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May 19
2012

If you’re using Dropzone (and why wouldn’t you be?), I updated my LinkSmasher destination recently.

You can drop text on it (or just click it to use the clipboard) and it will scan for any links in the text, compile them and create a single link for the group using linkbun​.ch. It’s a handy way to share a list of urls and allow the recipient to open them all at once (and…

May 18
2012

I’ve been spending way too much time documenting the new features in Marked 1.5. I thought I’d share some screenshots, though. No explanations, but if you watch closely you might see something you like. Feel free to hum along.

May 17
2012

I was disappointed to find that there weren’t any good packages available for Sublime Text 2 that added decent Markdown editing features. I figured it was time to learn my way around. I still haven’t dug into Python, so my script-fu in there is weak right now. I got a few things working, though, and this will evolve as I learn new things. I’ll probably look back at this first…

May 14
2012

Links of interest from May 9, 2012 through May 14, 2012:

May 09
2012

While there was some excitement and hearty agreement with the list of my ideal Markdown text editor features, there was also some criticism. There were some valid points in all of the critiques, and I’d like to address them. I’ll do so by rambling a bit.

First, I think that some critics felt the list was overwhelming, and didn’t really dive in and consider the ramifications…

May 09
2012

Links of interest for May 9, 2012:

May 08
2012

This is another of my attempts at keeping track of my day in an orderly fashion. It’s a pretty simple idea. Given that most of of what I do is stored in git repositories, my commit logs are my best bet for seeing what I’ve accomplished each day. I just needed to pull them together and bundle them up without having to think about it. If a lot of your work happens in git…

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