Theodicius

Good. Evil. Bratwurst.

Category Archives: Technology

Observations on the lack of art in technology today

MacBook

Filed under: General,Technology— arlen@ 7:59 am

The new machine has been purchased. Since I’m a bit anal about starting fresh with each new computer, it’ll take me a couple of days to have it up and functional. If you’re curious, the “starting fresh” bit is more than simple habit, it actually accomplishes two very useful things for me: It makes sure […]

Yeah, What He Said, Part 2

Filed under: General,Technology,Web Design— arlen@ 10:40 am

Rands is usually good for something interesting, but this time he’s really on to something. In today’s world design is a part of development, and development is a part of design. You can’t effectively do one without knowing something about the other. If you’re a one-person shop, you have to do both at the same […]

Persistent little bugger

Filed under: General,Technology— arlen@ 6:59 am

Spam levels shooting up, nearing 1000/day, now. The walls are holding, but I should thank the little bugger, I suppose. It’s makiing it more worth my time to automate the defenses against his crap.

Wikipedia — Anatomy of an Error

Filed under: General,Technology,Web Design— arlen@ 11:24 am

My previous postings about wikipedia drew some fire, so in the interests of fairness I thought I’d examine a problem I recently found in more detail, as well as analyse what went on “under the hood”, so to speak. This means this post will be a rather long one, as I will be dealing with […]

River? No, Thanks.

Filed under: General,Technology— arlen@ 8:53 am

Dave Winer is plugging the “River of News” idea. Having been a Radio user and having set up Drupal’s feeds, I’ve seen that one, and I’ll pass. I remember back in my Radio days seeing an item I wanted to read a little later, when I had time, roll away down the page and I’d […]

January 2026
M T W T F S S
« Aug    
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031