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Card store project #1: Plans

Date: 2008-12-08  |   Tags: cardstore, django, linux, personal, preferences, ubuntu   |   10 Comments

I'm planning to start an online greeting card / stationary store with my wife. My wife (and possibly my sister and other friends) will create designs for the cards, while I'll run the website and manage the business. I'll admit, I don't know the first thing about running a business, but, for a number of reasons, I still want to try. If you have any advice on running an online business, I'd appreciate any feedback. Here are some of my plans for the store. I've already started on some of them and will write more ...

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Somewhere on your Python path

Date: 2008-08-05  |   Modified: 2008-12-16  |   Tags: preferences, python, ubuntu

As I install new python packages, I sometimes see instructions which say something like "check out the code, and place it somewhere on your Python path". These are very simple instructions, but since it is not automatic like a Windows installer, or Ubuntu's package management system, it causes me to pause. Where on my Python path should I put it? I could put all my packages in random places and update my PYTHONPATH environment variable every time. I also thought about putting new packages in Python's site-packages directory. This is probably a good option. However, I tend to ...

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Conkeror: "Firefox for Emacs users"

Date: 2008-01-28  |   Modified: 2008-09-26  |   Tags: conkeror, emacs, keyboard, preferences   |   2 Comments

I recently discovered Conkeror via Bill Clementson's article, Firefox for Emacs users . I must say it is pretty sweet. It's the type of thing that makes you have to get up and go to the bathroom because it's so exciting.

So I switched over to Emacs from Eclipse about 4 months ago. Though it has been slow learning everything in Emacs, I am starting to feel pretty comfortable now and actually feel uneasy when I'm using another editor. It is very nice to be able to do everything with the keyboard in Emacs. I can do ...

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My software tools list

Date: 2007-08-10  |   Modified: 2008-11-03  |   Tags: c, colinux, conkeror, cygwin, django, eclipse, emacs, linux, mercurial, preferences, python, subversion, ubuntu, urxvt, wmii   |   2 Comments

Inspired by Mark Pilgrim's 2006 Essentials list, below is a list of my current software tools. If you notice a lot of "I switched from ..." statements, keep in mind that I am a programmer who likes shiny things.

Other lists:
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Operating System Ubuntu 8.04, Windows Vista Work Desktop: Ubuntu Hardy
Home Laptop: dual-boot Windows Vista with Cygwin and Ubuntu Hardy
Home Desktop: Ubuntu Hardy

I am in the process of migrating from Windows to Linux. My first Ubuntu install was in 2007 (dual-boot ...
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