Cascading over the cataracts with CSS

I wanted to make more effective use of the white-space in my blog to present more text on each page, so I took the plunge today and paid the WordPress folks to give me the right to edit my CSS pages.
I will of course continue to use Chris Person’s wonderful Cutline theme. I am committed [...]

64 Beans and Counting

I’m a programmer at heart and so have special affection for the powers of two: 2, 4, 8 , 16, 32, 64 , …
Especially 64 today, as I just noticed I now have 64 Ubuntu beans.
Don’t forget that Ubuntu is a hill of beans that is worth much more than a hill of beans [...]

Much Pain, No Gain.

(Update, January 31,2008: Kevin Everett is now able to walk and is regaining the use of his hands. See Everett Again Standing Tall.)
I go to the gym regularly. I mostly do aerobics and also lift weights. From time to time I hear someone say, “No pain, no gain.”
I don’t pay attention to them. Whenever I [...]

Using Tabbed Windows to Manage Your WordPress Blog

Here’s a tip on managing your WordPress blog by using your browser’s tabbed windows.
For example, I maintain a page “Posts” that lists all my posts in the order they appeared, with the oldest first. Here’s how I update that list.
I go to My Dashboard and then do Manage->Pages. I then locate the “Posts” page and [...]

Building your own Linux Ubuntu computer using the ECS GeForce 6100SM-M motherboard

As I mentioned in an earlier post, On Building, Buying, or Recycling a Computer to Run Ubuntu Linux, you have several options in acquiring the hardware to install and run Ubuntu Linux.
In brief, this is a “make or buy” decision. Should you buy a computer that someone else built or make your own computer, [...]