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From wordpress to nanoc

archived 2010-02-21T20:38:00-08:00 in:

Welcome to the new and improved userprimary.net. In the spirit of static is the new dynamic, I took on the project of converting this blog from Wordpress to an autogenerated, yet entirely static, site using nanoc.With a static... more

Writing packages for homebrew on OS X

archived 2009-09-28T20:49:23-07:00 in: , ,

One of the things that I really like about homebrew, a new package manager for OS X is that creating new packages is very easy if you've done a minimal amount of Ruby programming. Each package -- or formula in homebrew parlance -- has associated with ... more

How to open hoisin sauce with a saber

archived 2009-09-26T19:25:10-07:00 in:

The other night while making dinner I tried to remove the plastic wrap on the top of this bottle of hoisin sauce and ended up removing the entire top of the bottle, glass and all. Posted via email from Seth's posterous archived on ... more

The macro mode on my new camera seems to work...

archived 2009-09-26T16:31:27-07:00 in:

SPIDER! Posted via email from Seth's posterous archived on 2009-09-26 in null Have a comment? Drop me an email or tweet, contact details are below. ... more

Installing the homebrew package manager for OS X

archived 2009-09-16T21:05:41-07:00 in:

homebrew is a package management system for OS X that allows you to install various open source packages much like macports. Homebrew claims to simplify some aspects of the package mangement process, for example, by putting packages in /usr/local/Cell... more

Writing a URL Shortening Service in Erlang, Part 4

archived 2009-06-29T21:00:20-07:00 in: , , , , ,

In this post, we will add an HTTP interface to sherl using webmachine. The goal is a simple API that will shorten long URLs and redirect short URLs to their original page. Sending a GET to /http://long.it/is/your/url/here will create a short URL and... more