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What letter of the alphabet is missing?

Someone asked the following question in a social network: Ksuehqwriiekxcvwnbcggfsaqryzxmknjsieffklglbvjiopt…. What letter is missing??? Lol It was probably just a joke, but to me this was a perfect...

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Making Shoes That Will Last A Decade

Shoes are everywhere. Yes, literally. Have you ever look at telephone lines? Exactly! Almost everyone wears shoes everyday, heck, I have even seen some people put shoes on their pets! Adorable, yes,...

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Not All Blenders are Made Equal

I have been lucky enough to have a mother (or mum for those of you in England) who can cook pretty much anything. From popular Mexican dishes such as posole, tamales, and menudo to those less Mexican...

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Paying 4900% Markup for a Domain Name

I originally first registered my domain name erikmontes.com for a measly $10.00 on July 4, 2006 (yay for cheap domain names). Unfortunately, not all domain names are cheap nowadays, well at least the...

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How I Learned to Find an Address Quicker

Many years ago when I was still in high school sometimes during my summer vacation I’d go up to my godfather Wesley’s house to help him out with his yard. I would mow the lawn, rake leaves, clean his...

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My First Hike

Here I am almost a year later, writing about my first, but not last hiking experience. It was a little bit chaotic in the sense that it was rushed, but still enjoyable. I will keep this post short and...

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Why I Prefer Alphabetically Ordered CSS Properties

Throughout the years as a web developer I’ve encountered numerous ways other developers order their CSS properties (not talking about selectors, just to be clear, that is completely a debate of its...

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Andrew McMahon in Concert

I’ve been a fan of Something Corporate and Jack’s Mannequin for several years now. However, I had never seen them perform live. On Saturday night I had the opportunity to see Andrew McMahon (the singer...

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Sorry, No Time for User Manuals

Nobody likes to read user manuals or guides. It’s such a mundane task. I know I don’t. And I’m almost certain you don’t either. When I buy a new product, I jump right in and start using it at will....

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The 59 Days of Code 2013 Post Mortem

On June 22, 2013 the 4th annual 59 Days of Code took place in Downtown Fresno, California at the Pacific Southwest Building. First I would like to say that I am very, very impressed on how far along...

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In the Bay Area, Flying Round-Trip May Not Be the Cheapest Option

Flying over Orlando, Florida Traveling can be costly. Naturally, you’ll try to do as much as possible to save an extra buck, unless of course, you’re a millionaire. I’ve done a lot of traveling in the...

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iPhone 5S Touch ID Can Be Dangerous

Earlier today we learned about Apple’s newest smartphone or should I say smartphones (plural). The iPhone 5C and higher-end model, the iPhone 5S. Both, which will go on sale starting September 20th,...

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Combating Bad Gifts

Gifting has been around for a long time across numerous civilizations. Many cultures use gifts as a way to say thank you or to show one another they care. Gifts can be given for love, friendship,...

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Saudade

There was a time when missing someone was a frequent occurrence. Nowadays, it’s getting rare to miss someone and we take that for granted. Now is this a bad thing? Does not missing someone make us less...

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Doppelganger

In the past two years I’ve been doing a lot of traveling within the States. Along the way I’ve been stumbling across all types of people. I’ve had the chance to infused myself with subcultures within...

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How to Cope with the Loss of Your Favorite Team

It was a Saturday night in Seattle. I was hungry and didn’t have much in my fridge. I decided to go out to a pub to have a meal. When I got there I ordered a quesadilla and  a nice cold local brew to...

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Columbia Center, Seattle’s Hidden Gem

Before moving to Seattle I knew very little about it. I knew basically two things, one, that it rained frequently and two, that there was a pretty cool looking structure called the Space Needle. I...

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The Squirrel at University of Michigan

I encountered this happy little squirrel during my trip at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The photo pose wasn’t free, it came with a cost — I had to give it part of my granola bar in order...

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How I Discovered Bubble Tea

In the summer of 2010, I relocated to north Hollywood. It was a sudden and abrupt move, but one that brought a lot of discoveries, one of them being bubble tea! I moved in with a couple of roommates:...

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My Favorite Things About Sublime Text

For most of my programming career I had been using a Windows environment for my development. It wasn’t until about 3 years ago that I finally started doing some of my development work on a Mac. While...

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