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From nothing to something with Django

Posted by Chris Inch on March 5th, 2008

Recently I published a new version of my site, including this blog. The entire site is now powered by Django. As I worked on this redesign, I monitored how long each task took me. Here are my results:

How to shop online for cheaper

Posted by Chris Inch on Nov. 7th, 2007

Yesterday I found something that I had to share. With Christmas only a month and a half away, if you haven't started thinking about shopping, now's the time. Here's a site that will help keep more money in your pocket.

Five Things I Recommend

Posted by Chris Inch on Oct. 16th, 2007

It's autumn 2007 and, as always, I have a handful of things that are currently filling my life with joy. I'd like to take a minute to list 5 of these things and recommend them to you. I'm sure that some of these recommendations will eventually fade off my top 5 list, but as of right now, you should try these:

Why I shave with olive oil

Posted by Chris Inch on Sept. 5th, 2007

Shaving is a fact of life for most. Both men and women have felt the need to chop off hair as close as possible to their skin for thousands of years. I am no exception. Seeing as I shave my face almost every day and realizing that there's millions of other things I would rather be doing at 7:00AM, I have made it my mission to find the best, most comfortable, fastest and generally most enjoyable method of shaving available.

Unblocking backgrounds in Flash

Posted by Chris Inch on Aug. 31st, 2007

A long while ago I wrote an article describing how to block background elements in Flash. The problem I used to encounter was that my background elements were clickable through other movie clips on the stage. In ActionScript 3.0, this has all changed.

Guitar Hero optimal strategies

Posted by Chris Inch on Aug. 20th, 2007

Just when I thought I was starting to get a bit good at Guitar Hero I stumbled upon a site that opened my eyes to an entire new world of Guitar Hero skill.