Image Positioning in Markdown

With Markdown, an exclamation mark preceding a link, such as ![Example](/example.jpg) will insert an image into your body of text. Unfortunately, Markdown’s syntax doesn’t support positioning images, for that you’ll need to fall back on HTML.
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Monday, September 19th, 2011 Web Dev Comments

Essential iPhone 4 Accessories

After having owned an iPhone 4 for more than a year, I’ve found a few accessores that I consider essential.
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Sunday, September 18th, 2011 Apple, iPhone Comments

BASH Profile

Do you spend a lot of time in the terminal? Do you use BASH? Did you know you could change your default BASH prompt easily?

This is my prompt: bash

As you can see, it has the current time, the username, the computer name, and the current working directory. If you’d like to use this prompt, you can download my bash_profile here and start using it by renaming it .bash_profile and putting it in your home directory. Running mv bash_profile ~/.bash_profile will do it.

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Thursday, March 19th, 2009 Linux Comments

Recalibraing Your Roomba Battery

If you’ve owned a Roomba for more then a year you have no doubt noticed that the battery life is drastically reduced from when you bought it. Recalibrating, also known as reconditioning, your battery is a simple procedure that may help you reclaim some of that life. › Continue reading

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Saturday, March 14th, 2009 How-to Comments

WiFi Internet Anywhere with Sprint EVDO

I recently picked up a Compass 597 EVDO Rev. A card from Sprint, allowing me to access the internet nearly anywhere. I also picked up a Cradlepoint PHS-300 wireless router. The PHS-300 is a very small, battery powered, WiFi router designed specifically for USB EVDO cards or supported phones. By plugging the C597 into the router I have WiFi for about two hours. › Continue reading

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Saturday, March 14th, 2009 How-to Comments

Keeping Your Inbox Empty

I want to outline a few different ways I keep my inbox free of email.

An inbox, in any form, isn’t meant to hold things forever, it’s designed to be the first place an item goes before getting sorted, or taking action against; Like deleting or throwing out the item. This same approach is the most effective and efficient way of using email.

First off, the way I handle email is only going to work for me, I’m just going to outline how I do things to give you ideas how to keep your inbox clear. › Continue reading

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Saturday, March 14th, 2009 How-to Comments