http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Not much to see here en Vox Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:42:07 -0500 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/fathers-day-in-canada.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ross Belmont) http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/fathers-day-in-canada.html?_c=feed-rss http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/fathers-day-in-canada.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:42:07 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252bb8e2549d00fae8c482f5000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2252bb8e2549d00fae8c482f5000b-50si" alt="Father&#39;s Day in Canada" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> We took a quick trip across the border into Canada for Father's Day weekend. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/fathers-day-in-canada.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252bb8e2549d00fa968096cf0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> canada fathersday http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/door-county---memorial-day-2008.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ross Belmont) http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/door-county---memorial-day-2008.html?_c=feed-rss http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/door-county---memorial-day-2008.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 28 May 2008 23:27:32 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252bb8e2549d00fad68b756a0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c2252bb8e2549d00fad68b756a0005-50si" alt="Door County - Memorial Day 2008" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Over this past weekend we went to Door County to get away. Here's what happened. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/door-county---memorial-day-2008.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252bb8e2549d00fad68c58f60004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> vacation memorialday doorcounty http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/practicing-what-i-preach.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ross Belmont) http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/practicing-what-i-preach.html?_c=feed-rss http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/practicing-what-i-preach.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:36:05 -0600 I’ve been known to spout off “rules” such as the following: Don’t expect a tool to be any good at something it wasn’t designed to do. (That is actually one of my favorites.) In the spirit of putting my money where my mouth is, I’m moving things... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/practicing-what-i-preach.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252bb8e2549d00e398c38f960004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> wordpress vox tumblr http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/california-wine-country.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ross Belmont) http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/california-wine-country.html?_c=feed-rss http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/california-wine-country.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:44:41 -0600 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252bb8e2549d00e398bcb8760005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2252bb8e2549d00e398bcb8760005-50si" alt="Grapes from Unti" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I recommend you make a trip out there as soon as you can. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/california-wine-country.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252bb8e2549d00e398bcb34c0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> napa california wine sonoma http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/installing-bluecloth-use-markdown-in-ruby-on-the-mac.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ross Belmont) http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/installing-bluecloth-use-markdown-in-ruby-on-the-mac.html?_c=feed-rss http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/installing-bluecloth-use-markdown-in-ruby-on-the-mac.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:09:14 -0500 If you find yourself writing text that you’ll eventually post to the web, hopefully you’ve heard of text-to-HTML translators like Textile and Markdown. These tools take plain text formatted with a very light syntax of special characters that can ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/installing-bluecloth-use-markdown-in-ruby-on-the-mac.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252bb8e2549d00e398b552f80001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> ruby textile markdown redcloth bluecloth http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/displaying-a-search-term-in-textpattern.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ross Belmont) http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/displaying-a-search-term-in-textpattern.html?_c=feed-rss http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/displaying-a-search-term-in-textpattern.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:48:24 -0500 I’ve been doing some work with Textpattern lately, and it’s a really nice CMS for simple web sites. It’s kind of like Ruby on Rails in that 90% of the things you’d commonly do are built in, allowing you to focus on what makes your site unique. On... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/displaying-a-search-term-in-textpattern.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252bb8e2549d00e398b56c9f0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> search cms textpattern http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/tech-support-is-bad-mkay.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ross Belmont) http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/tech-support-is-bad-mkay.html?_c=feed-rss http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/tech-support-is-bad-mkay.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:21:42 -0500 The October 17, 2007 issue of PC Magazine asks the question: Is Tech Support Getting Worse? Maybe. Probably. Perhaps. But I don't care. And I don't think you should either. When purchasing an item, any item, please buy the product designed such... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/tech-support-is-bad-mkay.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252bb8e2549d00e398b14f9d0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> tech support http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/knight-rider-is-back.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ross Belmont) http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/knight-rider-is-back.html?_c=feed-rss http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/knight-rider-is-back.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:33:39 -0500 I can't decide if this is ridiculous or completely awesome. I'm still on the fence. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/knight-rider-is-back.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252bb8e2549d00e398adb4ba0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> knight rider http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/note-to-the-caps-lock-key-please-die-in-a-fire.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ross Belmont) http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/note-to-the-caps-lock-key-please-die-in-a-fire.html?_c=feed-rss http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/note-to-the-caps-lock-key-please-die-in-a-fire.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:07:54 -0500 The Caps Lock key is completely useless. Actually, it's worse than useless because when you accidentally enable it you then need to fix whatever you "meant" to type. Do yourself a favor and put something of value in its place. In Mac OS X, go to... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/note-to-the-caps-lock-key-please-die-in-a-fire.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252bb8e2549d00e398a50f1a0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> keyboard caps lock keytweak http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/welcome-to-your-new-mac.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ross Belmont) http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/welcome-to-your-new-mac.html?_c=feed-rss http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/welcome-to-your-new-mac.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:48:57 -0500 It was time…I pulled the trigger and got a new Mac. To be more specific, I purchased a refurbished MacBook Pro, one of the newer 15” models with the 2.2 GHz Core 2 Duo and 2 GB of RAM. Overall, I am quite happy. Interestingly, Apple has tweaked t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rossbelmont.vox.com/library/post/welcome-to-your-new-mac.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252bb8e2549d00e398a526d20004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> apple mac