Notes
The official slackware package browser used to provide RSS feeds for the ChangeLogs to make it easy to keep your system up-to-date. Unfortunately, the package browser has been down for a while now and so have the feeds. So I took it upon myself to create a...
Given that, as of this writing, the "newest" note is about Slackware 13.0, this section is in desperate needs of something new. So why not talk about the newest Slackware and all of the fun changes that came with it? The latest-and-greatest release of the oldest...
I was cautious when Slackware 12.1 came out, just like I always am. I downloaded the DVD ISO immediately, but I waited at least a month before upgrading to make sure LinuxPackages.net support caught up and that all the major kinks were gone.
One of the biggest things that annoys me about running Firefox in KDE is it's lack of integration with KDE. It uses GTK instead of QT, but using the GTK-QT engine kind of solves that. However, Firefox won't use KDE's file associations. Well, it's possible to...
There have been several comments in the notes of the uniqid manual page about uniqid() being very slow. I set off to see for myself if this were true, using several combinations of input. I tried different length prefixes, as well as toggling the function's...
I was recently asked why I chose to use Slackware Linux. It wasn't really a choice as much as it was me following a tutorial, being oblivious about using Linux. The full story is below.
Many sites now rely on the user agent string provided by the browser in order to detect what browser is being used, and use this information apply "hacks" that tailor the site to the browser in use to make it function properly. However, it's relatively easy...
I'm working on a comments section for Techno.Dev. While this is an easy-to-implement feature due to the way I did things, there's a lot to consider. Security for one, since no one likes comment spam. Not only that, what do I do if the entry is updated after...
Since making web sites that are compatible with any browser is a big thing nowadays, making sites work on the brand new Wii browser is important. Of course, without some information on what to design for, that's pretty hard. So, I created a test web page with...
Here's a simple list of things I've started but have yet to finish or just need to start in general. Most of these won't make sense to most people, but it's just a quick list for personal reference.
