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Fix broken virtualenvs after upgrading to Mavericks and Postgres.app 9.3 by updating libssl symlinks.

Goals for 2014: blog weekly, contribute to open source, complete NaNoWriMo, and get married.

Replace image-based social icons with Font Awesome's iconic font to reduce network load and improve styling.

Build static blogs with Flask using flat-flog, a Python-based static site generator with Markdown support.

Serving 12,000 visits with Angular.js and AWS S3 for just $0.03: why static hosting wins for simple apps.

Rebuilding my personal site with Python's Mynt static generator and hosting on AWS S3 for speed.

Deploy the Mezzanine Python CMS on Heroku with PostgreSQL, static files, and Gunicorn configuration.

Upgrading to Bootstrap 2.0: the main change is navbar class names, but migration is straightforward.

Why red notifications confuse users: Geico's mistake and Bootstrap's better color-coding for success messages.

Tips for balancing programming as a passion while working a non-technical full-time job.

Moving to DC and relaunching my blog with Jekyll and Bootstrap to focus on content and side projects.

Why blocking IE6 users from accessing content hurts people who can't upgrade their corporate browsers.

Frustrations with Connecticut's bus routes that fail to connect Hartford neighborhoods with suburban jobs.

Lessons learned from moving domains to GoDaddy: always keep domain registration separate from web hosting.

Weighing the pros and cons of migrating a WordPress blog to Jekyll's static site generation.

The inaugural post launching Josh Finnie's personal blog powered by Jekyll on Webfaction.