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Finding Amazon S3 Region IP Ranges 8 Jun 2012 | 05:02 am
I wanted to find the IP ranges for all of Amazon’s US-based S3 regions. After a lot of searching through outdated forums, I found out how to get the ranges directly from the source. The Amazon Simple...
Pragmatic CSS Values 30 May 2012 | 03:56 am
The em CSS unit is one of the tougher to master because it is relative in nature. You have to know or figure out something else before you know what the value you’re declaring actually means. When you...
Twenty-Five 16 Apr 2012 | 04:38 pm
My birthday was last week, and I wanted to continue a little tradition of writing something each year. This year, I donated my birthday to charity and reached my goal! I didn’t get a chance to write ...
Let Me Know You Know 28 Feb 2012 | 10:44 pm
I just got an email from Wired with a subject line of “Access this month’s Tablet exclusive content”. It felt so cold and impersonal. I’ve been a subscriber for years. They should have all sorts of in...
Moving Away 18 Feb 2012 | 12:08 am
I have been moving away for the last eight years. It was always my choice. It always felt natural. Since moving to the Bay Area, I’ve struggled with accepting that everyone won’t follow. I came to exp...
The Cost of Laundry 29 Jan 2012 | 01:52 pm
The cost of laundry in my building went up last month without explanation. This irked me because I had saved an exact amount of quarters to do a certain number of loads. I became consumed by this smal...
Charity Capping 12 Nov 2011 | 09:17 am
Whether corporations realize it or not, they are explicitly and implicitly capping their charity. I understand they want to protect their liabilities as a company and do not want to look foolish sayin...
How to Delete Pictures from iCloud Photo Stream 27 Oct 2011 | 04:31 am
With Apple’s iCloud Photo Stream, every picture you take is sent to all of your devices. That’s your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, MacBook, and iCloud.com. It will save your last 1000 photos for 30 days a...
Juggling Today 29 Sep 2011 | 06:42 pm
For mom and dad, budding informatics and computer science students, and any preparing interviewees, this is what I juggled today. I arrived at the office before 10am energized in part from 1000mg of ...
Don’t Plan It, Build It 20 Sep 2011 | 07:43 pm
Last Friday, I listened to a great podcast where Mike Monteiro and Kaite Gillum of Mule Design interviewed Chris Sacca who explicitly said no one is funding ideas. Today, Indiana University announced ...
