Blog Master G

I just stumbled across an alternative to Blogger called Movable Type, which, from what I can tell so far, seems to be a much more robust version of Blogger for more advanced users. From what I can tell, it would be installed on my own Web server and is integrated with MySQL. And it’s free. […]

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If the volume of messages in my email inboxes (personal and work) is any indication of my stress and “stuff going on” level, then the meter is rather high today. It’s not terrible, but I am feeling a bit overwhelmed right now. If 12 is the average number of messages present at any given time, […]

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My quest to find a good search solution for my Web site continues. I’m deciding whether I should invest the 35 bucks per year in Blogger Pro to get a bunch of really cool features, the most exciting of which are the email functionality (I will be able to post here via email) and the […]

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I hate virtual presentations. It’s 7:37am and I’ve already been at work for nearly an hour. Although working for an international company presents the amazing opportunity of working with people overseas, something inevitably goes wrong when presenting to a group. This morning I had three folks calling in to my office — from right here […]

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I love solving problems. That’s a big part of why I love technology so much. I just solved a challenging PHP/MySQL problem that I’ve been working on since last week. Now I have a truly functional (yet quite simple) CMS for my Web site — with good database design. There’s a main table for content […]

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Grrr….stupid Blogger is having problems right now. Sometimes all my archives (or, in this case, June, July, and August) will simply disappear from my archive list. I guess there’s something going on with technology today. I also typed this long-winded suggestion to Dreamhost about offering an interim hosting plan that would be about 15 bucks […]

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Cool integration of the day: I just successfully added my work Exchange server to my Pine config settings, so now I can seamlessly drag and drop emails or files between an Exchange-based directory and access it via Pine from anywhere. Technology is cool.

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At last it’s Friday. A bit overcast outside, but the greatest day of the week nonetheless. This afternoon my mom should be arriving in Emeryville by train. I’ll be picking her up, then Jen and I will be going out to dinner with her. No decision yet, though, on where we’ll be going. As much […]

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Success! This morning I finally got my first Unix script to run successfully. It’s a great little script called mb2md that converts standard Unix mbox files (the mail format for IMAP email) to the improved Maildir format (supported by my new Web hosting provider DreamHost). Here’s a post I added to DreamHost’s KBase about running […]

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This article in Wired is pretty cool. It’s also kind of scary to think about what a Brave New World we’re beginning to create. Is this the beginning of the Six-Million-Dollar Man with corporate backing? In this case, Nike has created a house in sea-level Portland, Oregon to simulate an elevation of 12,000 feet. Why? […]

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