Author Archives: Callum
My very own OpenID server
I just installed SimpleID. Now I have my very own OpenID server. I no longer need to subject myself to the pain of myopenid.com. After they consistently ignored all my requests to fix a major bug in their system, I’ve … Continue reading
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Chocolate pancakes topped with peanut butter mixed with honey and wrapped around a frozen banana. A late breakfast at Casa Mercurio…
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I just watched Kick Ass. It could be the most incredibly outrageously fantastic film I have ever seen. It’s insane! Thanks Tony.
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Prompted by the confession of a recent visitor, there was a little lice scare in our house this morning. All is well, my hair is clean!
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Just published another WordPress plugin, WP Extreme Shortlinks. Not for the faint hearted! Here’s my very own shortlink: http://cal.io/zA
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Just created an account with MailChimp, looks like the best email marketing service. Free up to 500 subscribers. http://www.mailchimp.com/
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Transferring my last 2 domains from #Easily to #Dynadot. I have finally rid myself of the plague of Easily’s abysmal service. Happy days.
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It’s official, flight booked, SJO to FRA on 4 Oct 2010. It’ll be my first time back in Europe in over 3 years…
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A WordPress hosting cooperative
Maybe you make WordPress sites for cash. Maybe you design themes or write plugins. Then, after your work is done, your clients (or friends, lovers, etc) need to be supported. Somebody needs to keep WordPress and her plugins up to … Continue reading
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Tagged coop, cooperative, hosting, press hosting, WordPress, wordpress hosting, wp.coop
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I’ve just discovered #IceRocket, a blog / twitter search engine. Goodnight #Technorati with your sucky, broken blog search.
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A new short url
I’ve just acquired two short domains. They are cal.io and chm.ac. The first is cool, the second is a short version of my standard username, chmac (and formed from my initials, how original!). I’m thinking I want to move this … Continue reading
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Tagged cal.io, calio, chm.ac, chmac, domains, short links, short urls, shortlinks
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After almost 8 weeks of near continuous uploading, I have finally pushed about 35Gb of photos. Woop, woop. It was a loooong process.
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Links in twitter feeds in Liferea
I use Liferea to consume feeds. In turn, I consume twitter by RSS. However, twitter’s RSS feeds suck. Urls are not clickable, user names are not links, nothing. It’s flat text. Using Liferea’s ability to locally parse feeds and a … Continue reading
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Tagged liferea, links, twitter, twitter feeds, twitter hacking, twitter links, urls
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New Kindle. $140 for wifi, no 3g model. Physically smaller, better screen, more storage, nice job Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireless-Reader-Wifi-Graphite/dp/B002Y27P3M
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The Yes Men Fix the World
We just watched the incredible P2P version of The Yes Men Fix the World. It’s an amazing film, I thoroughly recommend it. You can get the torrent on the link above. The film is released under a Creative Commons license. … Continue reading
SolarHome.org – abysmal service
I’m researching solar technology. In my cyber travles I came across SolarHome.org. I spent some time on their site, it seemed big on sales technique small on useful information, but I compared some prices nonetheless. Having found a potentially good … Continue reading
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Tagged bad customer service, fail, solar, SolarHome, SolarHome suck, SolarHome.org
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Blender + frozen bananas + cacao powder = deliciously frozen molten chocolate sweet pleasure in thick gloopy form. Mmmmm…
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Ruben introduced me to the Five Tibetan Rites this morning. 10 minutes of daily yoga like exercise. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Tibetan_Rites
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Insufficient boot space on Ubuntu
When installing the latest batch of updates to Ubuntu 10.04 I hit a problem, I ran out of space on my /boot partition. A dialog popped up warning of low space on /boot. Then the install of updates failed because … Continue reading
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Tagged /boot, boot partition, free space, insufficient space, kernel, kernel upgrades, ubuntu, upgrades
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I am home! Made it back to San Isidro in one day, but poor Bessy is parked up warm at the border, Costa Rica said no.
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Left Panama City Monday after a horrible night at Luna’s Castle. Good times in Potrerillos. Back to Costa Rica tomorrow, wish me luck…
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Introducing Paradise Bay
The working name for the 30 acre property in Panama is Paradise Bay. I thought Frank’s resort was called Paradise Bay, which seemed like an apt name, but it’s actually Pacific Bay. So until we find the right name, Paradise … Continue reading
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Tagged adobe, Boca Chica, building, construction, energy, environmental protection, flooring, hammocks, Pacific Bay Resort, roofing, solar
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Heading out to explore Panama City and see if I can find a couple of hats that Ross wants me to pick up for him…
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Left Pacific Bay Resort this morning and we’re in Panama City tonight, by bus. Trip down memory lane being on a bus again!
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