An alarm clock that keeps your kids in bed
I'm not sure how I feel about it, ethically speaking, but I can definitely empathize with the inventor.
View ArticleJust starting to use Disqus for blog comments, any tips?
I've just enabled Disqus on my blog (running Drupal 6) here, and would love to hear any tips on using it and encouraging people to use it. I see these huge Disqus comment threads sometimes and am...
View ArticleSadistic gumball machine
Okay, so we came across this machine with a gum ball already in it, so I'm making a couple assumptions about how it works. First (1), you put in a quarter, and a gumball drops into the 'pinball'...
View ArticleI'm looking for a beautiful flowchart tool
I just put together my first flowchart in years to diagram my new blogging workflow, and had a hard time coming up with a program that would make the chart look pretty automatically. Like, without me...
View ArticleUpdates to the Drupal Evernote module (play with it now on Github)
Well, the itch to blog rapidly with quick screenshots finally got to me, and I spent the last couple of days re-working the Drupal Evernote module to get it functional with the new Evernote API...
View ArticleHow to quickly set up an awesome, customized free voice testimonial service
Ever since I heard about the VoIP Drupal module, I've been itching to set up some kind of service that allows people to call in and leave testimonials for BuildAModule. But, I haven't had a chance and...
View ArticleUnboxing the Open Enterprise Distribuion (or, "how to fumble around a distro...
I've known that Tom, Randall and the rest of the crew at Level 10 have been working on Open Enterprise for a while, and I'm excited to have a reason to give it a go. I'm in the process of numerous...
View ArticleI'm giving away 5 free BuildAModule memberships over the next 2 weeks
I'm giving away 5 free memberships to a random selection of people who call into BuildAModule sometime in the next 2 weeks to leave a voice testimonial. If you're enjoying BuildAModule and would like...
View ArticlePossibly not appropriate for a captcha
An unfortunate bit of randomness that my wife was subjected to.
View ArticleModification to a mechanical treadmill that makes it more practical to work on
The fellow who created PinPoint, the software I use for that cool red arrow pointer in my BuildAModule screencasts, also works on a treadmill desk, but his is mechanical. I always thought that style...
View ArticleI really enjoyed this article on parenthood. It's a job, but they make you...
I really enjoyed this article on parenthood. It's been about a month since I read it, and the parts that stick out are the points where the author really seemed to capture moments of frustration and...
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