Category Archives: Tech

The Largest Social Sharing and Targeting Platform | AddThis

Posted on 2012 October 11 by anewc2

The Largest Social Sharing and Targeting Platform | AddThis.

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Mountain Lion Workflow

Posted on 2012 September 3 by anewc2

This is the first post in what I expect to be a series documenting my decision to stop buying Macs after 27 years, and my experiences with Linux instead. Continue reading →

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Time, and Moore’s Law, march on

Posted on 2012 April 19 by anewc2

I remember when 1 TB was considered the same order of magnitude as the sum total of human knowledge. A few decades later, you can buy it for a hundred bucks.

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You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows

Posted on 2012 April 10 by anewc2

But it would be handy to have this Wind Map.

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Conversation with my Senator

Posted on 2011 November 3 by anewc2

Please clarify: will you vote to deprive people of their property without due process of law, if that provision is still in the bill when it comes to a vote? Or not? Continue reading →

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RIP Steve Jobs

Posted on 2011 October 6 by anewc2

Excerpts from Steve Jobs’ Commencement Speech at Stanford When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an … Continue reading →

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A Handy CSS Debugging Snippet

Posted on 2009 November 21 by anewc2

A Handy CSS Debugging Snippet. * { outline: 2px dotted red } * * { outline: 2px dotted green } * * * { outline: 2px dotted orange } * * * * { outline: 2px dotted blue } * … Continue reading →

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Food insecurity

Posted on 2009 November 17 by anewc2

Another data visualization challenge, from the Guardian. Hungry America: food insecurity, state by state | News | guardian.co.uk.

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How to Design Call-to-Action Buttons with Photoshop – woorkup.com

Posted on 2009 November 15 by anewc2

How to Design Call-to-Action Buttons with Photoshop – woorkup.com.

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Map-making

Posted on 2009 November 13 by anewc2

Great resources for making your own maps with color-encoded data. Especially Wikimedia, a source for SVG maps. How to Make a US County Thematic Map Using Free Tools | FlowingData. UPDATED: So here’s my effort. It’s a 10-second, 20-frame movie … Continue reading →

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