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Stabby the Cat?

Geronimo, weaponized kitteh.

April 29, 2011
Upcoming WordPress 3.2 Distraction Free Writing Mode

Andrew has now committed a very spiffy improvement to the little-known full screen editing mode in WordPress.

The Distraction Free Writing mode has been in trunk since yesterday. Would appreciate comments, suggestions, opinions, etc. Bug reports should probably go on #17136.

Via WordPress Development Updates

Here are some screenshots, for your viewing pleasure, of what is currently in WP trunk.

April 29, 2011
Best Royal Wedding Quote I’ve read

http://twitter.com/#!/schultzter/status/63677413187518464

April 28, 2011
New Diabolical Skateboards Deck and T-Shirt

Check out what I received in the mail today, surprise courtesy of the always excellent Kevin Conboy.
Thanks Kev’, I’m stoked!

Diabolical is a Denver (CO) based skateboard company. Haven’t gotten Kevin’s connection back story yet, beyond the shared location. 🙂

The deck is their George Nagai pro model. You can see his handy work in the video edit embedded below.

Unsurprisingly yet always a source of contentment on my end, Diabolical’s site is running on WordPress (but of course).

April 27, 2011
WordPress 3.1.2 Released

http://twitter.com/#!/wordpress/status/62954704036044800

http://twitter.com/#!/stephdau/status/62957649007874049

April 26, 2011
Beastie Boys: Hot Sauce Committee Part Two

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/737966″ height=”292″]

You can stream the Beastie Boys‘ complete new album, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, from their dedicated mini-site. You can also pre-order it from iTunes.

I’m able to embed the album here because like the Foo Fighters recently did with Wasting Light, the B-Boys opted to use SoundCloud‘s brilliant API and player for their streaming needs. This means the player can be embedded via shortcode on WordPress.com, a plugin on self-hosted WordPress, auto-embeds when posted or liked on Facebook, etc.

April 26, 2011
Doubled-up Canada Geese

Note: there were only three geese flying by. They got doubled-up by the iPhone 4 camera when shooting in HDR mode. 🙂

April 24, 2011
The Twins

http://www.vimeo.com/22642534

Featuring Pierce and Chris Brunner. I’m both speechless and jealous.

April 21, 2011
Nanaimo’s Hackathon
In an effort to encourage the creation of new applications, Nanaimo is hosting an Open Data Hackathon on April 30. The city will open up its public data and allow computer programmers free access to it. The goal of the event is to see what kind of creative projects developers can create with the data.

Via Nanaimo, B.C. hosts ‘hackathon’ to help improve local apps.

See also:
- OpenDataBC
- How Google Earth Ate Our Town (2008)
April 21, 2011
Good Question

I think I’ve already made my position quite clear. 🙂

Will Canada “rise up” or go back to bed?

Harpers constant best hope is that were asleep at the switch. Its more than mere desire even – its design. You can see it in all his major actions, where the tactic is always the same: if possible, he doesnt want you to know; if you must know, he doesnt want you to care. Hell gloss it over with aseptic blandness, assuage with a cold hypnotic drawl. There is no man behind the curtain – and we’ll all go back to bed. … Read More

via Take Canada Back

April 19, 2011