Blog entries for 2007

Installing Satchmo on Webfaction

For a project I am working on, I had to figure out a quality shopping cart app to use. I tried a couple mainstream solutions and then I found out about Satchmo, a Django-based shopping cart. This seemed like a perfect solution, it had all the power and easy configuration of Django built right in.

Greeting Card Shopping Hack

I hate shopping for greeting cards. I hate staring at endless rows of mindless cheese. I hate, hate, hate it. Yet every birthday, wedding, funeral, or any other occasion, I always find myself staring at cards. I arbitrarily pick and choose cards to read, and am never happy with one until I've spent 30 minutes reading cheesy one-liners and overly emotional rants.

I hate Papyrus

I'm definitely not alone in this and I don't claim to be the first to express this loathing, but I have to inform everyone of my absolute disdain for the Papyrus typeface.

Nutritional Information on McDonald's Iced Coffees

My girlfriend asked me to help her track down some nutritional information on McDonald's suspicously tasty iced coffees. I found nothing but deadends on their website, which was somewhat horrid.

Sorry So Sloppy

Let me start by citing the most oft used phrase in any blog, ever: I'm sorry it's been so long since I've posted an entry. Believe me, I've been busy.

Back in Black

Just a quick note to let everyone know my site is back up and halfway operational.