-touch-review">Marco's comparison, I remain glad that I went with the Kindle. I agree with his key point: I'd rather be in Amazon's ecosystem than Barnes & Noble's.
Jun 3
Kindle Support for Readability
With this update, readers can now send any web article to their Kindle for reading at their convenience.
Fantastic update. I love reading on my Kindle, and this is another way to make that easy. I already receive a weekly digest on my Kindle of my Instapaper queue.
Jun 1
Frosty Knuckle Ale
This is an average ale at best. The best way to describe it is perhaps that I have nothing negative to say about it...but nothing too positive either. It's easy to drink and mild flavored, but has no distinguishing qualities. I wouldn't recommend it unless your other option was Bud Light.
Bonus: My silly wife sticking her face in the picture!
May 7
pretty painless and I was already messing with things, I decided to
try out using compiz again. For some reason, by default the Compiz
settings management on Ubuntu consists of just saying "enable advanced
effects". I was wondering where the specific settings were for Compiz.
Turns out you can install them from here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/desktop-effects/C/compiz-configure-advanced.html,
and then disable the silly screen-wobble effect while still enjoying
all the other effects.
Ubuntu Compiz Effects
I just upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04 from 9.10. Since I that was actuallypretty painless and I was already messing with things, I decided to
try out using compiz again. For some reason, by default the Compiz
settings management on Ubuntu consists of just saying "enable advanced
effects". I was wondering where the specific settings were for Compiz.
Turns out you can install them from here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/desktop-effects/C/compiz-configure-advanced.html,
and then disable the silly screen-wobble effect while still enjoying
all the other effects.
Mar 23
FireSass: Firebug + Sass
Speaking of Sass (or at least Compass, which uses Sass), this is a nice follow up to my last post. Nathan Weizenbaum has just released a way to play with your Sass-generated CSS inside of Firebug. It looks like a pretty great project. Check out the post or read the source.
Mar 18
Use Ruby to make WordPress themes
This may have just saved WordPress for me. I've been putting off actually customizing my site (www.sixfeetover.org) forever because I haven't wanted to take the time to learn how to make WordPress themes. It looks like I might be able to have the best of both worlds: the ease of WordPress as a CMS, but the joy of Ruby for actually creating the theme. Compass-wordpress combines Compass and Thematic in a way that makes it look like creating WordPress themes will be a blast. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm excited to and will report back after I do. This has been out for a few months now, but I only just stumbled on it tonight. Check out the introductory blog post by @pengwynn (of The Change Log fame), or browse the source code.
Mar 15
This is a delicious nutty brown ale. It's smooth and hearty all at the same time. Good out of the bottle, but substantially better on tap, if you are lucky enough to find a place that has it (like the Black Cow, for instance).
Belhaven Ale
