Category Archives: Blog

Where is Stephen?

I’ve decided that it’s time for me to move on to hobbies that don’t involve computers, namely rock climbing. Maybe I’ll post some more in the future… I’ve halted all programming projects. Sorry. If you use any of the code … Continue reading

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Downtime

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ve probably noticed that this site has been experiencing a lot of downtime in the past few days. My server hosting provider has recently installed a new firewall, which has been randomly … Continue reading

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Loss of Fast Internet

I’m officially back home. Unfortunately, this also means I’m back to my super-slow-stuck-in-the-middle-of-nowhere Internet. To those who’ve recently commented on my blog, I’m sorry about the delay in moderating your comments — with only one phone line, I can’t use … Continue reading

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Server Tweaking

I’ve just finished some intensive tweaking of the Cold Ray Hosting servers. I was able to reduce the memory used by Apache, our web daemon, and MySQL, our database daemon. By reducing the memory used by each daemon, I was … Continue reading

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Daily del.icio.us Links Script for WordPress

I’ve been using this PHP script to generate the daily “Links” posts from my del.icio.us links. Although the script works, it has some annoying bugs. For example, if there are no links for the day, it’ll still make a post … Continue reading

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I’ve Moved to WordPress!

As of this post, I have officially moved this blog to WordPress. I successfully imported all of my entries from MT (including comments and trackbacks), and I’ll be verifying all links this week. With a little bit of mod_rewrite magic, … Continue reading

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Mark Pilgrim Moves to WordPress

It seems that Mark Pilgrim has joined the Movable Type exodus. Mark’s latest post highlights a point I tried to make yesterday: closed-source software is evil.

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WordPress Test Blog

I’ve installed a test installation of WordPress at http://test.evilcoder.com/wordpress/ So far, WordPress seems to fit my needs. Installation was a breeze. WordPress has a very clean interface and comes with some nifty default plugins. I was able to import all … Continue reading

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Goodbye Movable Type

I never thought I’d have to say this, but… I hate Movable Type. With the release of MT 3.0, Six Apart has unexpectedly announced new licensing. A free license is still available, but it limits individuals to one author and … Continue reading

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Blog, Changelog

Over the course of the last week, I’ve made some changes to my blog. These changes include: A new CSS stylesheet: As posted earlier, I’m currently using the TypePad style from Movable Style. Although some people have expressed their dislike … Continue reading

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