Feed History Problems With Google Reader & Feedburner
Recently I began implementing a RSS feed for my webcomic AStoryADay.com. Creating an auto-updating RSS feed was fairly straightforward , and I could have easily left it at that. Visitors to the site could have simply clicked on the RSS link on my site and subscribed to the feed. However I wanted to keep some [...]
The Case For Multiple Browser Support…(Or Not)
Lately I’ve been discussing my recent dive into the world of web development– design, css/xhtml, and php coding. One of the projects I’m starting with, a webcomic, was mainly chosen to make the process more enjoyable. And to put things in perspective, I am just now completing the css/xhtml phase. It was during this phase [...]
CSS Growing Pains….Sigh….
I’ve been having CSS nightmares since I decided to venture into teaching myself web design. I wake up in cold sweats babbling about relative and absolute positioning. Learning how to deal with transparent png files and repositioning gifs makes my head hurt. The mention of things like elastic layouts makes me want to run the [...]
Linux, Seti@Home, And The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence
I remember reading Octavia Butler’s book, Parable Of The Sower and particularly the quote:
“The destiny of Earthseed is to take root among the stars…beyond Mars. Other star systems. Living worlds.”
This passage in the book really resonated with me and took me back to the 3rd grade when I had an assignment to watch and document [...]
Dual Monitor Madness Part 1
Over the course of the last couple of weeks, I’ve been working on a few projects and writing a ton of code. It was during one of my breaks — an increasingly rare occurrence these days — that I realized that I wasn’t taking advantage of the real estate that my dual monitors provide.
Back when [...]
Creating A Webcomic To Learn Web Programming
Recently I’ve been thinking about web projects. Right now I’m working on one — redesigning my drawing site — and that’s going pretty well. When I hit my next milestone for it, I’ll update the status here. After doing the design in GIMP, I took some time to properly learn CSS and [...]
Virtualization As An Alternative To Dual Booting Part 3
Okay, virtualBox has been installed and configured, and the windows xp virtual machine is running smoothly. Now it’s time to examine why I chose dual booting instead of virtualization. To quickly recap, I only need windows for an art class that I am taking. For this class I need use of my wacom intuos3 tablet and Photoshop CS3. So let’s first look at setting up the wacom tablet on the windows xp virtual machine….
Virtualization As An Alternative To Dual Booting Part 2
Overview
Article 1 covers installing and configuring my virtualization platform of choice, the Sun xVM VirtualBox.
Article 2 covers installing Windows XP on VirtualBox and configuring system hardware and peripherals.
Article 3 covers the pros and cons of using a virtual machine as well as for which types of projects they are suited.
Alright, it’s time to pick up [...]
Virtualization As An Alternative To Dual Booting Part 1
As a result of my last article series on dual booting, I’ve been asked quite a few times why I decided to dual boot my linux machine with windows xp instead of installing windows on a virtualization platform such as VM Server or VirtualBox. The short answer to this question is that I have used virtual machines in the past, but they do have their own set of limitations. However using virtual machines is a good option in many situations. So in response, I’ve decided to examine the process of using virtual machines and some of their perks and and shortcomings. Below is a quick overview of what I’m going to cover….
Media That Inspires Me: Ken Robinson’s TED Talk
A few days ago when I was visiting my mom, my sister showed me a bulletin that she’d received about preparing to take the ACT test. I was kind of surprised at first seeing as she is only in the seventh grade. She’s not even in high school yet! She has tons of homework and [...]
