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A Call for Alpha Testers for My Vox Export Tool

2009-06-23T10:50:22Z

EDIT: Thanks for all the volunteers - I think I'm set on the alpha testing crew (who I will be contacting as soon as I can get the front-end tied to the back-end and make sure it's not going to break when you type in your vox address). If you mi...

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State of the Vox Export Tool

2009-04-17T13:39:53Z

Note: The post below is extremely geeky and probably not interesting to anyone except those who would like to follow along with the progress of HOW I'm implementing a Vox export tool. If you're just interested in hearing when I'm done with it, t...

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AutoLink for Twitter - New Greasemonkey Script

2008-06-18T21:18:01Z

@Pistachio on Twitter gave me a great idea for a new Greasemonkey script. Twitter users know that putting the @ sign in front of someone's Twitter ID (e.g. @twitterID) is the way to reply to that person through twitter. When you're on twitter.co...

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Need a Link? Greasemonkey to the Rescue!

2008-03-24T13:43:58Z

Vox provides a great way to check out music that people have uploaded, but what if you've got a browser that doesn't have a flash player, or you just want to listen to the music in a different media-player plugin in your browser? This Greasemonk...

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Vox Homepage - Just The Way You Want It

2008-03-19T18:49:52Z

As promised, I spent some time over the past week putting together a Greasemonkey script to reorder the modules on the new Vox homepage. After the feedback people left, the new order I ended up using is: Left Column Right ...

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Pocket-sized "Thumb Calendar" Perfect for Moleskines

2008-02-18T19:39:35Z

For those of you using your Moleskine, Hipster PDA, or other notebook for any sort of productivity use, or for those who just want to have a calendar with them, check out the Thumb Calendar created by Adam Sporka. The concept is simple: by overl...

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More Greasemonkey Goodness - Threaded Comments on Vox

2008-02-06T18:03:04Z

In case my last hit of Greasemonkey on Vox wasn't enough for you, here's another great script to help your Vox user experience - one that moves comment replies and inserts them in the proper place so your comments are threaded, rather than ordere...

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Take Control of Your Vox Recent Activity

2008-02-04T15:22:59Z

Ever since Papi Chulo (formerly Pants Party) first pointed it out to me, I've been both happy and frustrated with the Vox Recent Activity page. On one hand, it does provide an "easy" way to keep track of follow-up comments and favorites on posts ...

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Quick Tips to Avoid Nuking Your Post Content Accidentally

2007-11-19T15:12:05Z

Have you ever started typing a post and did something silly that suddenly made you lose what you had written? Maybe you hit the backspace key and your browser thought you wanted to go back a page, instead of back one letter. Maybe you accidental...

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Widgets, Widgets, Everywhere, and Not a Place to Put Them

2007-10-18T13:23:13Z

Based on the response I received from a recent comment I left on Crankypants' blob, I realized not everyone knows that you can successfully add more than one widget to your sidebar. It's really easy to do, and I figured I'd throw up a quick post ...

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