I’m thinking ahead. Four months ahead. I want to change my web server when my renewal comes up in June. Why? Because, four years ago when I started my website I got a really nice deal on some server space in the UK. And it was a nice deal because the exchange rate was reallyContinue reading “On Web Servers”
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On a Strange Search Phrase
I went through my website logs today, and in going through who was coming and going on my website today I noticed something really odd in the search strings used to reach allyngibson.net: a battle model of two armies using differential equation It wasn’t through Google. Rather, it came through MSN, and I don’t knowContinue reading “On a Strange Search Phrase”
On Making Notes for the Future
Note to self: Do not blindly write an .htaccess file if you’ve never done so before. Get it wrong, and your webpage won’t load, doofus. Unique and interesting failure modes, indeed!
On Opera Widgets
The latest version of Opera, the 9.x version, added a new feature: widgets. Basically, they’re little mini-apps that can run under Opera. Some will bring you newsfeed. Some will tell the weather. Some play chess. Not good chess, but what does one expect for a program with a small footprint like the chess widget? OnContinue reading “On Opera Widgets”
On a Lack of Priorities
I couldn't get out of bed this morning. The alarm went off, I hit the snooze button. Again, and again, and again. Finally, I had to get out of bed. And in some weird daze I fixed coffee, booted up the computer, and turned on Morning Edition for my early news fix. I need toContinue reading “On a Lack of Priorities”
On Screwing with People
I am such an ass. I've noticed recently a number of hits on my website, specifically to an image found here of a Cyberman, most of them coming from LiveJournal. I've always thought it rude to link to someone else's image, so when the BBC released an image of the Cybermen from the new seasonContinue reading “On Screwing with People”
On Upgrading
After a minor hiccup, we’re now running on the latest and greatest iteration of the WordPress software, version 2.0.2. Definitely different on the back end. On the front end, though, there should be no significant changes. Except for the five minutes where the webpage showed no content at all, hence the “minor hiccup.” 🙂
On Renewal
allyngibson.net will be with you for another year. I know, stay your disappointment. Some of you out there may have been hoping for a muzzle to silence my random bleatings. 😉 Domain and webspace renewed. In Bizarro speak, Me am happy!
On Comment Spam
Today the blog was hit with 87 pieces of comment spam. Ye gads! Fortunately, none of it “got through.” Ye gads!
On Printing
I now have a print.css file for the webpage I’m happy with. It works the way I want it to in IE and Firefox, and about half right in Opera. It turns out that Opera has problems with print.css files, defaulting most of the formatting to the website’s native .css file. Things that IE andContinue reading “On Printing”