because not enough websites start with the letter “Z”
Posted in nerdliness on Jan 15th, 2008
Recently I have made good use of the Apache .htaccess file to redirect and rewrite URL’s to keep visitors from getting page not found errors. Moving three domains, creating a subdomain or two, and then moving things around again, has created ample opportunity for lost visitors.
There are lots and lots of pages in the [...]
Posted in links on Jan 14th, 2008
A Visual Guide to Simple, Compound and Continuous Interest Rates | BetterExplained
(tags: money finance howto)
Posted in nerdliness on Jan 13th, 2008
Once upon a time, a long time ago, there was a site called mydogmeg.net. Part of that site was a subdomain called geek.mydogmeg.net. Geek was a collection of reference sites organized in to categories and beautifully displayed through CSS.
Mydogmeg has been off the air for some time now, and I have missed its [...]
Posted in links on Jan 13th, 2008
The Apple Product Cycle
(tags: apple humor mac geek)
Posted in family, life, relationships on Jan 12th, 2008
While we were in Germany last fall, I proposed to Sibylle on her birthday. She joyfully said yes.
Since then we have looked at rings on several occassions but hadn’t found a matching set we liked. Shortly before Christmas, while doing some shopping at Legends, we saw a pair of rings we both liked. [...]
Posted in links on Jan 11th, 2008
100 Excellent Free WordPress Themes | Developer’s Toolbox | Smashing Magazine
(tags: wordpress themes blog css freeware)
Posted in links on Jan 10th, 2008
10 Easily Mispronounced Domain Names — Toroller
(tags: url humor)
Posted in life on Jan 10th, 2008
Being a nerd, I have a salary history spreadsheet that contains every pay increase, every promotional raise, and every new job I’ve had in over the past twenty-five years. As much as possible these events are tied to the actual dates, therefore I can calculate how much I made at each salary.
The [...]
Posted in links on Jan 9th, 2008
Getting Started with Rails | Blue Flavor
Time to learn a new language.
(tags: programming ruby rails)
Domain Registrar Network Solutions Front Running On Whois Searches » Domain Name News
Why I’m not a registrant here any more.
(tags: domain ethics)
How to get a Ph.D
More work than I want to do…
(tags: phd gradschool cs research)
Tube & Field [...]
Posted in links on Jan 8th, 2008
DNA seen through the eyes of a coder
You are not expected to understand this.
(tags: programming dna science software code computer development toread genetics algorithms)
shimmer
My fascination with ssh continues.
(tags: security ssh ports unix)
Ambrosia Times: Bitwise Operator: The Plain Truth About Piracy - Ambrosia Software Web Board
Thou shall not steal
(tags: piracy software programming society toread)
