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When my mother died in 2005, I took over her checking account, which she had in both of our names to avoid probate issues. I kept a small balance just to keep it active, although I didn’t use it, since I use a different bank. I never bothered to switch it to my name only. I [...]

This has been a weekend from hell for my web sites. It started when Dreamhost moved one of their server clusters, which affected all of my sites. It was only supposed to take 8 hours, but it turned into almost 24 hours. Unfortunately that seems to be their usual pattern. Every planned change they make always [...]

The DNS entry for Macmegasite is screwed up right now, so it’s inaccessible. I had temporarily switched it to Bluehost and a little while later switched it back to Dreamhost. The first DNS change is in effect now, so it’s pointing to a non-existent site at Bluehost. It *should* be back to normal by the [...]

This site is back online, now hosted at Host Gator. The rest of my sites are still at Dreamhost for now. I had tried Bluehost first, but I cancelled almost immediately when I found out that they can’t host multiple independent domains on a single account- multiple domains are treated as subdomains. There are still some [...]

As you’ve probably noticed this site has been down for most of the day. Dreamhost had a major meltdown when they moved a server cluster, which affected all of my sites. I tried two alternative hosts and I’m now moving this site to Hostgator.com. Everything else will remain at Dreamhost for now. Share This

C4[1] Shipley: Monster Marketing Gearing up for Library 2, Wil Shipley offers up his advice on shipping hot software, getting the attention it deserves and perhaps even how to be a ladies man like he is. (tags: video software development) Share This

C4[1] Shipley: Monster Marketing Gearing up for Library 2, Wil Shipley offers up his advice on shipping hot software, getting the attention it deserves and perhaps even how to be a ladies man like he is. (tags: video software development) Share This

I’ve been porting some Windows code to Mac OS X for the last few weeks, which involves converting Windows API calls to the equivalent functionality in OS X. The thing that really annoys me about Windows programming is that every function takes a HANDLE, which can be a window, communication channel, file reference, or any [...]

I’ve been porting some Windows code to Mac OS X for the last few weeks, which involves converting Windows API calls to the equivalent functionality in OS X. The thing that really annoys me about Windows programming is that every function takes a HANDLE, which can be a window, communication channel, file reference, or any [...]

No, I’m not talking about Anna Nicole Smith. On this date last year, my friend’s puppy got loose and ran in front of a car. Share This

No, I’m not talking about Anna Nicole Smith. On this date last year, my friend’s puppy got loose and ran in front of a car. Share This

How I built an effective blog comment spam blocker - Snook.ca A homemade alternative to Akismet (tags: blogging development spam tips) cabel.name: FancyZoom 1.0 This much-requested chunk of Javascript to zoom images inline is now polished up, bug-fixed, available for you to use on your website! (tags: javascript web) Share This

How I built an effective blog comment spam blocker - Snook.ca A homemade alternative to Akismet (tags: blogging development spam tips) cabel.name: FancyZoom 1.0 This much-requested chunk of Javascript to zoom images inline is now polished up, bug-fixed, available for you to use on your website! (tags: javascript web) Share This

Mitt Romney dropped out of the race for president, which most likely means McCain will be the most likely Republican nominee. Despite his social conservatism, Romney bothered me a lot less than either McCain or Huckabee. Despite his “maverick” image, McCain is a Bush follower who will maintain the same disastrous foreign policy. He’ll continue [...]

Toast Radio Toast Radio is a streaming music server that plays a freeform radio format weighted towards power pop, melodic rock and alternative music. There’s also a healthy dose of folk and big band with ska, rockabilly, jazz, alt-country and others filling out the (tags: music streaming) Issuu: Turn PDF files into online flip books When you upload a [...]

When I went to the iTunes Store today to download the free single of the week, I decided to check the “just for you” selections. One of the albums it suggested several times was Vampire Weekend. I listened to one song and bought the album immediately. This may replace Neon Bible as my favorite album. Like [...]

Via Slashdot: On February 5, 1897, 111 years ago today, the Indiana legislature very nearly passed a bill ‘introducing a new mathematical truth,’ that would have erroneously established pi as the ratio ‘five-fourths to four’ or 3.2. The story explaining the rationale behind the bill and how they were prevented from legislating it when a [...]

I got a Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 lens for my D40x, which I ordered a few days ago from Amazon. It takes amazingly sharp pictures, especially in low light, since it’s a lot faster than the kit lens. Unfortunately it doesn’t support auto-focus on the D40x, since it doesn’t have an internal AF motor. Even with [...]

Henry Rollins takes on evolution & (un)intelligent design. Share This