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2 min read apple

Apple: It's Showtime

Might as well list the latest Apple stuff they’re announcing today.

Games: Interesting. I’ve always been a pacman fan. They will be starting with the following: Bejeweled, Cubis 2, …

1 min read linux

Rsync over SSH

Took me a while before I got on the ball and starting doing this for syncing my web servers docs to my local machine (for backing up). I had previously used Interarchy for this, but I really prefer …

1 min read answerbag

AB On Digg.com

Someone was nice enough to post a story about Answerbag on Digg. I thought our widgets were pretty cool - this dude is impressed enough to call it “killer”. Awesome.

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1 min read php, tips

PHP 5.1.4 Install on Intel Mac (Bug?)

I noticed after installing PHP 5.1.4 on my brand new MacBook Pro that my scripts weren’t executing. After about 3 hours of messing around, I realized that short_open_tag was turned off in …

1 min read rant, wikipedia

My beef with the Wikipedia

I used to think the wikipedia was pretty cool. The idea of being able to collaborate on a topic and create an article together sounds wonderful.

Today, I say, it sucks. Want to know why? I edited …

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First Post - Rejoice

Well, I’m not sure who’s going to be reading this, but if you are, and you are curious about rustyrazorblade.com, here’s the breakdown. I am a web developer with a BS in computer …

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