Backyard Cell Tower
A rezoning proposal meant the construction of a cellular tower near my neighborhood was imminent. As the homeowner association president, I was asked to oppose the idea. I did so with gusto but not without reservations.
Daily Briefing
My public Netvibes page is ready for consumption. Stay up-to-date with the articles I’m reading on a daily basis.
The Last Spam
The decision to move my e-mail to Google was rather sudden. I reached the inflection point where SpamAssassin and Dreamhost could no longer co-exist peacefully and cooperatively. When it takes four applications to handle e-mail, its time to reevaluate the situation.
SpamAssassin Changes for Dreamhost
When hosting companies make changes to their network architecture, something is going to break. Dreamhost is no exception. If your SpamAssassin installation broke as a result of their recent mail and web server split, then this tutorial is for you.
Proxy Vote
Trying to reach a quorum and the traditional methods aren’t working? It’s time to use the Proxy Vote plug-in for Wordpress. If your website is running on Wordpress, you’re already closer to a solution than you realize.
Barron Collier Graduation, 1997
My high school graduation was in 1997. It’s also the year VHS started to look obsolete when compared to DVD. Ten years later, before the video tape completely degraded, I converted the recording to a format that’s future-ready.
Tale of Two Themes
This is my struggle to make a unifying theme for two open source applications: Gallery and WordPress. I quickly discovered plug-ins can work for you and against you.
FlixLogix
This is my attempt at the Netflix Prize. I wrote everything in .NET, designed a GUI, and saw some SQL for the first time since college.
Event Calendar for WordPress 2.3
A compatibility fix for Event Calendar 3.1.0 and WordPress 2.3.
SpamAssassin for Dreamhost
You’re using Dreamhost and tired of SPAM. I feel your pain. Here’s an installation guide I wrote for version 3.1.0, which uses MySQL to store Bayes data.