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Traffic Lights
I drive through 18 sets of traffic lights on my normal route to work. What is the chance of all of them being red? It sometimes happens…
Discovering MODx
Many people who know me know that I am not a big fan of most web content management systmes (CMS). In general I have found that the hoops these systems make you jump through to set up and manage sites far outweighs the benefits they bring for easy content maintenance. I am not, however, a […]
Upgrade to WP2.7
I am horrible about keeping WordPress, the software that powers this blog, up to date. Even though the upgrade process has always been fairly simple and has never given me problems in the past, its manual nature always leads me to put it off until that utopic period of free time I am always envisioning. […]
It Must Be Christmastime
I’ve seen ads on TV for both The Clapper and Chia Pet tonight on TV.
Say Goodnight Gracie
A pretty major event occurred at RIT on Monday, but hardly anyone probably noticed. It wasn’t marked by any sort of fanfare or celebration, just a simple email that popped up on my screen saying “Mike Young has completed a PCR.” And with that the “Grace” web server was retired. Anyone who’s spent any time […]