Like many IT professionals, I dabble a bit on the weekend. During the week, I’m mostly working in Microsoft Windows environments (I work for a local government agency, hence windows). But at night and on the weekends, I pitch in on some linux based websites (like this one). I had an interesting long-weekend while trying to upgrade Ubuntu on my servers.
Error establishing a database connection
This morning, I logged on to my Google Analytics account and reviewed my site stats for my various sites. I was shocked when I saw […]
Building a website with Google
A while ago we launched a new website that was built around a core of Google services. This site has some interesting features. Nothing ground-breaking. […]
Backslash problems
Recently, I changed website hosting. In doing so, I created some problems for people who were visiting my site that went un-noticed for several weeks. […]
Google Mapping API – Markers, Polygons, Points, Oh My!
If you’ve gone through my site, you probably know that I work as a contractor a good part of the time. Because of that I’m exposed to a lot of different technology / libraries. The most recent library has been Google Mapping API. I’ve learned about Markers, Polygons, Points and had the chance to play with some Javascript again. Good times.
Example vs. Tutorial – SEO Magic
After reviewing some Google Webmaster tools reports, I decided to make one tiny change: swap the word “tutorial” for “example” in the title of one of my pages. Result: it worked!
Updated blog engine – beware
So I finally gave in and updated my blog engine. It was (almost) a seamless experience.
CSS @import : Pseudo Inheritance
It turns out that there is “pseudo inheritance” (my term) possible in CSS. Here’s a quick-n-dirty.
Time Traveling to the BoilerRoom
Every Wednesday, our boss takes us out to lunch. Like all geeks do, we started talking about some pretty fanciful topics, including Time Travel. Ignoring […]