1&1 hosting plans
I’ve been using 1&1 for web hosting for a very long time. Their reputation is mixed, but I’ve never had any huge problem with them. An occasional hiccup, but not […]
Linux
more fun with Ruby
I’ve been making good progress through The Book of Ruby this week. I’ve continued to use the simple Ruby install on my ThinkPad, since it’s working fine, and I don’t […]
Coherent
Coherent was a Unix clone operating system for PCs that was somewhat popular in the late 80s and early 90s. I have fond memories of buying a copy via mail-order, […]
geocoding experiments
I wrote an initial blog post on Gisgraphy about a month ago. I wanted to write a follow-up, but hadn’t gotten around to it, what with all the other stuff […]
Gisgraphy
My boss stumbled across a project named Gisgraphy recently. A big part of what we do involves the need for geocoding. We have generally been using geocode.com for batch geocoding, […]
WIndows 8, Mountain Lion, and Ubuntu 12
I have to do a 10pm web site rollout tonight, so I find myself at home with some time to kill. I haven’t gotten much of a chance to play […]
Linux
I decided to spend a little time today installing Ubuntu 11.10 on my old Dell Inspiron laptop. It’s been a while since I messed around with Linux. Just for yuks, […]
1&1 Linux
In anticipation of installing Drupal on my 1&1 account soon, I went into my control panel and poked around a bit. First, I found that my account was set to […]
Hello from Ubuntu
OK, well, I’ve got Ubuntu working now. Here’s a few notes, in case they’re helpful to anyone else. My machine is configured with one SATA drive and one older IDE […]
Ubuntu
I decided to spend a little time this week playing around with Ubuntu 7.10. At work, I installed it on two old Dell Latitude notebooks that we had lying around. […]