Just a little server housekeeping.

Yesterday was Database Upgrade Day -- from MySQL 4.x to 5.0 -- which is why, had you visited, you would've noticed a big fat WordPress error message rather t...

The perfect northern automobile.

Another crisp November morn in the Yukon. Through the parts of the windows that haven't frosted over, the day looks bright, cheerful, and at -35°C, utterly u...

Users can’t make errors.

I was formatting a Microsoft Word document the other day. I use Word's styles as much as possible: I teaches 'em, so I uses 'em. To format the title paragrap...

Ubuntu over unsecured Wi-Fi

We were dog-sitting out in the country a few weeks ago in a house featuring an unprotected wireless access point. Normally, I would have cautioned the owner ...