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My Home Office

March 28, 2007 at 04:27 PM

Seeing Garrett’s post made me realize that I haven’t posted a recent shot of my office since I started working from home either.

I’m fascinated with seeing other people’s workspace as a means to add to or improve my own. So, if you’ve got a recent shot of your own home office link to it in the comments.

See the photos after the jump.

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Comments: 8 (view/add your own) Tags: apple, home, intel, office, personal, setup, shorts, workspace

Apple Boot Camp Public Beta

April 05, 2006 at 08:04 AM

If you happen to have an Intel based Mac and a copy of Windows XP Professional SP2, make sure to check out Boot Camp Public Beta from Apple.

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Comments: 8 (comments closed) Tags: apple, bootcamp, intel, shorts

Ta-da Lists Widget

March 10, 2006 at 02:03 PM

The Ta-da Lists Widget has been released on the world by Keegan, Ryan, and Noah.

I’m glad this one lived to see the light of day, I’m sure I’ll be making extensive use of it. Cheers for the hard work guys.

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People Still Don't Get It

March 08, 2006 at 10:03 PM

Even after the last fiasco, people still don’t seem to get it… via Business Logs

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Never Miss A TV Show Again

February 23, 2006 at 05:02 PM

How to Subscribe to TV Shows Using The Democracy Player, Bittorrent, & RSS

Found via Greg.

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Safari Shell Execution Exploit

February 22, 2006 at 02:02 PM

Those of you that use OS X and may be worried about the latest exploit to hit the newswire - the Safari Shell Execution Exploit. Fear not, it doesn’t pose a severe security risk…yet.

John Gruber explains the exploit in this post: The Safari Shell Script Execution Exploit

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Snook's Prototype Cheatsheet

February 20, 2006 at 10:02 PM

Anyone that uses the Prototype Javascript Framework should really take a look at Jonathan Snook’s Prototype Cheatsheet.

As I type this a copy of the cheatsheet is rolling out of my printer to find its way onto my office wall. I suggest you do the same.

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Some People Just Don't Get It

February 17, 2006 at 07:02 PM

When will people realize that you just can’t steal another’s work and stamp your name on it?

Anyone who’s ever had a piece of work ripped will appreciate this post by Mike Rundle: Ylunch.com and High5Advertising Are Thieves.

Update: Here’s another post with more information from Brady J. Frey: high5advertising & yLunch borrow Stopdesign’s… design?

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Google Acquires Measuremap

February 14, 2006 at 06:02 PM

Measuremap will be a great compliment to a service like Blogger. It’ll be exciting to see where the project goes now that there is a dedicated team working full time on it.

Congrats to Jeffrey Veen and the rest of the crew at Adaptive Path.

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Live Redesign

February 12, 2006 at 12:02 AM

Well…sort of. I’m in the midst of redesigning this site to go with the new domain name, so there will be a bit of flux around here for the next couple of weeks while I’m testing some things out and getting the new design completed.

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Help Shaun Stop The Piracy of Mint

February 03, 2006 at 01:02 PM

If you have any suggestions to help Shaun out with this issue, please stop by his site:

Stopping Flagrant Piracy of Mint

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About Me

My name is Jeff Smith and I'm a web developer and graphic designer living in St. Albert, Alberta, Canada. That being said, I'm not originally from the prairies, I'm a maritimer, born and bred, namely an Islander (Prince Edward Island).

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