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Dougal is a web developer, and a "Developer Emeritus" for the WordPress platform. When he's not coding PHP, Perl, CSS, JavaScript, or whatnot, he spends time with his wife, three children, a dog, and a cat in their Atlanta area home.

International Delete Your MySpace Account Day

Jan222008

I just found out that January 30th is International Delete Your MySpace Account Day. What an awesome birthday present — I’m there, dude! I’ve been thinking about deleting my Myspace account almost since the day I got it but always opted out of doing so because of the few friends I have who don’t have Facebook accounts. But by remaining on Myspace, I realize, I’m becoming an enabler. I’m giving those friends no reason to … Continue reading →

No more daily Twitter posts

Jan152008

Just as with my daily del.icio.us link posting experiment in the past, I have decided to discontinue my automated daily Twitter summary. I will continue posting to Twitter, and the most recent of my tweets will be displayed in my sidebar here. But think they should remain separate from my main blog content. I just feel like they “clutter” things up here, and the things I post on Twitter are different in scope from what … Continue reading →

Twitter Updates for 2008-01-14

Jan142008

Crud. The micro-SD card I planned to put DSLinux on is only 32MB. DSLinux needs 40MB. Guess I’ll have to buy a bigger one next time I’m out. # Wrestling with health insurance companies. What a freaking racket. # The COBRA administrator cashed our (not-small) check on 12/31. But the doctor told us on 01/12 that our coverage wasn’t active. # I want my money back. # Just finished conference call. Time for coffee… # … Continue reading →

Twitter Updates for 2008-01-11

Jan112008

Still tuning my work-from-home toolchain. Trying #Tomboy as a note-keeping tool. It’s like a wiki without the web server. # I think I’m going to un-follow a few people soon. If it turns out to be you, it’s nothing personal. Trying to raise the #tech s/n ratio. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

Twitter Updates for 2008-01-10

Jan102008

@zeldman Trivia: pound-for-pound, lemons contain more sugar than strawberries. # Knocked out some work-related email and IM this morning while I ate some fruit salad. Now to go run a couple of errands before I dig in. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

Twitter Updates for 2008-01-09

Jan092008

Kids are all at school, and I have breakfast and coffee. Now it’s quiet work time. Other than the noise of the cat chasing our dog around. # Power out at home. Going to store for a new printer cartridge. # Back @ home. Power is back. Working again. Yay me. # The #WordPress patch I did several months ago for "Reactivate All Plugins" after you "Deactivate All" will be in the next release. Yay … Continue reading →

Twitter Updates for 2008-01-08

Jan082008

Just finishing up the first cup of coffee. Time for seconds… Today will be better than yesterday. Today will be better. Today will be… # @photomatt "position: obsolete" … It *should* be a valid CSS property 🙂 # @jwestfall Did you ever find a linux twitter client that you liked? # Browser tab reaping complete. Time to restart Firefox 2 to get some memory back. Or run FF3 again, with no useful add-ons. # Powered … Continue reading →