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Casablanca: first impressions

We've been in Morocco for three weeks now, and as I said in my last post, I'm trying to think of Casablanca as my new home. So why not start with a tour of our apartment? Kitchen, dining area, and living room. Facing the kitchen, our front door is to the left, and the bathroom and bedroom are to …

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Serving up responsive background images on the fly

Over the past 6 months or so, I've been redesigning my website. The design itself is pretty much final, but it's an iterative process and there are always improvements to be made. One of my goals for the redesign was to cut down on bloat – both in terms of the CMS structure and users' load …

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No such thing as a free appetizer

Melissa is blogging about our travels too! Check out her posts at mstockton.tumblr.com. Melissa and I have been living out of our backpacks for the past week or so as we play hopscotch from continent to continent. Now, after a few days in Casablanca, my internal clock has adapted and my mind is …

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Morocco bound

If I were to make a word cloud of all my discussions with people over the last year regarding my and Melissa's plans to live abroad, one question would be right in the middle in 100-point text: "Why Morocco?" Depending on the tone of the question — concerned, baffled, enthralled — …

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