Category: Tech

How Microsoft will destroy the web… again

First, I’m sooooo tired of nerdball, I’m kicking it to the curb with this post. Anyone who knows me knows I’m all about making dire predictions. I predicted our current economic crisis and even pinpointed the cause being the mortgage meltdown. I also predicted that it would be revealed (too late) that Dick Cheney is [...]

Some noteworthy WordPress changes

While doing some research on a new WordPress theme I am developing, I stumbled across some recent changes to the wp-config.php file that I thought were interesting. Most noteworthy is the fact that you can move the wp-config.php file itself up one directory from the WordPress root directory. Since I have WordPress installed in the [...]

Theme finally at 1.0

I finally “finished” my theme for this site. I am also releasing it to the world. If you use WordPress and want your site to look exactly like mine, go download my theme right now! I have done several themes in the past, but this is the only one I’ve ever made for general use [...]

IE7 hacks

You may or may not have heard me moaning and complaining about Internet Explorer (IE) when it comes to web development. IE is the default web browser that comes with Microsoft Windows. About half of you are using IE to view this post. If you don’t know what you are using to view this post, [...]

Why they call it “the Web”

If you ever wanted to know why the world wide web is called a web, check out this scenario. I got an email from an anonymous person yesterday telling me that they had found my website through “the MSN lottery story.” She said she really enjoyed one of the articles on my site (link probably [...]

I’m a 1337 h4X0r

I love open source software. One reason is that it is almost always free of charge. The second reason is that you can offer suggestions and fixes and sometimes the programmer will listen and implement changes. I have started using a WordPress plug-in called All in one Adsense and YPN. It allows me to add [...]

Ubuntu on a Dell, I’m there already

The geek community is swooning over Ubuntu being offered on Dell computers. But I’ve been running Linux on my Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop since January of this year. It runs great. If you’re interested in Linux and need a new computer, this is a great way to get started with Ubuntu.

More Ubuntu goodness

I created a short video introducing some of the features of Ubuntu that I have been raving about the past few days. I hope that you enjoy watching it and I hope that it is informative. Note to social bookmarkers: While I would appreciate any attention I get from a social bookmarking site, my site [...]