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Bookmarks

The Bookworm uses Bookmarks to mark Pages in a Book, The Firefox uses Bookmarks to mark Pages on the Net. The Dog-Ear is a Bookmark that leaves a Mark on the book Page, The Facebook can share Bookmarks to the Pages that you set. The Silverfish makes...

Pelican on a Branch

After trying various services like Blogger and Wordpress, I finally settled on GitHub Pages. (The Source Code post earlier explains why). I tried installing Jekyll, but there was some problem with my Ruby installation (partly because I was on Puppy...

Markdown

I still remember when I first heard about it. .md—Markdown. Huh? What is it? It's a language specially for formatting text into a few styles like: italic, bold, code, and cancelled text. A whole new language just for that simple task? And why can't I...

Source Code

I've tried out various blogging sites. Wordpress, Blogger, Tumblr. They each have different sets of features. Blogger is a simple blog. Wordpress allows you to add more customization, pages, and widgets. Tumblr is more like a microblog, with your posts...

git speaks

git status All your files are up to date You’ve shown no activity as of late git checkout -b Getting your act together, I see. I know you’re in a rush, but all the same it would be a good idea to specify the branch name. git checkout -b \...