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I’m Suing Yahoo, and I Didn’t Even Know About it!
by Tony Hung on August 15, 2006
So I got a piece of email today that I was 0.005 seconds away from labeling spam until I took a closer look. Turns out that I was am an unknowing participant in a Class Action Lawsuit against Yahoo! (!), (…)
The Absolute Laziest Way to Blog Effectively
by Tony Hung on August 13, 2006
Yes, I’ve already written one post about “how to write for your blog”, but here’s the absolute laziest way to do it — and still be rather substantial and meaty (although with some caveats). Its something some A-list bloggers already (…)
Is Your Blog Constipated? Relieving Writer’s Block.
by Tony Hung on July 28, 2006
In getting this nascent blog off the ground, I’ve run into to the challenge of what should I — or any blogger — really blog about? And what to do if I can’t write about anything? Elise Blauer over at (…)
More WordPress Follies: MULTIPLE LOOPS
by Tony Hung on June 14, 2006
So multiple loops are a must if you want to be able to display any data at all from your wordpress database. Again, the referral is here for the codex entry. And, I have accomplished it! The side pain features (…)
GTD is a way of life
by Tony Hung on May 21, 2006
Have been eschewing nightly counterstrike +/- source with Garner for reading and implementing Getting Things Done — By David Allen. A “ground-up” way of organizing your life, as it is meant to help you process mundane things … so you (…)
Photoshop Tutorials
by Tony Hung on April 19, 2006
A List of Photoshop Tutorials: How to create good knockouts or Masks: http://www.heathrowe.com/tuts/knockout.asp?knockout=intro Elegant Studio Shots: highlighting, mirroring, etc http://www.photoshoplab.com/tutorial_The-Elegant-Studio-Shot.html Stencil-like image: http://tutorialseeker.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=865 Andy-Warhol effect on Images: http://www.melissaclifton.com/tutorial-warholphoto1.html Creating a 3D Box: Using “3D Transform” http://www.spoono.com/photoshop/tutorials/tutorial.php?id=26 Cutout Images and Transparent (…)
Quick and Dirty Ruby on RAILS (more to come)
by Tony Hung on March 29, 2006
Quick and Dirty Rails 1. Create rails: “rails recipe_book” 2. Create databasei in mysql 3. Create table in database — PLURAL, e.g. “recipes” NOT “recipe” 4. EDIT ruby database so it points to database — “config/database.yml” 5. Create model of (…)