Category: computing

I’m Published!!

In a different life, I worked in Tech Support. My friends set up a site called Tech Hell where we all posted sad and depraved stories of calls we had to answer. Some of them have been published in a book called Techmares. One of my stories (maybe more than one) is featured in Chapter […]

Are You On The Tree?

If you blog, check out BlogTree (my branch). I’m not usually into memes, but I think this one could be really interesting, not only in giving credit to those who inspired us to get started, but in seeing the growth of the blog community and a timeline. Go check it out.

Movable Type: Oh How I Love Thee

If someone really had it together, I mean if someone really had it together, they’d build a message board module for Movable Type. Then, Movable Type would be pretty much the perfect Intranet system. Everyone in the group could have a blog, and you could create message boards where everyone could collaborate, ask questions, etc. […]

You Wanna See?

So, my favorite thing about Movable Type so far is the modules. My whole pages are modular, and I love it. I can change one file and rebuild, and it changes everywhere. You wanna see? Here’s my homepage template: <$MTInclude module="pageHeader"$> <$MTInclude module="menuHeader"$> <$MTInclude module="menuLastTenOffset"$> <$MTInclude module="menuLinks"$> <$MTInclude module="menuFooter"$> <$MTInclude module="blogHeader"$> <!– start entries –> […]

Random… RARH!!

Le Geek

Here’s a tip for all you frustrated pixel pushers who really really want to love CSS but can’t seem to get things where you want them: using margin, margin-left, margin-right, margin-top, margin-bottom is just as good as top, left, right and bottom. In some cases, it’s better. Why? Because IE for Windows 5 and 6, […]

Whoopsie-Daisy – No Root? No Love, Baby.

For whoever searched for “can’t login root on YellowDog”, ummm, sorry. If you forget the root password, you’re pretty much hosed. You hopefully set yourself up as a normal user and you remember that password. Even so, you’ll never be able to install another RPM or setup any new services. Yeah, you’re in a world […]

Seriously, It’s Movable!

I have some serious stuff I want to write about today or tomorrow, but I’m going to wait until I’m more awake before I do it. I got Movable Type installed on the Powerbook yesterday because I realized I’m never going to get anything done if I work on this stuff just at lunch. So, […]

Today has flown by! I’m

Today has flown by! I’m building a reporting system between interuptions. It’s going to be really cool, and uber-maintainable so I can add people to contact lists, add and schedule reports and other neat-o stuff without having to restart anything. Sweet, huh? Yeah, I know, it’s keen. In other news, apparently it’s Canada Day. So, […]

It takes forever to format

It takes forever to format a drive. Yes, I’m actually doing it. I am toasting my hard drive as I speak. My Windows desktop is getting a nice little refresh that will hopefully fix my phantom crashes and odd behaviors (I mean, other than the odd behavior built into Windows). Wish me luck. I hope […]