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How to use Firebug for CSS

4 February 2009 by kristarella

Firebug is one of the reasons that I changed to Firefox (from Camino, a faster, less memory intensive browser). It is so handy for checking under the hood of websites and anyone who does anything with CSS should know how to use it!

Filed Under: Design, Thesis, Tutorials Tagged With: CSS, featured, free, Free Software, videos

WordPress and the GNU General Public License

21 December 2008 by kristarella

Recent GNU GPL issues During WordCamp Australia, as I mentioned in my post, one of my questions instigated a discussion about the GNU GPL and how themes relate to the WordPress license. In the last couple of weeks since WordCamp there has been a bit of chatter on Twitter about it. Jeff Waugh agreed to […]

Filed Under: Thesis, WordPress Tagged With: free, Free Software

Thumbs up for easy installs

10 December 2008 by kristarella

After almost two years of heavy daily use, my poor little MacBook was getting a bit worn out and doing some crazy things. So about a month ago I reinstalled OS X. I backed up all my files and just wiped the whole computer.

Filed Under: Mac OS X Tagged With: free, Free Software

Writing a thesis in LaTeX

5 November 2008 by kristarella

LaTeX is a document markup system, which helps you to focus on what you’re writing and reduces some of the hassle of tedious tasks like adding references and numbering sections, figures and tables. It also natively handles footnotes, table of contents, lists of figures, lists of tables, headers, footers, margin notes and probably a hundred […]

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: free, Free Software, geek, university

Back on the Google Reader bandwagon

1 September 2008 by kristarella

I’ve been using Google Reader on and off almost since the beginning. Now I’m back on!

Filed Under: Blogging, Technology Tagged With: free, Free Software, geek, tools

Mac shortcuts for n00bs

11 August 2008 by kristarella

Print Selections I felt like such a noob yesterday when I complained that Macs can’t “print from selection” like you can on Windows. It’s probably the only thing I’ve wanted to do that I knew about in Windows and couldn’t do with my Mac. My husband said it depends which program you’re in. I said, […]

Filed Under: Mac OS X Tagged With: free, Free Software, geek, tools

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Monty is feeling a lot better 🤩 just look how k Monty is feeling a lot better 🤩 just look how keen he is to get out of the carrier! (When really sick they just hunker down and sulk) I hope he doesn't resent us too much for the medicine we have to give him for the next two weeks 😬
Our little Monty boy had to go to bunny hospital y Our little Monty boy had to go to bunny hospital yesterday. A bit anxious to hear how he's doing this morning. I hope he can come home today 🤞🏻🙏🏻🐰❤️
I had to reset my phone this week, and in the sear I had to reset my phone this week, and in the search for a new wallpaper I remembered this evening spent with my company at Epcot Disney World. Good memories! Loving seeing this on my phone everyday.
#a8cgm #fireworks #epcot #disneyworld
This is my word of the year #resilience I want to This is my word of the year #resilience
I want to bounce back from adversity, and be able to grow even under stress.
#lettering #brushlettering #wordoftheyear #2021
I don't always feel the need for a new notebook in I don't always feel the need for a new notebook in the new year, but I did this year. I'm not really kissing 2020 goodbye and thinking 2021 will be better; I suspect there are plenty more curve balls coming our way, but I am hopeful that my mindset for the year will be strong and resilient.
#bestnine2020 I can't believe there are no bunnie #bestnine2020
I can't believe there are no bunnies! #karate and #lego were definitely a thing though. Personally it wasn't a bad year, I look forward to better times for and with everyone else though 🤞🏻❤️
Swipe for the previous two years' best nines.
#brickheadz #gkrkarate
This silly bird flew into our glass doors today. I This silly bird flew into our glass doors today. It was stunned enough to sit still while I took this photo and checked it wasn't dead, then flew unsteadily away. #straya #prettybutdumb
This is my new friend. He lives in the garage. I'm This is my new friend. He lives in the garage. I'm cool with it as long as he eats any red backs he comes across. #straya #thingsthatdontwanttokillyou
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