Geek/Tech

One of my Blogfathers is Gary Turner: Paternally Yours I'm absolutely flattered by that fact that I have kids, apparently. Had I known this sooner then I'd have attempted to lead a better example as a parent. Sorry kids. Please don't be too dysfunctional.

This is a family tree I'm actually interested in.  Whose blog inspired whose, links between blogs, wonderful stuff.  Check my pedigree: This blog started in January 10th 2002, during the first week of an HTML class I was teaching online. OK, so I've just started with

Technical difficulties have resulted in the NIV Bible (the Nearly Infallible Version) disappearing from the Bible Gateway.  I hope it's temporary.  Gospelcom Support are a fine crew of techs and I bet they're working on it.  Good luck guys, your work is much appreciated.

Sounds like Blogger is having Java exceptions again.  Not than I'm using it, but Olof is and she can't post to her blogs. The best alternative I could find is WebCrimson, the only snag I can see is they don't mention importing old entries

I haven't done a Friday Five for ages, but I like the look of this one. 1. How long have you had a weblog? Since January 10th 2002 1. What was your first post about? Whether the people I was teaching HTML and web design would like blogs

Swiped the code to display the last 30 searches that arrived somewhere on this site, and put it here.  There are some very strange people out there, searching for worrying things.  "Lavender brew" sounds nasty, but several searches about the correct way to make and brew tea have

Today is sysadmin day.  It is a pretty thankless task.   No-one notices that the network is running fast, or that you can get to all the printers you need, or that email is working.  Only when things break down do you get noticed. There are some telling comments to the

Wrote something yesterday that turned into an essay in the Thoughts section of the site, called Code Conventions.  I was thinking about code as a conversation between two or more developers separated by space and/or time.  My code is written so I can pick it up in 6 months

This blog is now a certified Coffee Site.  :-) (From Erraticfrog.com) Q. What are Coffee Sites? A. Coffee Sites are independent sites I peruse while I drink my first cup of coffee. Next, I link to them on my blog and on this page so others can visit them

Let it be known that Creatures 3, from Creature Labs, is a wonderfully addictive game.  Coupled with the Docking Station, the internet enabled part of the game, it's even better.  Do not get this unless you have time to spare.  It takes 45 minutes to an hour to