I’ve pretty much given up listening to the radio. Thanks to the iPhone and this gadget, my morning and afternoon commute is filled either with music or podcasts, my longtime favorites being This American Life, The Moth, and Philosophy Bites. But I happened to turn on the radio on my drive home Friday, and a story [...]

I’m testing out Wordbooker, a plugin for WordPress that helps integrate WordPress with Facebook. If you’re reading this on Facebook, I’m guessing it worked. One of the tricks it is supposed to do involves syncing comments. So feel free to help me test that by commenting on this post. Cheers.

I finally got my fill of Dreamhost. I’m in the middle of moving all my sites over to A2Hosting.com. So far, I’ve migrated jamesnotjim.com, hadenthomasmartin.com, and, if you’re reading this, wheatblog.com. There are still several more sites to go, but I haven’t had any major issues yet. Most of the remaining sites will be easy. [...]

Overheard recently in a department store, while Gina, Haden, and I were shopping for some children’s clothes. A woman, 40-something, and her son, maybe 10 or 11, discuss sizes with a sales clerk: Clerk: We have those, but only in a “Husky.” Woman: [Emphatically] Oh, no, no. He’s anorexic skinny–concentration camp skinny. Son: ??? Woman: [...]

I picked up a good tip somewhere on the interwebs about using domain names for branding and as a way to simplify your own life, via URL redirects. Apache makes this easy, you simply edit your .htaccess file and add a line like this: Redirect /flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/wheat Assuming the .htaccess file is at the top [...]