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Tiffany B. Brown : On a decade of living in the South

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:21:27 +0000

Yeah, I have been. It feels really good and really odd :-). I might need to change my blog's description from "web development and other interests" to "a mish-mosh of stuff."

Tiffany B. Brown : On a decade of living in the South

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:05:36 +0000

Yup :-). Public Enemy is from Hempstead (my hometown) and Roosevelt if I'm not mistaken. Leaders of the New School and Busta Rhymes are from Uniondale (and went to my high school). Rakim is from Wyandanch. De La Soul is from Amityville. EPMD is from Brentwood. And yes, Keith "Most Beautifulest Thing" Murray. Oh, and I wouldn't be a proper Strong Islander if I didn't mention WBAU, the Adelphi University college station that broke about a half-dozen hip-hop acts.

Tiffany B. Brown : On stepping back to move forward

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:40:40 +0000

My solution was to realize when I had reached the point of diminishing returns: where the level of productivity decreased with each hour. When I reach that point, I take a break and do something away from the keyboard. Even if I think of a fix for my coding issue, I don't go to the keyboard, I write it out and make a note to apply it tomorrow.

Tiffany B. Brown : "Continuous partial attention" and "email apnea" from the CBC's "Spark" podcast

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:26:16 +0000

I agree Justin. Stone mentions in her HuffPo piece that this is common to computer users generally, but is especially apparent when checking e-mail.

Tiffany B. Brown : The Proust Questionnaire

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:39:05 +0000

girl do it! it's a fun one, i think.

Tiffany B. Brown : My Happiness Project: Managing Depression Without Medication

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:42:43 +0000

Therapy is a good start, methinks. It can give you some distance and help you learn to see things from a new perspective.

Tiffany B. Brown : Debugging tip: "Disallowed Key Character" error in CodeIgniter

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:54:25 +0000

Thanks for restating what iBSpoof, manafta, and Ben all said above. White space errors are not CodeIgniter specific. PHP will display a "Cannot send header" error. "Disallowed Key Character," however, IS the specific language CodeIgniter uses. That, in my opinion isn't as clear or familiar as the PHP error and can trip up users new to both. That's what this post is addressing.

Tiffany B. Brown : On WhiteHouse.gov and Drupal

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:33:08 +0000

Just from reading that Slate.com piece, I suspect Chris Wilson's criticism is coming from a non-technical, writer/editor user of Drupal instead of a technical developer, or end user of a Drupal-run site. Some of his criticisms just don't hold water when compared to other software, whether open or closed source. Details about the set up are slim, but General Dynamics Information Technology, Acquia and Phase2 were involved.

Tiffany B. Brown : My Happiness Project: Managing Depression Without Medication

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:38:43 +0000

Thanks for this Jen. Cultivating gratitude is one of the cheesily-named "happiness activities" Sonja Lyubormirsky suggests in "The How of Happiness." She also suggests keeping a gratitude journal. Her book is really good because it gives you an action plan. I am not sure journaling will work for me. I tend to add "... but it sucks because..." to everything. But I am trying to cultivate an attitude of gratitude, even though everything feels like a double-edged sword.

Tiffany B. Brown : My Happiness Project: Managing Depression Without Medication

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:04:08 +0000

thanks for the love and comments y'all. i am finally figuring out what to do in a way that is easy for me to maintain.

Tiffany B. Brown : "Sitewide Search On A Shoe String" -- now with pages!

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:03:33 +0000

I think it's a matter of adjusting the value of your domain to be foo.com/justthisdirectory/, but I haven't tried that yet.

Tiffany B. Brown : Happiness is a game of low expectations

Fri, 4 Sep 2009 16:47:09 +0000

It's very much in line with Buddhism, Ayush. In fact, it's pretty much the central tenet of it. I am not familiar with other faiths and spiritual practices, but I know that Buddhism is all about letting go of desire and accepting things as they are right now.

Tiffany B. Brown : Thoughts on Barack Obama and Choosing Blackness

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:32:11 +0000

Except they do RaeJene. Armenians, Persians, and Arabs are considered "white" by the Census Bureau and yet many people -- both members of those ethnic groups and those outside of them -- would not consider any of these groups to be "white." http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_68184.... Southern Europeans (Italians, Greeks) also have a similar sort of 'off-white' status. And when the Irish came to the U.S. en masse they campaigned for the benefits of white skin privilege. (See Noel Ignatiev's "How the Irish Became White," for more.) Claiming a bi-racial or bi-cultural identity isn't the same thing as saying "Yeah, I got some Indian in my family. That's why I got this good hair." The latter is entirely about trying to be something other than black because of what you associate with blackness. The former is very much about straddling two worlds that may or may not fully accept you. It's not fair to equate them.

CECILY.info : The Proust Questionnaire

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:07:34 +0000

"but having people constantly tell me “you’re so smart” when I was a kid really did a number on me. " me. too. i can't understand why i'm not doing bigger! better! things! i completely feel like i should be. and i feel like a failure because i'm not.

Glen Campbell : The problem with personalization

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:32:10 +0000

They have, but you have to manage that option. If you go to Your Account > Improve Recommendations, you can check items that were gifts and / or say "Don't use for recommendations." But really? Who wants to do all that work just so Amazon can sell you more stuff?

Tiffany B. Brown : The Proust Questionnaire

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:27:11 +0000

Do it! Do it! I stole it from Jason :-)

Tiffany B. Brown : What I'm reading: Privacy, security, pervasive technology and society

Fri, 7 Aug 2009 16:26:28 +0000

Ha! A year later and BioSPICE is now on SourceForge: http://biospice.sourceforge.net/

Tiffany B. Brown : 3 almost free Android apps you absolutely must take on your next trip

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:30:50 +0000

Ok. I figured out the source of the mixup. Updated the post accordingly.

Tiffany B. Brown : 3 almost free Android apps you absolutely must take on your next trip

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:01:31 +0000

You're right Lucas. I'm not sure where I got that from. That's ... odd. I must have got this mixed up with another application. But I don't remember which one. Thanks for calling me out on this. I will update the post.

Tiffany B. Brown : 3 almost free Android apps you absolutely must take on your next trip

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:22:40 +0000

Yes and no. I like that WeatherBug auto-detects your location and displays the current temperature in the notifications bar. With TWC, I have to fire up the app. But I like the fact that The Weather Channel doesn't use ads. It's a toss-up. Really depends on what you're looking for.