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Windows 7: PHP can’t connect to localhost for mySQL – An issue that I have good reason to suspect has tied up a dev or two for many hours. Windows 7 needs to have a certain entry in the hosts file uncommented to allow PHP to connect to localhost. Why I’d Rather See My Book in a Public Library than a Large Bookstore By Stephanie Ann – A really nice perspective on how to distribute books. If you're writing a book on frugal living, are you still trying to make a living off of it? Spinning right wrong – Heather spins a great tale. "But then an alien spaceship flew…
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Big Fat Deal » Jay McCarroll On Celebrity Weight Loss – "Because you have an audience, and people rooting you on, and then suddenly that audience feels ownership in your results. And so then you’re like Carnie Wilson or Kirstie Alley, constantly having to publicly humble yourself and beg forgiveness for gaining the weight back." 8 tips to manage your files better – Courtesy of Michael. The Implications of OpenID – Very nice presentation on the pros, cons, and implications of OpenID. Princeton University – A sweet problem: Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain – "Our findings lend support to the theory that the…
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Titles on links: straightening up
A combination of my recent job interview and reading Coding Horror reminded me that I’ve been slack on putting title attributes on my links here on the blagonet. The interview because it touched on accessibility, and Coding Horror because Atwood crosslinks a lot of his posts, but doesn’t give the name of the post in the title tag, which means I end up with 30 open tabs to blog entries that I couldn’t cherry-pick thanks to non-semantic URIs and no titles. I also don’t know which of Atwood’s links are internal or external without checking the URIs. Kinda frustrating. So I reactivated my External Links plugin (which puts that nice…
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Broadsheet – Salon.com – Very well-written article on overweight folks having to buy two seats on planes. "See, those of us who are and/or love people to whom airlines' "person of size policies" apply don't automatically envision the discomfort of getting stuck next to a fatty; we envision the physical and emotional pain of being the fatty crammed between two potentially hostile strangers, at the mercy of flight attendants who might decide we're fine on one flight and a "safety risk" on the next." Four Fabulous Video Band-Aids YOU need NOW! | Bitch Magazine – "My secret ritual is to curl up in my favorite chair (preferably with a hot…
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Robert Sapolsky: The uniqueness of humans | Video on TED.com – Finally, details on the human-female-ovulation-synchronization idea that I was taught back in Gender Studies. It's a good and funny talk, and not just about that. The League of Moveable Type – Wow. Gorgeous open-source fonts. Race Card: If Successful White Women Can Find Love, Then So Can Successful Black Women | Bitch Magazine – Clients From Hell : Client: “This is absolutely wrong. Where’s all the… – Clients From Hell : Client: “I want my website to have a forum, and a… – All day and twice on Sundays.