Rakia
Posted on Flickr 6:16 pm, October 16, 2009






This is what happens when you get 30+ Automatticians in a small space, all on laptops.
Posted on Flickr 11:28 am, October 11, 2009






Set of very nicely-designed and relatively consistent social media icons. Perfect for lifestreams/activity streams.
“Without much conscious thought, most of us have built identities across the web. We’ve filled in profiles, uploaded photos, videos, reviews and bookmarks. The Ident Engine uses semantic web API’s to bring together these web footprints.”
Neat blog written by a woman in San Francisco. All sorts of interesting scientific approaches to eating well and living a more healthy lifestyle.
Cool site that gives you a 1-screen summary of all the details you often need to provide tech-support to someone (browser/OS/resolution/etc)



Checked in at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
Getting some food and waiting on my flight to DC.

Posted on Flickr 7:37 pm, September 29, 2009 jQuery(document).ready(function(){ var gmap_m1271607a03899f5859a14d15c45b69ce = { positions : { 90 : new google.maps.LatLng( ‘37.766999’, ‘-122.4295’ ) }, bounds : new google.maps.LatLngBounds(), // empty for now, we’ll dynamically extend it later map : new google.maps.Map( document.getElementById( ‘gmap_m1271607a03899f5859a14d15c45b69ce’ ), { mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP, center: new google.maps.LatLng( 0, 0 ), zoom: 16 // Seems to be a good zoom for a single point } ), markers : {}, }; // end of gmap // Extend the bounds of interest based on our positions for ( var m in gmap_m1271607a03899f5859a14d15c45b69ce.positions ) { gmap_m1271607a03899f5859a14d15c45b69ce.bounds.extend( gmap_m1271607a03899f5859a14d15c45b69ce.positions[m] ); } // Render markers for ( var m in gmap_m1271607a03899f5859a14d15c45b69ce.positions ) { gmap_m1271607a03899f5859a14d15c45b69ce.markers[m] = new google.maps.Marker( { clickable: true, map : gmap_m1271607a03899f5859a14d15c45b69ce.map, position : gmap_m1271607a03899f5859a14d15c45b69ce.positions[m] } ); } // Redraw map to fit our new marker-based bounds gmap_m1271607a03899f5859a14d15c45b69ce.map.setCenter( gmap_m1271607a03899f5859a14d15c45b69ce.positions[90] ); });
Checked in at Automattic.
Checked in at Bayside Market.

Checked in at Automattic.
The Chicago Manual of Style Online
Online version of the classic editing/grammar/writing manual.
“HTML and CSS Tutorials, References, and Articles”
Excellent list of resources/links/specs relating to Atom and AtomPub.
Awesome backpack from 5.11 Tactical. Seems to be about the best all-rounder you can find.
Discussion document for the next evolution of the web, as a network of connections. In this new model, the connections matter more than the objects being connected.
Amazing designer with some awesome sketch-work, infographics and more.
A real recipe for Damper, the native Australian/Aborigine bread.


“Swift, Secure, and Small PHP 5 Framework”
Checked in at Automattic.

Awesome article on the non-design-pattern, non-over-architecting approach to software development. It’s all about getting shit done, and shipping product.
Checked in at Cellar360 San Francisco.
Checked in at Darbar Restaurant.
37.7898358-122.4204211
“a case study in using HTML5’s sectioning elements”, by Edward O’Connor
This segment of the recorded stream from WCPH covers my session, called Meet The Family.
Beau Lebens eating balut at the WhistleTop
Here’s a video of me eating balut in Manila. Balut is a fertilized duck egg, which is hardboiled after (in our case) 14 or 15 days.

I went to Manila for WordCamp Philippines in Sept, 2009.
Posted on Flickr 11:20 am, September 20, 2009

I went to Manila for WordCamp Philippines in Sept, 2009.
Posted on Flickr 11:14 am, September 20, 2009

I went to Manila for WordCamp Philippines in Sept, 2009.
37.616166-122.388501
Posted on Flickr 10:03 am, September 20, 2009

I went to Manila for WordCamp Philippines in Sept, 2009.
Posted on Flickr 10:09 am, September 20, 2009

This terminal at HKT is crazy long. It takes *forever* to get from one end to the other, even using the moving walkway things.
Posted on Flickr 8:17 pm, September 19, 2009

I went to Manila for WordCamp Philippines in Sept, 2009.
Posted on Flickr 12:55 pm, September 19, 2009

I went to Manila for WordCamp Philippines in Sept, 2009.
Posted on Flickr 12:47 pm, September 19, 2009

I went to Manila for WordCamp Philippines in Sept, 2009.
Posted on Flickr 12:34 pm, September 19, 2009

I went to Manila for WordCamp Philippines in Sept, 2009.
Posted on Flickr 1:25 pm, September 19, 2009

My laptop is collecting WordPress stickers.
Posted on Flickr 7:49 pm, September 18, 2009
I went to Manila for WordCamp Philippines in Sept, 2009.
Posted on Flickr 4:43 pm, September 18, 2009

I went to Manila for WordCamp Philippines in Sept, 2009.
Posted on Flickr 5:16 pm, September 16, 2009

In the Hong Kong airport, you have to fill out a form and get your health checked before you’re allowed in. They’re actually serious about H1N1 there.
Posted on Flickr 10:55 am, September 16, 2009
Best Practices for Designing Faceted Search Filters
Great post with some very clear guidelines on designing faceted search filters.
“Background images make pages look good, but also make them slower. Each background image is an extra HTTP request. There’s a fix: combine background images into a CSS sprite. But creating sprites is hard, requiring arcane knowledge and lots of trial and error. SpriteMe removes the hassles with the click of a button.”
“Browserscope is a community-driven project for profiling web browsers. The goals are to foster innovation by tracking browser functionality and to be a resource for web developers.”
Hit this page to get a series of phonetically-friendly random passwords.
Convert Office documents from DOCX back to DOC


