I just exported my Delicious bookmarks file for safekeeping. Why? September 23, 2011 is the last day before AVOS migrates to the new site on September 24th. I haven’t seen a rebuttal to “Why You Should Think Twice About Opting-In to the Delicious-AVOS Transfer“, and I haven’t used the service since December 2010.
It was a good run, but I’d rather use my blog.
Are you going to keep using Delicious with AVOS?
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I visited the Nixon Presidential Library & Museum with Amy and her friend to take photos and pay our respects. As for posting this over a week later, I’d say it’s better late than never. Hat tip: Thanks to Amy … Continue reading
For the first time in five or six years, I finally met James Huff in person at WordCamp LA. I’ve known him for about seven years. In addition to being a talented musician and all-around helpful guy, he’s a Happiness Engineer with Automattic.
Since his Gravatar is from his wedding three years ago, I demanded politely asked for a portrait. 
Thanks for the good times, James!
Edit: Thanks, Amy, for suggesting that I reword my post. To clarify, this was my first time meeting James.
I hung out with James Huff at WordCamp LA 2011 on Saturday. In January, James explained why (and how) he switched MacManX.com to WordPress.com.
This afternoon, I’ve mustered the courage to move All Narfed Up to WordPress.com. I currently have 1,797 published posts and 3,049 comments. The import took a few minutes, and I only had to wait a few more minutes after switching my nameservers at my domain registrar.
I was hesitant primarily because of affiliate links, but those aren’t generating revenue anymore. Since Amazon Associates was terminated in California in June 2011, that was one less reason to be self-hosted.
I’m so relieved that I don’t have to worry about plugins, upgrades, backups, or security on my blog. I’ll be more likely to write or share more photos.
Thanks for the nudge, James!
Note: For more information, see the pros and cons of WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org.
Note #2: Here are the instructions for moving a blog from a self-hosted WordPress.org site to WordPress.com.
My categories and tags weren’t assigned to any of my posts upon import. They’ve been in dire need of reorganizing, so this gives me a reason to re-categorize all my posts. (This will take awhile.)
I used the FD Footnotes Plugin for a long time, so you’ll see a lot of posts where the footnote is inline with the paragraph. Oh well. (For now.)
I used WP jQuery Lightbox, so the majority of photos and images link to the larger file rather than an attachment page. I’ll change my behavior from now on and use the built-in attachment page from now on.
FeedBurner appears to show the new post at WP.com, so all is well. FeedBurner doesn’t seem to recognize the new RSS feed yet, even though it’s the same URL. Sit tight because DNS is still propagating. If you don’t want to wait, you can ditch the FeedBurner feed and use the default RSS feed. (2011-09-14 16:56 PDT)
Summer is almost over, so here’s a broad recap of school, band, and my photography.
The other day, Lifehacker posted about Yoink, which "[acts] as a Middleman for Dragged and Dropped Files, Is a Life Saver on Small Screens". Since I have an 11-inch MacBook Air, I’ve already found a workaround that doesn’t require additional software. Note: I’m still using OS X Snow Leopard.
With the source and destination Finder windows open, drag the file(s) to one of the active screen corners, hover over the source folder, then drop onto the active window.
P.S. Hi everybody. I’m geeking out, and I’m okay with it.
I know some other ISPs have caps, but I don’t care. I’d like to know the actual reason for our current DSL service to require a bandwidth cap. I don’t experience a decrease in speed, unlike cable users who share bandwidth.
If there’s truly a tiny percentage of users that will be affected, I don’t understand why AT&T feel the need to drive another wedge between their customers.
Since the end of 2008, I’ve kept a fairly regular habit of jotting down my trip mileage, odometer, price and other fill-up numbers[1. Date, station, odometer, price, gallons, and partial fuelup (yes/no).] whenever I fueled my 2003 Toyota Corolla at a gas station. When I get the chance, I’d open my spreadsheet file and add the new fill-ups.
When Matt Haughey started Fuelly, I postponed importing my data and switching from sheer laziness. After revisiting the site a couple days ago, I saw that I already had all the information I needed from my spreadsheet. After renaming the columns and changing a few fields to use boolean logic[2. Partial_fuelup and missed_fuelup from yes/no to 1/0.], my CSV import went through smoothly.
Why I dig Fuelly:
Right when I was about to publish this post, Fuelly wouldn’t show any car details. After a quick email to inform the Fuelly team (of what I’m sure they already knew), Paul Bausch replied within minutes that the problem was fixed. Awesome. After a friendly interaction with Paul, and having watched a few episodes of Portlandia, Oregon is starting to look really nice. 
My Fuelly username: btvillarin / Sign up at fuelly.com
Aside from KogiBBQ, I don’t frequent other food trucks very often. If I do see a food truck mentioned on Twitter, it usually doesn’t match the satisfaction with KogiBBQ.
On April 2nd, 2011, I went to the Food Truck Festival at the Santa Anita Race Track in Arcadia. Continue reading
You have a Sigma 30mm f/1.4, right? Why not Canon 50mm f/1.4? Was focal length the biggest deciding factor? I’m considering the 50mm f/1.4 and wanted to get your viewpoint.
Thanks for asking, Chris! I figured it be more helpful to post my answer here for all to see.
I wanted a lens that got close to representing the field of view from the human eye (50mm). On my Canon EOS 40D cameara, with a 1.6x crop sensor, a 30mm lens would have an effective focal length of 48mm. That’s the primary reason I chose the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM lens. Continue reading
