Why I avoid sugar

May 30, 2010

Okay, so if you have met me in person you know that I’m rather slim, and whether or not you’ve met me I might have told you that I avoid eating sugar. I get questioned A LOT about this, so I’ll try to explain why I do this. 1) It’s a sure-fire way to get [...]

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Rackspace Cloud gets Android app

May 19, 2010

The Rackspace Cloud team has just released version 1.0 of their administrative app for Android. I’m not currently using Android, but more OS choices are always great, and so is Rackspace Cloud. That isn’t the only development over in Texas though, they’ve also been busy improving their Windows server offerings and added a new flavor [...]

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Thesis customizations I like

May 17, 2010

This list contains all the customizations I have made to the Thesis theme, in order to ease upgrading later on. Putting categories before pages in Thesis menu Using Thesis with a WordPress multi-site installation Making post images work with my multi-site installation /wp-content/themes/thesis_17/lib/functions/post_images.php: // BEGIN Claus 20100609 Multi-site // if (@getimagesize($image_path)) { // END Claus [...]

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Drop caps in Thesis

May 17, 2010

Reading Asnio inspired me to implement drop caps on this blog, and searching for an easy way to add them I came across Miguel’s post on adding drop caps to all posts in Thesis at once. Apparently, Thesis has a built-in CSS class called “drop_cap” that can be manually added to posts. Adding this class [...]

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A user-friendly and fast Linux for netbooks?

May 17, 2010

Thanks to MakeUseOf I discovered Jolicloud, a version of Linux optimized for netbooks. For the last year or so I had given up on using my Asus Eee 900 for anything more than the occasional recipe surfing in the kitchen, it was simply too slow to open tabs or do any normal computer work. The [...]

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Weekly review: Week ending May 02, 2010

May 3, 2010

I admit I’ve been way too lazy the last weeks with regards to work tasks, so I’m deliberately posting this embarrassing review to get myself back on track as soon as possible again… Plans from last week: Work Also: Helped with a few small tasks (Amino) Relationships Look at exotic animals Watch movies Relax Walk [...]

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