doodle dabbles

I’ve been developing Wordpress templates for a client lately and it helps to have the templates directly on the server so I can work easily with the designer and she can see all my updates immediately. So this is what I want to be able to do:

• Edit files on the server in a secure way
• Use Textmate or a local editor
• Not have to run rsync or any sync/upload utility

Enter MacFUSE (and MacFusion) and SSHFS.

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This weekend, I accomplished 3 DC firsts. These were 3 quintessentially ”DC” things to do, that I hadn’t done in my 16 years in the place I call home:

• Visited the farmers’ markets in the Eastern Market/Capitol Hill area
• Cherry Blossom Festival at the Tidal Basin
• Jazz on U Street (Bohemian Caverns, unique atmosphere, good food, great music)

It made me think about all the other things I haven’t discovered in this amazing city and the surrounding area, which inspired me to compile a sort of “bucket list” but for the summer. This is going to be a live list that I’d like to tick off and blog about as I accomplish these things.

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