I’ve been thinking for a long time about how nice it would be to have my own private wiki for notetaking and general thought collection. I’d want to be able to access it offline (for taking notes in classes where I don’t have a wireless connection) and I wouldn’t want anyone besides me to have access. I’ve used a few freeware note programs — some even patterned after wikis — but none of them compare remotely to MediaWiki.
Continue reading “localhost” →
A friend of mine contacted me over IM with a CSS question today. Through the course of the conversation, he introduced me to an insteresting resource: pastebin.
The premise is simple. Need help troubleshooting a piece of code? Maybe you’ve been talking to a friend over IM or IRC and they want to see what you’re working on. Pasting the code into the IM window can be a little annoying. Instead, you can simply paste your code into pastebin and give your friend a link. They can edit the code and paste it back so you can see their suggested changes.
I took the liberty of stealing their script (they said I could) and installed it at paste.joeyday.com. There are a few kinks to work out, but feel free to use it whenever you like.
Edit April 18, 2005 @ 2:03 pm: I’ve taken my local installation of pastebin down because I wasn’t really using it.
I fielded an interesting question from an LDS friend of mine yesterday over instant messenger. I’m sure this is not an exact quote, but here’s the question:
I was reading in the Book of Mormon last night and thought of a question I want to ask you. You know how, in 3 Nephi, Jesus tells the ancient American Christians that His church should be called after His name? I’m not trying to be argumentative, but I’m interested to know what you think of this after leaving the church.
Continue reading “What’s in a Name?” →
As I see it, here are the kinks that need to be worked out of this blog before I’ll be satisfied with it:
- Bring back the Edification sidebar (I like the Interpolation sidebar, so Edification may have to be moved to the Info page).
Find some way to implement Amazon links (WP-Amazon plugin?).Links to scriptures:
Bible Gateway (with Scripturizer?).LDS.org (not sure how to do this, yet).
Figure out a better color for code elements.
As I notice more things I’ll be adding them to this list. As things get finished I’ll be striking them from this list. Stay tuned.
There are still a few kinks to work out, but I’ve finally ported the site to WordPress. If you’re not sure what that is, don’t worry about it. All it means is I should start posting more often now (and replying to some comments that have been waiting for answers far too long).
At the moment, however, I’m very tired, so all this will have to wait until morning.
Well, smack me up the side of my head with a rubber tuna fish. Jordan over at swirlee.org has found what I think may be the best way to keep track of a wish list using del.icio.us. It’s so devilishly simple I’m not sure why hundreds of people haven’t done it before.
Continue reading “A Better Wishlist” →
Ever since I installed MagpieRSS on my server (it powers my del.icio.us sidebar links), the site loads a lot slower. I’m pretty sure it’s happening because Magpie’s caching isn’t enabled. I’d like to have caching anyway to prevent my site from overloading del.icio.us — not that it would with my piddly traffic, but it seems incredibly impolite to ping someone else’s server every time my site loads.
I’ve gone through the readme files and tried the steps outlined for setting up caching, but it doesn’t seem to be working correctly. If anyone knows anything (or can figure anything out) about MagpieRSS, please let me know. Thanks.
I’m writing this post early in the morning on December 31, 2004. If I’ve set the timestamp correctly, it shouldn’t appear on the site until just as I’m saying “I do.” I’m quite positive, though at this moment I can only imagine, that I’ll be having the best day of my life.
Janene, I’m so glad we’ve come to this wonderful point in our lives and in our relationship. I’ve had so much fun being your sweetheart for the last three and a half years. It’s hard to imagine things going up from here, but I have no doubt they will. We’ve only scratched the surface of what lies ahead. I’m so excited to experience my life together with you.
Congratulations Mrs. Day. No offense to any of my relatives, but you’re the most beautiful Day I’ve ever known. Welcome to the family. I love you!
