Montly archive for 2008-05

Learning bash

Words by Daniel Aleksandersen on 2008-05-30

I am learning bash from Carl Albing, JP Vossen, and Cameron Newham’s “bash Cookbook” from O’Reilly Media. (ISBN: 978-0-596-52678-8)

Micro-blogging? No, Twitter is not coming my way. I just wanted the world to know that I am finally been conviced to learn the command line-thingy.

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Silent no-www flamboyancy

Words by Daniel Aleksandersen on 2008-05-29

The whole www. or no-www. flamboywar is a bit dull. Anyhow, here is a tip that will configure Apache to inform users and search engines about the preferred location (aka. domain) of webpages.

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Reply to “Making the World Wide Web an Easier Place to Talk About”

Words by Daniel Aleksandersen on 2008-05-28

To sum up Tim Walton’s article Making the World Wide Web an Easier Place to Talk About in three words: don’t use www.

The irony is that “World Wide Web” can be said in just three syllables, yet the abbreviation WWW encounters a tongue-twisting nine! How can any abbreviation take three times the effort to speak than the very words it is an abbreviation of‽ “duh-bull-you duh-bull-you duh-bull-you”.

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I want a desktop computer!

Words by Daniel Aleksandersen on 2008-05-25

I have been pro-portable notebook computer for the longest time. This has, however, recently changed. I am mostly using my computer while at home; and I really do not need it to be portable either. So for my next computer, I think I will get a desktop computer.

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