There’s a new trend in Web development tools that seems to have arrived first for Mac users, but that I suspect will find its way to Windows and perhaps even Linux as well at some point. When you deploy Web applications, they generally rely upon system level services like a Web server, a relational database, [...]
Entries from February 2006
Macs for Web development
February 27th, 2006 · 9 Comments
So long, Camino
February 22nd, 2006 · No Comments
My experiment with using Camino as my everyday browser has ended. It was nice, but while it was different than FIrefox, it didn’t seem better. Teaching my brain all new keyboard shortcuts turned out not to be worth it, especially since I still use Firefox whenever I use my PC.
Of Interest
February 22nd, 2006 · 1 Comment
I’ve created a link blog for your feed consuming pleasure. For lack of a better name, it’s called Of Interest. You can read it in your browser, but it’s really meant to be read in your RSS/Atom reader of choice. You can subscribe to an Atom feed or an RSS feed. I also have a [...]
The new golf
February 21st, 2006 · 6 Comments
So I read the other day that World of Warcraft is the new golf. Are you playing?
I thought it might be fun for people to post the servers where they play. I’ve spent time playing Alliance on Dalaran, Horde on Lightbringer, Horde on Emerald Dream, and I have both Horde and Alliance characters I [...]
Pulling the torture threads
February 20th, 2006 · 3 Comments
Last November President Bush stated without equivocation, “We do not torture.” That’s not true. Not only do we torture, but torture is the official policy of the United States and has been since 2002. The New Yorker has published an astounding article that documents the evolution of the administration’s torture policy since its inception, tying [...]
The postmaster
February 19th, 2006 · 4 Comments
One of the most interesting things and trying things about running my own server has been dealing with email issues. It seems like there are more options when it comes to email than there are with anything else. You have to pick a mail transfer agent and a POP/IMAP server, and you have to configure [...]
PHP is bad
February 18th, 2006 · 31 Comments
Tim Bray says of PHP:
If you want your ears bent back, have a listen to Zend CEO Doron Gerstel; he’ll tell you that half the websites in the world are powered by PHP and that there are 2½ million developers and that the war is over and PHP won. So here’s my problem, [...]
Camino vs. Firefox
February 17th, 2006 · 1 Comment
I’m giving Camino a try for a few days to see how it compares with Firefox, my old standard. It is a bit prettier than Firefox, although these Firefox themes close the gap to a certain extent. I think the thing that will ultimately drive me back to Firefox is that it’s basically the same [...]
Web publishing resources
February 16th, 2006 · 1 Comment
I’m revising a list of Web publishing resources. I posted the list to a wiki on the site, and was looking to solicit some help from readers in updating the list. You can find the list here.
Dick Cheney shot a guy in the face
February 16th, 2006 · 6 Comments
I’ve been disappointed in what a lot of my favorite weblogs have had to say about the Dick Cheney incident of late. Take Think Progress for example, or firedoglake. I’ve been reading their posts on this “scandal” as they’ve been posted, and mostly they make me feel tired. I can’t help but wonder what they’re [...]