Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the General category.
Blog Less, Live More
Filed in General, Nostalgia, Noteworthy on December 30, 2007 at 5:22 pmI would like to think of this post as a New Year’s Resolution, a very important resolution which will eventually contradict itself. In 2008, I’ll be focusing less on my blog and decreasing my overall online activities in order to effectively “live more.” How will this contradict itself? Well, by living more, [...]
Goodbye Text Link Ads!
Filed in General, Noteworthy, Technology on November 26, 2007 at 10:56 pmI am proud to report that MacManX.com is now free of AdSense and Text Link Ads. The decisions to remove AdSense was very easy, as the multiple banners that were displayed throughout this blog were vastly outperformed by the single text link advertisement in my sidebar, though the unexplained termination of some of my [...]
Where’s the Blogroll Dive?
Filed in General on November 23, 2007 at 11:34 pmThe Blogroll Dive was the last of MacManX.com’s regular weekly postings, yet we haven’t seen one for two weeks. Where did it go?
The Blogroll Dive was posted weekly, usually between Monday and Wednesday, and highlighted a selection of posts that got my attention from other blogs within my blogroll. While this was a [...]
Southern California Wildfires
Filed in General on October 24, 2007 at 2:09 amSeveral wildfires currently raging through Southern California have destroyed thousands of homes and forced nearly a million people to evacuate.
The most reliable and up-to-date information, complete with fire-specific information phone lines, can be found at CAL FIRE. In addition to the resources provided by CAL FIRE, a regularly updated map from the Los Angeles [...]
I’m Micro-blogging
Filed in General, Technology on September 9, 2007 at 3:41 pmNot too long ago, I asked, “To Twitter, or not to Twitter?” Today, I have decided not to Twitter, but I have not given up on micro-blogging. Thanks to Bryan and Pownce, I now have my own micro-blog-ish column. Why Pownce? Because, unlike Twitter, it offers far more options than just [...]
Using ReCAPTCHA
Filed in General, Technology on August 27, 2007 at 12:57 amMost of you probably know that I’m not a big fan of CAPTCHAs. In fact, earlier this month, you could have quoted me saying, “I hate CAPTCHAs. They unnecessarily inconvenience commentators by adding yet-another step to the commenting process and are sometimes difficult for even humans to decipher.” But, I have come to [...]
Time for a Vacation
Filed in General on August 5, 2007 at 12:38 amUpdate: We’re back, and the CAPTCHA has been disabled as promised. The photos are now available.
My family and I will be leaving for an exciting cruise to Hawaii on Monday. In order to preserve the sanctity of this vacation, I have temporarily activated a CAPTCHA to block most, if not all, of the [...]
