Disqus - Friends of vmarinelli

Re: My Mashups and Mixups.

Chris L — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:43:06 -0000

Nice catch!

Re: My only explanation for this photograph is that I was sixteen at the time

Chris L — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:07:54 -0000

This really should be your Twitter avatar!

Re: Making a Stand... And a Jig | None | hamishmacdonald.com

Chris L — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:01:05 -0000

Do you have plans or a "how-to" for making your new and improved book press aka jig?

Re: Markdown Service Tools 2.0 - Brett Terpstra

Chris L — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:43:45 -0000

I've noticed that the HTML -> Markdown service doesn't work quite as well as the web-based markdownifier...particularly when it comes to multi-paragraph block quotes (the Markdown service converts them to one long paragraph). I also compose a fair amount when I am not online. What would you suggest to make a decent workflow?

Re: Painless blogging with MarsEdit and Markdown

Chris L — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:16:03 -0000

I don't see how this works...if I double click the post that has already been posted in MarsEdit, it retrieves the latest version from my blog, which is the HTML version. Round-tripping Markdown doesn't seem possible...and I am using Markdown on Save Improved (and I tried Markdown on Save as well). Any ideas?

Re: nvALT Tag Search for Alfred 2 - BrettTerpstra.com

Chris L — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:36:35 -0000

Two questions: is this something that could, theoretically, be done with LaunchBar? Also, will nvALT get tag searches at some point (unless I am missing that), something like typing #xxx in the search box to get notes with the tag xxx?

Re: nvALT Tag Search for Alfred 2 - BrettTerpstra.com

Chris L — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:11:53 -0000

Never mind. Some explanation would be nice since I don't see the point of tags when they can't be used as filters without colliding with search results using the same term as normal, non-tag words nor how Open Meta solves the problem when that metadata is so easily lost...but "no" is non-productive and clearly you aren't interested in discussion.

Re: nvTagNavigator: a tag panel for nvALT - Brett Terpstra

Chris L — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:14:38 -0000

Never mind...old information. DropBox supports OpenMeta tags.

Re: lamy-converter-set-giveaway

Chris L — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:10:40 -0000

The blue-black, definitely. I have yet to find a really good one!

Re: Nakayas, under the hood.

Chris L — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:02:55 -0000

Wow. Thanks for sharing the under-the-hood pics. I continue to drool over even a single Nakaya, much less 15+ at the same time!

Re: Kindness Works • Blog 19: Wrapping it up

Chris L — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 14:54:37 -0000

I greatly enjoyed your blog...good luck in your future writing endeavors!

Re: Tyler Dahl: Inexpensive Pens - Fantastic Writers

Chris L — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 14:04:37 -0000

Glad you are back! Goayong, on Ebay has been doing this kind of thing for quite a while (custom ground Jinhaos, Kaigelus, Baoers, etc)...you might want to check his sales out for ideas and to get a feel for competitive pricing.

Oh, and a writing sample for each pen you are selling would definitely be welcome! When italics get down to the .5mm range it's nice to see what the line variation is...

Re: Tyler Dahl: Inexpensive Pens - Fantastic Writers

Chris L — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 14:43:27 -0000

I have five of his pens and they are, without exception, superb writers (which is what I care about; if here are problems with the grind they aren't visible to me); I think his reputation is sound for a reason.

My Jinhao 450, to get at your questin, cost $16... but there is the $10 shipping to consider too, which is why I bought the five in two batches. You can turn on the completed listings option to see what various pens are going for.

I'll surely be buying one or two of yours as well!

Re: Tyler Dahl: First Look At: CTF's HitList Notebook (again!)

Chris L — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 19:39:54 -0000

These look pretty good. I assume you don't know what paper stock the notebooks are using? It bugs me when people making notebooks don't share such info...even if they are having special runs manufactured, which almost none are.

Re: First Test Post

Chris L — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 15:06:21 -0000

Test comment. Nothing to see here.

Re: Oh The Guilt

Chris L — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 17:26:16 -0000

Yes, yes, yes. You wrote so much I could have written about myself. And this: "With all that he had—beautiful, uncompromising music oozing from every
pore, his ability to care for others so deeply and to express himself so
purely—if he chose to annihilate his existence, what chance did I have
at happiness? The jig was up." -- was just how I felt when David Foster Wallace killed himself too.

Re: Conversation with Alan Levine, Pedagogical Technologist

Chris L — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 13:22:35 -0000

Bryan -> Alan -- talk about using Twitter's social connections to find the strongest links in an incredible chain...

Re: Introducing Feeds: Share Links From Your Favorite Sites Right Inside Buffer!

Chris L — Fri, 16 May 2014 17:07:48 -0000

Nice start on a new feature. It would be particularly nice to be able to select multiple networks for content being shared from a feed. I see I can edit the items in the queue, but I can't select more than one endpoint. Part of the point of Buffer, for me, is to post to more than one stream!

Re: Nikola's Zen theme finally released

Chris L — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 18:29:21 -0000

Is there a standard way to add search to this theme by chance? I'm new to Nikola---I get how to configure the search but not how to enable the form with this theme...

Re: Nikola's Zen theme finally released

Chris L — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 19:21:55 -0000

What syntax do you use to set this and where? I've tried every combination I can think of and it has no effect.

Re: Announcing A Brand New Todoist for iOS (+ iPhone 6 Contest)

Chris L — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 16:02:17 -0000

Please, for the love of all that is holy, bring intelligent input to the "quick add" on OSX!

Re: Saddest Tweets Ever ~ Stephen's Web

Chris L — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 12:43:21 -0000

A note: for me "meta" is not the opposite of "practical." I mean meta in the sense of forays into new and interesting intersections of education and technology that are about education and technology---or even more narrowly---about the very intersections they exemplify. It's like poetry about poetry and writing about writing. You are very much about your work...I don't know your other interests, or which might rise to the level that they warrant more. Gardner and Bryan, for instance, both have PhDs in the humanities and both are at least informally active in those fields still. Gardner makes a point of noting that he's "still" a Milton scholar. It seems logical to wonder why a Milton scholar might not pursue teaching and learning about Milton...that interest goes beyond, I suspect, just "liking" it.

I'm far more interested in Shakespeare than education and technology, which might itself be the "problem" and is certainly an explanation for our different opinions of what is "meta" ...

As for the profanity: I use the words that fit best, for me, with what I'm trying to say and feeling at the time. Too much worry about the audience was what led to me not writing publicly for a few years. Which isn't to say that profanity will be a regular occurrence either. I'm not dismissing the audience, only recognizing that my blog is now a place where I write for myself---and unfettered---first. If someone can't endure the occasional profanity, they're likely too far above or below my thinking to want to read my meager words.

Re: “Dear Abby” for nerds? - BrettTerpstra.com

Chris L — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:58:38 -0000

I think you should always choose what you think are the most interesting or valuable questions from any source, but perhaps prioritize subscriber submissions in the interests of reading and/or answering time. I'm looking forward to this!

Re: SearchLink 2.2.2 - BrettTerpstra.com

Chris L — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 13:27:35 -0000

Does anyone know of a way to make SearchLink work with the Atom text editor? The only services I see when using Atom are a few of the browser related markdown services (from your markdown pack)...

Re: Tips for Screencasting - BrettTerpstra.com

Chris L — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:19:23 -0000

The window-size/resolution thing always confounds me. My current practice is not to adjust screen resolution at all but to size the windows so they are the right proportion for the aspect ratio I'm targeting (usually 16:9).