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My Birthday Gift to Twitter – I Quit

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Derek

As Twttr (sic) celebrates its 4th birthday, I figure it’s as good of time as any to blog about something I’ve been thinking for a while.  No, don’t worry, I’m not going to quit tweeting, but I will quit competing. … Continue reading →

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Crockford on JavaScript: Part 1

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Derek

I just finished watching Part 1 of Douglas Crockford’s ongoing lecture series on JavaScript, and it’s fascinating stuff. A must watch for any programmer. Even if you don’t code in JS, it’s worth watching simply because this first part is … Continue reading →

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Testing out TextMate’s blogging bundle

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Derek

This is a test from Textmate’s Blogging bundle. This is really cool.

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Enabling WordPress 2.3 Tagging in Windows Live Writer

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Derek

Part of the reason for my recent increase in blogging is mostly due to my discovery of Windows Live Writer, I absolutely love it.  The only complaint I’ve had so far is that it doesn’t support tagging for WordPress 2.3, … Continue reading →

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New WordPress Theme

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Derek

I figured it was about time to upgrade to a new theme, so I found this one, Snoods theme.  Whaddya think? Because this theme doesn’t accommodate the native tagging capability of WordPress 2.3, I had to hack into the wp … Continue reading →

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What happens when you neglect your blog and don’t install a spam filter?

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Derek

You get 7000+ comments about viagra and porn to go through an delete. Ugh. Hopefully I won’t have to go through that again with the new spam filter. Thanks Akismet!

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First post from Windows Live Writer

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Derek

One of the reasons why I don’t find myself blogging too much is I think I’m just too lazy sometimes to go to my site, log in, go to the post page, use a crappy WSYWIG to create the blog … Continue reading →

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I won Prom King!

Posted on April 8, 2006 by Derek

Thanks to Lisa, prom queen Sarah, and her date Derek for making the 2nd chance prom night an awesome night.  And thanks to everyone out there for your support over the last few weeks.  Its been a ton of fun. … Continue reading →

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I’m in 96.5 The Buzz 2nd Chance Prom’s “Prom Court”!

Posted on March 25, 2006 by Derek

I sent an email at to the buzz last week saying they should select me for one of the male contestants for the prom court, and got a call yesterday telling me I’m in!  I guess they are going to … Continue reading →

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Kicking off yet another blog

Posted on April 9, 2005 by Derek

The clock just jumped from 1:59 to 3:00 AM (daylight savings), so I’m thinking I’ll be up a bit later than I intended. Oh well… Going on a 5th incarnation of my personal blog, I think I might actually stick … Continue reading →

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