I recently bit the bullet and migrated my ancient DotText (.Text) blog to WordPress. It wasn’t painless, and involved writing some code, but I’m exceedingly happy with WordPress and finally feel like I’m on a modern blogging platform again. I considered for months and months …
Keep reading · 6 minutes: Migrating .Text to WordPressI attended my first Ruby Users of Minnesota (RUM) meeting tonight. I’ve wanted to go for a long time but the meetings seemed to always fall on days when I was typically out of town for business. It all worked out this time so I was excited to go. I’ve been on the mailing list for …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: First RUM MeetingJust because I’m on vacation doesn’t mean that “geeking on the ‘puter” stops. I’m happy to report that I was able to successfully install Windows Vista RC 1 (Build 5600) on my MacBook using Parallels (Release Candidate, Build 1898). This is the first time I’ve been able to make …
Keep reading · 1 minute: MacBook, Parallels and Windows VistaThis past week I was in Radio Shack and saw they were running a great deal on the Linksys WRT54G wireless router (double rebates!). I’ve had a D-Link 624 for a long time and its worked without any issues. However, I’d read at length about the WRT54G and it’s open platform. …
Keep reading · 1 minute: The "Not-So-Open" WRT54GI was really excited to see the release of Google Analytics this week. I’ve been looking for a better way to track site usage and Weblog Expert just isn’t cutting it anymore. I would suggest that it’s essentially impossible to do site analytics using log files anymore. Spiders, …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Google Analytics - Overload?Sometimes I just feel like typing something on this here website. I guess that’s the advantage of being the site operator, author, editor, publisher and everything else. This has been a busy week. I’ve been completely absorbed with this project at work. We finally got it launched …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Just TypingOver the last few months I’ve been on a steady march to increase my server capacity at home. Why? I’m not entirely sure why. How about it’s fun? 🙂 I decided to take a plunge into the deep end and get a rack for home. Getting the rack took up more space for just one or two …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: thingelstad.com Data CenterI finally got HTTP compression working on content that matters – like ASPX pages. It looks like pages are compressing about 4:1 or more. This should mean much faster download times since my broadband connection is my most limiting issue. I found some excellent instructions for …
Keep reading · 1 minute: HTTP CompressionYesterday I attended Presenting Data and Informtion taught by Edward Tufte. A number of people that I work with had gone to this one-day session and come back raving, so I finally decided to attend this myself. After attending I can see why they were raving! If you are …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Edward TufteA couple of weeks ago I deployed my first intranet application for home. If your not familiar, an intranet application is just a website that you cannot get to generally on the web unless you have specific credentials. I was combing through my documents one afternoon and realized …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Intranet for Home