I’ve finally gotten around to updating my wordpress install, and I’m going whole hog with SVN checkout. Everything went extremely smoothly aside from a weird configuration file issue. Used instructions here. Now that I’m above 2.3 I’m also going toContinue reading… Upgraded WordPress
Category: Technology
Follow up
While reading about another web nerd fight I found this very interesting snippit about psychopaths. When a psychopath feels that his manipulations are not working, he will always always always as a last resort use the pity play. He willContinue reading… Follow up
HD-DVD
As part of the ongoing quest for high quality HD content, I scoured the craigslist to pick up an HD-DVD player for my Xbox. I ended up grabbing one for a cool $100. Both HD-DVD and Blu Ray have hypedContinue reading… HD-DVD
Making the Leap
After a long long wait, I’ve finally joined the HDTV crowd. While I’ve been having my ass kicked by a cold for the last few days, I managed to finally break down and head over to Costo to pick upContinue reading… Making the Leap
Dear Browser Coders
A couple of web browser gripes: Anchors: Either scroll to the anchor that I’ve selected as soon as that anchor is available, or don’t mess with my scrolling! I’ll often load a page that is very heavy with comments, orContinue reading… Dear Browser Coders
Blueprint Growl Style
I’m an enthusiastic user of Growl, but can’t say I’m really in love with any of the styles. On a 30″ monitor, they tend to get lost pretty easily. So I thought it was time to design my own. IContinue reading… Blueprint Growl Style
Kindle
So Amazon has jumped into the e-book business with Kindle. Color me un-fucking-impressed. Welcome to 1990 but with e-paper. All of the cool tech in this device (free wireless connectivity) seems more aimed at vendor lock-in rather than customer convenienceContinue reading… Kindle