Random and Opinionated Thoughts

by: Jennifer Zelazny

Web Development

If I Can Learn Perl…

When we bought our condo 3 years ago, we repainted every square inch of the place…ceilings, baseboards, walls, etc. We also tore up all the carpet, put down 900sq ft. of Pergo and then the two bedrooms got new carpet. The only two floors that did not get redone, were our two bathroom floors. Finally […]

Hardware

Hardware Choices

I have been going back and forth for a few weeks now, trting to decide what new computer to buy. Right now I have a G4 Cube and a 17″ Apple Studio Display. When the Mac Mini first came on the scene, I thought this would be a perfect in between upgrade for me until […]

Life

Stressed Out

Nothing exciting to post today, I am too stressed out to write about anything interesting or even not interesting. But since I am a nice person, I will leave a old, but good link for people to check out. MacTech Magazine.

Hints UNIX

good UNIX quick reference.

Everyone needs a good UNIX quick reference for the times you cannot remeber the command you need, but you know exists, and I recently found a good one, good enough to bookmark until I compile my own. The Univeristy of Washington’s Quick Reference: Unix Commands

Random

What is on My Computer?

Over the weekend I had the pleasure of doing a clean install on my Cube. (Apple, I love the specs section, but I am not crazy about the PDFs, especially if you just need to see one stat) Anyways, I thought I would share what I have on my computer besides the standard install that […]

Software

Backup Strategies

All I ask from anyone who reads this today is to look at their backup strategy. I thought I had mine down. I have an original iMac with a big hardrive that serves as my backup server at my house. I have a .mac account with Apple, so I used (past tense) Backup for my […]

Random

Random Randomness

Well. I often find myself looking for one thing on the web and ending up with finding multiple cool things that I ordinarily would not find otherwise. Here is a taste: Satan’s Landromat A really cool photo log. Chicago Uncommon Really cool pictures of and around Chicago. FileExt A web site that has a database […]

Standards

The Decent Thing To Do

After a confusing day filled with follies of all sorts…I have to ask someone (because my answer is biased): do standards (both technical and personal) and hard work really matter? The day started off by me losing the last spot in my normal train parking lot to someone that I waved in front of me […]

Life

Operation Sarah Connor

Well I got the call last night. One of my good friends (Ben you know who) called to tell me she is getting married in October…and that I am going to be a bridesmaid. (Yes, Doug you can have a picture). So today, I am officially start my training for Operation Sarah Connor: get fit. […]

UNIX

cheers! windows applications without windows.

This weekend, in between validatint my code, football, and SoCom II, I ran into a cool project that I think is worth mentioning: Darwine. For people like me that do not always have access to a PC but believes in QA for multiple browsers/platforms, there are times when all I need is IE for Windows. […]

Hints Standards Web Development

Clean Code With Tidy

When I first started creating web pages with using SimpleText or BBEdit, my code was super clean…it might not have been as complicated as it now, but everything was in it’s place and it was damn impressive to look at. Enter in GoLive CyberStudio (now Adobe GoLive). Lots of great features and awesome site management, […]