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Ryan Berg

I write a blog, link to interesting sites, update statuses, and work on fun projects. More about me.

I am a user experience designer in New York, NY. I also do freelance web design and development.

It's been fun watching Jim Thome hit towering home runs in a White Sox uniform. Hope the Dodgers can put him to good use.

September 1st 2009, 1:49 a.m.

@herbhimes Now you get to watch Randy Wolf *and* Jim Thome hit. No fair!

September 1st 2009, 1:50 a.m.

Just wrote some new Django code for the first time in a couple weeks. I'm hoping this one'll be packaged into a reusable app.

September 1st 2009, 1:55 a.m.

OH from @illWay: My mom just unfriended me on Facebook.

September 1st 2009, 10:12 a.m.

@girljournalist He's a vicious monster, for sure.

September 1st 2009, 11:03 a.m.

@patrickbeeson Mind asking them about a service timeline on the new DSG recall for me?

September 1st 2009, 4:20 p.m.

@jc Aesthetically, Apple's support boards stand out. Functionally, the "all" links for multipage threads at http://bit.ly/4dBZ8 are great

September 2nd 2009, 3:40 p.m.

http://twitpic.com/g8zyo Django 2.0, now with braids, ponytail and flowers! (from The Men Who Stare at Goats trailer)

September 2nd 2009, 7:15 p.m.

Perhaps a better caption for http://twitpic.com/gb1jq would have been "Django - Pony(tail) Powered"

September 3rd 2009, 9:25 a.m.

@MattWilcox Bah. When I close the last window, I mean I'm done working with this application but want it to stay open for easy access.

September 3rd 2009, 9:59 a.m.

@mattheisig Sounds like your patience is folding

September 3rd 2009, 9:58 a.m.

@MattWilcox Relaunching Photoshop to make a quick change is quite clunky. Also common to close the only doc I have open, ready for a new one

September 3rd 2009, 10:04 a.m.

New reading glasses arrived at lunchtime. Kneejerk reaction was "woah my vision doesn't look quite right" but I think they're settling in.

September 3rd 2009, 1:50 p.m.

@almcafee How was the Cool Kids show a couple weeks back?

September 3rd 2009, 2:04 p.m.

@almcafee I miss shows like that in Lawrence. J5 was awesome at the Granada. Sadly, Knoxville doesn't get much hip hop, NERD the exception

September 3rd 2009, 2:21 p.m.

I think this waiting room just turned into a Knoxnews comment thread on the slaying trials.

September 4th 2009, 9:03 a.m.

@mintchaos Congrats!

September 4th 2009, 9:39 a.m.

@Teifion Good luck! Where would that move be from?

September 4th 2009, 9:41 a.m.

Nothing like a Friday night a minor league game. At Chattanooga vs Birmingham with @herbhimes http://twitpic.com/ghra1

September 4th 2009, 7:30 p.m.

I love that I'm at a minor league game in Chattanooga, TN and two rows in front of me is a Rick's Place (Great bar in Lawrence, KS) tshirt.

September 4th 2009, 8:17 p.m.

@skatterbean I think I've got two.

September 5th 2009, 12:48 a.m.

Rock Chalk! It's KU football time.

September 5th 2009, 7:10 p.m.

Waving the wheat!1

September 5th 2009, 7:21 p.m.

@mringlein there's a puggle invading my apartment, too http://twitpic.com/gn0a6

September 5th 2009, 7:30 p.m.

My obligatory Boomsday photo. Fireworks were great again this year. http://twitpic.com/gstul

September 6th 2009, 10:25 p.m.

@ryanmgreene Haha. Heck of a Miami vs FSU game. Shame there still shoulda been time on the clock for one more shot at the endzone.

September 7th 2009, 11:56 p.m.

Done learning git and making my django project pluggable for the night. Feels good to do some late night learnin' again.

September 8th 2009, 2:01 a.m.

@kristoferbaxter SmallerMaker has more dependencies than Amy Winehouse escaping from rehab. Looks sweet :-)

September 8th 2009, 9:55 a.m.

@brittneymoore if you already have a running shoe you like, you can attach your Nike+ sensor for dirt cheap. No need to buy a Nike shoe.

September 8th 2009, 10:02 a.m.

@brianboyer Agreed. The breaking news site kills the http://Chicagotribune.com UX for me. I can't see a single reason for its separate existence.

September 8th 2009, 10:41 a.m.

@kristoferbaxter I'll give it a try shortly. If it can actually reduce size w/o my discerning eye noticing a quality loss, I'll be impressed

September 8th 2009, 11:04 a.m.

@brianboyer That's kinda my point - it's what the CT homepage should be moving toward. I like the breaking news focus, not its separation

September 8th 2009, 11:03 a.m.

The Click to Flash plugin singlehandedly makes me wish I could use Safari as my main browser at work

September 8th 2009, 11:32 a.m.

From one of my twitter searches this morning: "why is there no Right leaning fact check?" Sigh. (RT @mattwaite)

September 8th 2009, 11:47 a.m.

Going in circles on this design. Ugh.

September 8th 2009, 4:26 p.m.

Writing some documentation in hopes others will actually be able to use this project

September 9th 2009, 12:52 a.m.

@paulpedersen Damn, that doesn't sound like fun. I hope the pain... passes.

September 9th 2009, 1:45 a.m.

I wish LittleSnapper could capture screencasts, not just screenshots.

September 9th 2009, 1:53 a.m.

django-jumptoadmin: Give Django admin users easy access to change/delete in the admin from the public site http://bit.ly/AJQ1R

@herbhimes Now you get to watch Randy Wolf and Jim Thome hit. No fair!