All posts by Jeff Reifman

Jeff is a technology consultant based in the Pacific Northwest.

IKEA Standing Desk for $109

Inspired by Lifehacker’s Standing Desk’s on the Cheap, I put together this IKEA standing desk solution for $109. It took me about an hour to assemble. In the picture, I’m using a Goldtouch Go Travel Keyboard but I’ve switched to...

/ January 28, 2013

Mad Love – Meghan Currie on the Beach

[teaser]I’m not usually a fan of these kinds of videos because I don’t believe in over-emphasizing the physicality of yoga achievable only by few, but I think this one is well done. Meghan Currie via Elephant Journal. Her drop back...

/ January 26, 2013

Making WordPress Faster with Apache, Varnish and W3 Total Cache on Amazon AWS EC2 with CloudFront CDN

Update: There is now a much more complete tutorial to installing Varnish with W3 Total Cache and Amazon CloudFront here. [teaser]This post will help you speed up and optimize your WordPress blog on Amazon AWS EC2 with Apache, Varnish and...

/ January 26, 2013

My First Car2Go Rental in Seattle

Update: I made three trips in total on Friday. The total cost would have been $21.83 (if not for the 30 minutes free). On the second trip, it was hard to find a valid parking spot on the street near my...

/ January 25, 2013

Great Template for a Web-based Online Resume (CV)

Update: I’ve updated my resume and am not actively using this template at this time. I’ve been using QBKL’s Bold Resume/CV Template to create a web-based online version of my own resume. The template costs $8 and requires knowledge of...

/ January 18, 2013

Whistler Blackcomb Announces Lift Expansion – Crystal Chair, Harmony Upgrades

Pretty exciting … Whistler Blackcomb is replacing Blackcomb’s Crystal Chair with a high speed quad and upgrading the Harmony Chair to a six pack. The enhanced access to the Crystal terrain should be awesome while the Harmony upgrade will help...

/ January 18, 2013

Get Your Shit Together: A Toolkit for Planning Ahead

Update: Chanel and Get Your Shit Together were profiled in the New York Times: A Shocking Death, a Financial Lesson and Help for Others. [youtube url=”http://youtu.be/R9UaJfZCU64″ width=”560″ height=”420″ autohide=”0″ fs=”1″] [margin10]My friend Chanel Reynolds’ husband José Hernando was killed while cycling in...

/ January 16, 2013