links for 2010-11-04

      1 min read      Technology

Headway Premium WordPress Theme A nicely configurable pre-made Wordpress theme. (tags: themes wordpress)

links for 2010-10-25

      1 min read      Technology

Awesome Fontstacks A really handy tool that helps you to design font packages for a web site. Makes recommendations so you end up with fonts that work well together, then generates the CSS code for you. (tags: tech css)

Author, author!

      1 min read      Newspaper

I’ve picked up a small new gig lately, writing the occasional article for the local newspaper, the Dunn County News. So far I’ve been on city council duty, covering a couple of regular meetings when the paper was shorthanded. You can find my latest effort here. 

links for 2010-10-21

      1 min read      Technology

Exceptional Light Projection INCREDIBLE video showcasing the 600-year history of the astrological clock tower in Old Town Square in Prague - projected onto the clock tower itself. (tags: video)

Update on Age Of Conversation 3

      1 min read      Books      Professsional · Technology

So it turns out it’s a little harder to give away money than you might think. The proceeds for the book Age of Conversation 3 (with an essay by yours truly) were originally to go to the Make a Wish Foundation. They, however, required all publicity linked to the donation to use the same words, etc. Kind of hard to do when there are almost 200 authors out there flogging the book.

links for 2010-10-11

      1 min read      Technology

Free Cheat Sheets for Developers | Refcardz A nice collection of reference cards on various topics of interest to developers. Very handy. (tags: tech)

links for 2010-10-04

      1 min read      Technology

Teambox - Collaboration Software Twitter crossed with project management software. Open source, looks pretty interesting. (tags: tech)

links for 2010-10-01

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[CSA - AuroraMAX Project - Live broadcast of the Northern Lights from Yellowknife](http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronomy/auroramax/) Check out the webcam for a view of the Northern Lights in Canada. [Local Data and Geo Tools - Factual](http://www.factual.com/topic/local) An open-source data collection. Includes local businesses around the country, 13 million and counting. (tags: [data](http://delicious.com/ddeery/data) [crm](http://delicious.com/ddeery/crm)) [Program Development Situational Analysis](http://www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/progdev/sitanalysis.html) Some great stuff from UW-Extension on situational analysis techniques for communities. (tags: [CD](http://delicious.com/ddeery/CD) [community](http://delicious.

Our New Counsel

      1 min read      Ireland

Major congratulations to my niece Stacy who was sworn in as a Wisconsin lawyer yesterday. This follows her admission to the Minnesota bar several months ago. Hope we don’t need your services too often Stacy!

links for 2010-09-23

      1 min read      Technology

List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A good list of common mistakes made by people. Educate yourself!