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Sep 6, 2020
This site is no longer active. I’m now posting at ianstevens.ca.
Ready to #RHoK this weekend? Here are some tools you’ll need.
Nov 30, 2011
If you’re going to this weekend’s Random Hacks of Kindness, it’s worth your time to familiarize yourself with some collaboration tools. Read on for an introduction to some common tools.
Da Vinci kept to-do lists too
I like to-do lists. Every day I’m either making one or maintaining one. I don’t trust my brain to remember lists, so I write them down. Big whoop, you say, and so do I. Lists are nothing special. And yet, many people don’t take advantage of lists and instead keep their to-do items in their … Read more
I redesigned my site for the future!
Nov 8, 2011
For years my personal site has been an embarrassment. I avoided writing new posts so I wouldn’t have to link to them, its design was that bad. Having quit my job last month, I spent some time working on a design I could be proud of. Last Friday I silently launched that design.
This new … Read more
How to swap your laptop for a tablet+VPS for development work
Recently I’ve been debating between a Macbook Pro and a Macbook Air for developing on-site. They’re nice machines. I like the portability of the Air but want the power of the Pro. I also want a tablet device for its portability and to explore touch interactions. Ideally, I’d have all three for leisure use (iPad), … Read more
On My Mind
These are the sweetest words I've seen on Twitter in months. twitter.com/rthonjoeclark/…
I've worked on teams where I was the only white person among mostly east and south Asians. No issues, although work… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
.@ShopprsDrugMart I ordered 10 prints on Oct 28, unprocessed over 3w later. No response to Q posted 5d ago on your website. What gives?
Anyone know where @EyeEm is available in Toronto? This is very relevant to my interests. twitter.com/eyeem/status/7…
Do yourself a favour and go see @moonlightmov this week. Easily one of the top three films I've seen this year. #moonlight #moonlightmovie
Recently Read
How to Grow Your Own Ginger Beer Plant
I’ve often wanted to try making ginger beer at home. My Dad sometimes spoke about having a ginger beer plant in his childhood farm home in England. They kept it in a closet.
Introduction to the OpenAM RESTful API
Protecting Java EE Applications With OpenSSO Policy Agents, Part 1: Basic Steps
An Overview of Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 (Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Technical Overview)
An old document on OpenSSO. I’m not sure how it still applies to OpenAM.