Author: jason
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Bad chicken
Forget where I first saw the trick of putting the meat you’re pounding into a ziplok bag, but I use this trick all the time. No worries about cleaning up raw chicken juices sprayed all over your kitchen. Just remember not to deal the bag all the way it or else kablam. I also find…
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Props to DreamHost
I finally got around to shutting down my DreamHost account. I poked around a bit in the control panel and didn’t find a way to cancel the account. I started to file a support ticket and their ticket tool pointed me in the right direct to cancel the account myself. Turns out I was on…
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Email at Digital Ocean
Turns out setting up an email server at Digital Ocean is pretty straight forward. Here’s my recipe: Follow this Digital Ocean tutorial to set up postfix. Poke a hole in the firewall for mail to get through with sudo ufw allow mail (not sure why the Digital Ocean tutorial didn’t have this critical step; props…
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Finder Quickie
Wait a sec, you can change where the search box looks in Finder windows? The default for Search This Mac never seems to be what I want. Search the Current Folder is much better!
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Moving on
Finally got my rear in gear and migrated from Dreamhost (its been nice) to Digital Ocean (the new hotness.) Digital Ocean’s droplet setup stuff is super easy. They also have great recipes for setting everything up. I was able to get everything installed, setup, and secured in about an hour. It took another hour to…
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The ‘Runbell’ is saving the lives of people in danger of being trampled
The ‘Runbell’ is saving the lives of people in danger of being trampled (DesignFaves) What a great idea! I’ll totally have to get one when I start running again someday…
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BlackBerry CEO demands Apple make iMessage cross-platform | TUAW: Apple news, reviews and how-tos since 2004
BlackBerry CEO demands Apple make iMessage cross-platform | TUAW: Apple news, reviews and how-tos since 2004. I’m sure Apple will get somebody right on that. …and while working on that, please fix all the bugs in messages app on mac and iPhone.
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Let the caffeination begin!
Best Starbucks flavor, by far…
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Artist dad creatively visualizes odd sayings of his 3-year old daughter
Artist dad creatively visualizes odd sayings of his 3-year old daughter (DesignFaves) I know I could make a book out of the wacky stuff that my kids say.
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Teriyaki Pulled Pork and Green Beans
working the leftovers again…