RITW
Acronym I haven’t seen used until now: RITW, for “Re-Invent The Wheel” I’d rather not RITW.
Archives
It’s not me
I was thinking of just ignoring this, but then I remembered some advice from D. Muliere: be honest and don’t hide anything. Be proactive in informing people what’s happening. So with that in mind, I’m going to write a couple sentences about this troubling situation that I’ve spent a few hours thinking about. Basically, there…Continue Reading…
I need a WordPress Captcha plugin
It needs to: Be plug-and-play with WordPress plugins Work with WordPress 2.0.1 and up Work without using ttf fonts (imagettftext is not supported on my server) Work with Akismet Work with the “Welcome back” thing that WordPress does I looked at seven different Captcha plugins today. I spent a long time trying to customize Nio’s…Continue Reading…
Animated Favicons
Animated favicons are the most annoying thing in the world. (boriel.com is currently using one.) Is there a way to disable this in Firefox?
Childhood Computer Games
I’m cleaning up my room, and I found a big stack of computer games that I grew up with. Leo Laporte is right. It’s probably games that got me into computers to begin with, just like most of history’s great programmers. I don’t know what to do with them. They’re really old, and probably not…Continue Reading…
Americans don’t care about technology
An interesting comment from Slashdot: Electronics are “dumbed down” for the american consumer…The Sharp Zaurus was pulled from US markets because it’s too “hard” for americans. Yet the Zaurus is a raging success in Japan and they are on their 6th version that blows anything you can buy in the states out of the water….Continue Reading…