I’ve just finished my second round of major edits to the site. I’ve done away with the stock Kubrick images and replaced those with some of my own. For the most part, the site’s rendering and layout is all being done via CSS. Except for the headers there are no pictures, and there are no… Read more One Step at a Time
After a week of trying to find the perfect wordpress theme for this blog, I’ve finally decided that it doesn’t exist. That’s why instead, I’ll just grab the one that fits my wants closest and just tweak it from there. Rather, that’s why I grabbed the one that fit my wants closest. The theme is… Read more Phase 2 Under Way
So I’ve finally done it; I switched my blogging system from bBlog to WordPress. It was a surprisingly easy task — after all, the installation of both systems is pretty straight forward, an takes less than 15 minutes for both, even to the somewhat experienced user. (If you think I’m a MySQL guru of some… Read more My First (Real) WordPress Post
Note: This was posted before I switched to WordPress from bBlog. Well, after much research, I’ve decided to move this blog over to WordPress, instead of keeping it on bBlog. Although bBlog offers some great functionality, ease of use, and great cleanliness of code, WordPress offers me features which allow for better control of the… Read more Switching to WordPress
It’s finally happened. Fate has conspired against me and has forced my hand. Due to events both at my job and at Gnorb.NET, I now find myself in need of SQL knowledge. To quote Charlie Brown, “Aaaargh!” (The rest of this is a total rant. If I were you, I’d probably ignore it. If you… Read more SQL Hell?
Well, I’ve finally done it. I’ve installed WordPress on my server and am finally able to start messing around with it. On it’s face, WordPress is quite nice. Easy install, and overall good layout. I’ll write more of my obeservations later. For now. check out my other blog page. Maybe I’ll install a few more… Read more bBlog vs. WP (again)
I’m not into astrology. Never have been, don’t think I ever will be. But something that happened recently dealing with astrology perked my ears a bit. A couple of nights ago, Junior and Morocco Mole introduced me to my chinese astrological symbol: the Earth Sheep. Now, I knew that I was a sheep (or ram,… Read more Earth Sheep?
Edit: Given the fact that I’ve switched to WordPress, this is all moot. Lately — don’t know if anyone’s noticed — I’ve been looking for all kinds of ways to improve this site’s looks to better fit my tastes. What can I say, I’m an eclectic, and I’d like this site to reflect me in… Read more The Strange Tale of the Accidental SEO
… is usually not as important as knowing when to shut up. At least, that’s what I’ve learned over the years. (Especially over the last year and a half of marriage.) I was just reading a story over at the Washington Post Online which caught my eye, for a number of reasons. The story talks… Read more Knowing What to Say…
At work, whenever I’m doing something that requires a lot of thought, I’ll usually put on either Goa-Psy (tecno), classical, or J-Pop. It’s lunch, and I’m at my desk, so I decided to tune into JPopSuki tv. (It’s linked on the sidebar here somewhere. Great online TV station, but you need Winamp to watch it.)