We all have a lot of interests and passions, but at times it seems as though there’s less and less time available to pursue them or keep abreast of developments. One of the ways I’m able to scan a lot of information in a short time is by fully utilizing RSS feeds displayed in my [...]
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I’ve been toying with the idea of adding a forum to Practical Hacks for the last few months. Why a forum? One of the things that’s become increasingly clear over the last 12 months is the growing sense of a Practical Hacks community. On numerous occasions we’ve seen readers pitch in and help one another [...]
If you’re a recent subscriber to Practical Hacks, you probably haven’t read many of the articles in the site’s archives. In this recurring feature, I feature a handful of articles from one year ago:
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For my U.S. readers, I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and are able to enjoy it with your families. And to all of you, no matter where you live: thank you. One of the things I’m thankful for this year is the success of this blog, and all the great people I’ve met through [...]
Given several recent reader comments, I think an opportunity we’re missing out on is to explore different packing methods to a greater extent than we have in the past. I’m using “we” not in the editorial sense, but because I view the blog as a conversation and sharing of ideas. An example: MtnMan recently asked [...]
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Although my home office desk is pictured here, this is really a post about my desk at work. Tired of the clutter, crumpled Post-It notes and pile of pens & markers near my phone, a vertical file full of folders I never looked at, three 5″ high piles of file folders relating to “current” projects, [...]
Some of you have probably noticed that I’ve added a limit to how long comments can be on this blog (recently updated to 2750 characters, or approximately 435 words). Getting the counter that “counts down” how many characters are available after someone begins typing a comment required changing the XHTML code in the blog’s comments.php [...]
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