Monthly Archives: December 2007

WordPress without WordPress

Posted: 1:47 am
December 4, 2007
WordPress
1 Comment

WordPress is one monster of a platform, and hacking it is probably as much fun as you can have with a web page without writing actual code. Unfortunately, that little convenience tends to bring out a lot of “Bubba the … Continue reading →

Howto: Speeding up AJAX web applications with htaccess and mod_expires

Posted: 12:56 am
December 4, 2007
Mobility, Open Source, Shockey Monkey, Web 2.0
on Howto: Speeding up AJAX web applications with htaccess and mod_expires

After the millionth time of watching my mobile phone choking on loading quarter meg of Javascript of Shockey Monkey’s new mobile rich interface I finally remembered the pain while searching for my lost Blackjack earlier this afternoon. Not only did … Continue reading →

Windows Mobile 6.1

Posted: 8:36 pm
December 3, 2007
Microsoft, Mobility
on Windows Mobile 6.1

Looks like The Boy Genius Report got his hands on Windows Mobile 6.1. Take a look at the gallery. Too bad Deepfish isn’t ready yet with all the hype heading to the iPhone. Go figure, people want “real” web browsing … Continue reading →

OSU back in BCS Championship

Posted: 5:52 pm
December 3, 2007
Vladville
3 Comments

OSU backed itself into the championship by the virtue of other decent teams in front of them losing their final game. But as their band noticed, it’s bad news: They have to go up against an SEC team. Remember what … Continue reading →

Connecting with the cynical audience

Posted: 10:57 am
December 3, 2007
Vladville
on Connecting with the cynical audience

It’s always fun to read email from folks that just discovered Vladville and watch their horror / dismay / confusion or outright anger having read stuff here. The other day I got an email which basically said the following (paraphrased): … Continue reading →

Sunday Reprints & Corrections

Posted: 1:15 pm
December 2, 2007
Vladville
2 Comments

It’s Sunday, so I figured it would be a good time to go over some reprints & corrections. Why don’t you do more ______?Because I am not your monkey and you’re not paying for this. Will the Vladville Newsletter have … Continue reading →

AT&T starts offering low-cost DSL (NSFW)

Posted: 9:44 am
December 2, 2007
IT Business
4 Comments

Warning: Clicking on the links in this post will get you fired/divorced. But if you were not expecting that you wouldn’t be here anyhow. In a fake show of concern for the consumer, FCC did something nice in its act of collectively screwing … Continue reading →

Puzzled by Linux Gadget popularity as of late?

Posted: 1:59 am
December 2, 2007
Linux
on Puzzled by Linux Gadget popularity as of late?

Do you find yourself puzzled by all the buzz surrounding the latest low cost gadgets running Linux? If you’re not that good at counting you might even think the buzz is translating into a huge opportunity. Well, no. Not really. … Continue reading →

Building my Hackintosh

Posted: 7:40 pm
December 1, 2007
Apple
11 Comments

Dear friends, it’s a sad day in Vladville if I’m putting together Mac’s. Sad as it may be, the customer is always right and the customer seems to be buying more Mac’s than Windows as of late and I too … Continue reading →