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Of the bugs I have written a lot the one that keeps biting me is improperly locking an animation, effect, or action to the framerate of the game rather than to an elapsed time on a clock. You can never…
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DIY Discovery Tower for Under $50
One thing about toddlers is that they want to see whatever it is you’re doing up there. This leads to plaintive pleadings for “up, up, up, up, up” whenever we are doing anything in the kitchen. We needed a solution…
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Tools for Diagnosing Domain Name Issues
Oftentimes when inheriting a web project you also inherit myriad domain name related issues. And, as always, the command line is your friend for finding quick information associated with that domain name. Here’s a few tools I’ve been using a…
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CSS Grid is Good
The short version of this post is that CSS Grid has me excited about the prospects of web layouts again. From here on if I have the option to use CSS Grid I’ll be using it. Go to Rachel Andrew’s…
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A2 Local Politics: In Which I Link to a Sports Blog
A2 local politics filter: I really liked this piece by MGoBlog about the upcoming election. Been thinking about this quote for the past day: “Denying the fact that Ann Arbor will change with weak appeals to parking, traffic, and floodplain…
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Fitting a Stove in a 2003 Honda CRV
Yes, a standard issue stove (or an oven or a range depending on what you want to call it) can fit in a 2nd Generation 2003 Honda CRV if you put the seats down and finagle it a bit. If…
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Paint Colors
The color palete for our new house:
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Refinishing Our Floors, a DIY Sanding Adventure
The past few days have been spent staring at the floor. Prepping them with the help of a friend (thanks, M!) and then so much sanding with another friend (thanks, K!). Here’s a portion of the floors before we did…
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House Stuff We Need
We’re closing on our house on Wednesday! That’s terrifying so I’m combating the thought of draining our savings accounts with planning and packing. We’re looking for a lot of things that are not the sort of things one needs while…
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Headshots
My wife and I are opening up a few spots over the next month for corporate headshots in or around Ann Arbor, Michigan. Generally speaking this is for those of you who need to update the headshot on your website,…
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