Year: 2009

Un-Unwire Your Home

I’ve been a wireless fan for years now; my home network is pretty much an AirPort Extreme Base Station and an AirPort Express in WDS mode. I have a 5-port hub in my office for a desktop PC and my networked printer. But most of the bits that fly here, fly over wireless. However, I […]

How to Write a Hack for O’Reilly

How to Write a Hack for O’Reilly

[Ed note: this was originally posted on the O’Reilly Network on August 30, 2005.] As lead editor for O’Reilly’s Hacks series, I field proposals for Hacks books on a daily basis. I also usually have several books in various stages of acquisition, writing, or production, all of which of course have authors and (this being […]

Syntax Hacks

[Ed note: this was originally posted on the O’Reilly Network on May 16, 2005.] For a few weeks now, I’ve been noodling around the idea of some kind of Eats, Shoots & Leaves meets Chicago Manual of Style cum writing style guide and technical publishing primer, all wrapped up into a collection of tips and […]

Cop pants for geeks/makers

Cop pants for geeks/makers

Like most geeks, I have specific needs for tools I carry on my person. I must have a pocket on my shirt (including t-shirts) for a Moleskine Cahier, a Hipster PDA, and a Varsity fountain pen, and pants pockets for earbuds and wallet, belt with iPhone and Leatherman Wave, etc. So I can relate to […]