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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Google Gadgets (Views)
I’ve been looking into making my puzzles available as a Google Gadget. The process doesn’t seem too difficult – just a little unwieldy. Today, I want to talk about one small (but important) aspect of Google Gadgets: Views.
More Yegge
Yesterday, I described the thinking behind this Steve Yegge post as “creepy and dangerous”. Today, I want to focus on the “dangerous” part, after a quick detour to summarize “creepy”. In short, Steve advocates allowing the perfect to be the … Continue reading
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Law Isn’t Code
So, Steve Yegge. Steve’s got an interesting post up, made no less interesting by the fact that its thinking is not only wrong-headed, but creepy and dangerous. Briefly – and I don’t think that I’m begin unfair here – Steve … Continue reading
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Monetization
How can you make money online? Well, the same way you can make money anywhere else: By selling stuff. You can either sell your own stuff, or get paid to sell someone else’s stuff. Today, I want to talk about … Continue reading
Postfix on Slicehost (Fedora 10)
Today I set up a very simple Postfix instance on my Fedora 10 Slicehost VPS. Although Slicehost offers an excellent series of articles on setting up a mailserver, that series assumes that the base OS is Ubuntu Hardy. Naturally, there … Continue reading
Tax Day
Today was tax day. It was a triple-whammy for me. I had to pay: personal ’08 State & Federal taxes personal (estimated) Q1 ’09 State & Federal taxes corporate (estimated) Q1 ’09 State taxes This was not nearly as much … Continue reading
Invisible Features
Today I added a new feature to my web-based solver for KenKen puzzles. The interesting thing about this feature is that it’s invisible to the user; the user interface doesn’t change, the program simply gains new abilities. Enhancements like this … Continue reading
Generalized Subtraction and Division
KenKen puzzles, as popularized in the U.S., have a major simplifying restriction: Subtraction and division cages must have exactly two cells. This restriction is lifted in some puzzle variants. Today, in response to a reader question, I briefly look at … Continue reading
Straw in the Wind?
I found something interesting today: The Onion’s AV Club is running a feature reviewing (in both senses of the word, I suppose) the classic, 1960’s Star Trek episodes. What’s unusual about the feature is its tone; for a publication as … Continue reading
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35 Characters
Just a quick note re: Google Adwords. At the bottom of every ad is a “display URL”. You must supply this URL when you create an ad. Furthermore, this field must be a valid URL, and refer to the advertised … Continue reading