because not enough websites start with the letter “Z”
Posted in nerdliness on Jan 8th, 2008
This morning while reading an article about someones set up, I stumbled across a Safari plug-in called “Inquisitor.” It purports to be an enhancement to the built-in search field in the Safari window. I was intrigued enough that I downloaded and installed the plug-in within minutes.
My joy at new software was short-lived, however. [...]
Posted in links on Jan 7th, 2008
Efficient Editing With vim - Jonathan McPherson
(tags: vim tutorial vi reference editor howto)
Mark Story Photography | Living in Three Centuries : The Face of Age | B&W Portraits
(tags: photography human-interest)
List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stuff you didn’t know you didn’t know.
(tags: wikipedia science myths trivia misconceptions reference)
Design Pluviae - Matteo Thun & [...]
Posted in links on Jan 6th, 2008
keybr.com - Typing at the speed of thought!
Learn to touch type
(tags: typing keyboard tutorial e-learning)
The Schloss Elmau Experience. Grand yet casual.
Oh. My. God.
(tags: travel europe hotel world-class)
Posted in nerdliness on Jan 5th, 2008
One of the potential drawbacks to switching content management systems for my website was losing the permanent link to specific postings. I receive a fair amount of traffic due to some Google searches, and I have posted comments on a couple of sites that generate a few links per week. I didn’t want [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Jan 5th, 2008
Recently I read about speeding up boot times on Windows PC’s. The gist of the article was that there are two sources of contention for your processor, startup items and anti-virus/spyware software.
Startup Items
Most Windows-based computers sold today come with a plethora of pre-installed software, much of which is already configured and ready to use. [...]
Posted in links on Jan 4th, 2008
How to Post Del.icio.us Links Directly to WordPress | The Marketing Technology Blog
How I got this to appear here.
(tags: blogging wordpress del.icio.us)
The REPUBLIC of TEA - Exquisite Green Tea, Red Tea, White Tea, Black Tea, Oolong Tea and More.
(tags: tea mugs)
Local Weather conditions and weather forecasts for US and international weather - SimpleWeather.com
Excellent weather site
(tags: [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Jan 3rd, 2008
My site lives on the long tail of the Internet. The long tail, in this case, is a reference to a power curve. Unlike a Bell curve, a power curve is what happens when a very few things have most of what is being charted, while a great many things have very little [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Jan 2nd, 2008
At approximately 12:15 am this morning, January 2, the registration transfer I initiated last week, completed. Along with the DNS changes I made then, this meant my site now resolved to the new server at Blue Host.
I hope to post a much longer, more detailed version of the story soon, but for now it is [...]
