I needed to run the Dantz Retrospect Backlup client onto my new Apple XServe G5. The problem is that the G5 doesn’t have a monitor. You can install packages through the command line on the server. Simply ssh into the box, then run the installer command. If you want to log into the box with […]
Archive of posts filed under the Technology category.
Million Moving Pixels
I just paid for my first bit of advertising of PlanetMike.com. I bought 100 pixels at MillionMovingPixels.com. I have the top left corner of the page. Can you tell what the icon is? It is my cat Curious, rotating in place. That page is going to look incredibly busy when it has a few more […]
“Click Here”
A great article I wish I had written: Why “Click here” is bad linking practice.
Vonage Service Plans
I’m looking into getting a new phone number for use at home, so of course I’m looking at VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) solutions. I’ve found three so far that seem viable. Skype, Gizmo Project, and Vonage. 1. Skype. I’ve had a Skype screen name for about a year, but during a system upgrade the […]
Open Source Goodness
I just had a perfect example of Open Source goodness. I needed to tweak how the date was displaying in a web application I downloaded and installed on a different web site I’m helping set up. A couple minutes grepping the source code and I found the command to display the date. Three keystrokes later, […]
Key Consistency between Web Browsers?
I am a webmaster. I create (occasionally) and maintain (frequently) web sites for a living and for a hobby. So I have and use lots of different web browsers. After all, what webmaster hasn’t been hit by a browser rendering a page differently than other browsers? This means I have to sometimes look at the […]
Experimenting with WordPress
I am experimenting with a very nice blog system, WordPress. I am using it to manage a project of my wife’s, ShowBizRadio.net. Right now I’m learning all about how the template system works. Somewhere it seems like I have dropped a [/div] tag, so subpages are badly broken.
Do you have the Right to Read?
Is your computer really your computer? Can you do what you want with it? Can your PC that came with MS Windows be changed to run Linux? That book on your shelf, can you give it to a friend? Can you look inside your car’s engine and fix a problem? Can you use non-Honda parts […]
WebDevAdditions
This is the coolest piece of software. WebDevAdditions for Safari. It allows you to more easily see how your html code is rendering. Table cells, paragraphs, divisions, each can have a box outlining that area of the page. Very cool.
Archiving Web Locations (webloc) to the web, now with FavIcons
I’ve updated my script to grab the site’s Favicon. I’m now cleaning up the script, and will post it shortly. (Edited (2012-08-28): I removed this from function from my site, I never really got it to work reliably and have moved on to other systems. It could be useful though to use it as a […]