Ahren Code
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My themes and WordPress 3.3 compatibility
So far it’s looking good. All three of my themes – Ahimsa, Audacity of Tanish and Rachel – seem to have no issues (at least new issues!) with WordPress 3.3, which was released yesterday.
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The bizarre world of Android
We already knew that Microsoft makes more from Android than it does from Windows Phone 7: Microsoft gets $5 for every HTC phone running Android, according to Citi analyst Walter Pritchard, who…
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The trouble with non-GPL open licenses
Marco Arment is understandably peeved that Business Insider is exploiting Marco’s generous license to lift and reproduce his writings wholesale. Regarding the license, he writes: Business Insider’s…
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The real Steve Jobs
Yesterday, Steve Jobs announced his resignation from Apple. This has prompted an outpouring of touchingly sentimental stories from those who have interacted with the man. John Gruber has been…
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Google’s new design/experience: taking Chris Wiggins to heart
Google has progressed since the days of 41 shades of blue. At least in the user interface of their products. I had no insight into whether this reflects a change in the underlying process. But now…
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∅ What is MobileMe supposed to do?
Via MacApper: “In Fortune’s story, Lashinsky says Steve Jobs summoned the entire MobileMe team for a meeting at the company’s on-campus Town Hall, accusing everyone of “tarnishing Apple’s…
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Switching to British English on Mac OS X
If like me you have not yet learnt to drop the ‘u’ from ‘colour’, then you might have noticed that Mac OS X Snow Leopard makes it annoyingly difficult to switch the system language preference,…
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Gitting over Dropbox: the preamble
I am fairly certain I was one of the earliest adopter of Dropbox. I loved the simplicity of the application and the free version provided a generous amount of disk space (2GB). I used it religiously,…
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My search for a tasks+notes app
I have been searching for an app that lets me quickly write notes that also double as tasks – and therefore could use a due date/time and reminder alarm. There is the built-in “todo” capability in OS…
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So, you finally switched to a Mac?
Apple has a couple of great pages (1, 2) for switchers. What they fail to tell you about are the great non-Apple apps that make the Mac experience a worthwhile switch. So, here they are (at least…
