Switched to Hybrid WordPress theme
I had been using my woodgrain-styled custom WordPress theme for a while, but recently I got a little tired of it. It hid too much of the navigation in a clever little sliding javascript panel that no one seemed to find to click on. In the meantime, I’m starting to get a better idea of [...]
Take action to protect the Internet. Protest SOPA.
In a few days the US Sentate will consider SOPA, the “Stop Online Piracy Act.” It will give the federal government broad powers intended to combat digital piracy. Sounds like something a law abiding citizen would support, right? Wrong. SOPA is written so broadly that it gives the government overreaching power to control the internet. [...]
An Ubuntu & Firefox Kiosk for my Toddler
My daughter Anneliese is starting to learn to use a computer, and that means she needs things made simple and easy. Here are some steps I took to making a separate login for her under Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick. This guide assumes familiarity with general Ubuntu system administration tasks, as well as gconf-editor.
Clean Up with the Zotero Reference Test Pane
I’m in the thick of my thesis research, and I wanted to share this awesome Zotero tip I ran across. (Zotero is a great, free research and reference tool. Think EndNote, but free and way better.) Open a new Firefox window. Copy and paste this link into your Firefox address bar: chrome://zotero/content/tools/csledit.xul And then open [...]
My 2010 Blogging in Review
This is a graphic summary of the most commonly used words in my blog posts in 2010.
Koine (Biblical) Greek in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx
I’ve been using Ubuntu for several years with KMFL (Keyboard Mapping for Linux), a project to bring “Keyman-style” keyboard maps to Linux in order to type in Unicode. These are vastly superior to traditional keyboard maps because they allow you to type more naturally.
Revelation Password Manager is Worth It
I just posted this comment in response to an article at ChurchIT about RandomKeyGen.com I think I’d give this one a pass. The “Decent Passwords” section is pretty reasonable, but beyond that is getting mighty insane. For web hosts, in most circumstances one should be using public key auth over SSH and disabling password access [...]
Run pvconv (Qualcomm PureVoice Converter) on Ubuntu Karmic
So when I get a musical idea, I have to write it down or record it immediately or I’ll forget it. I’ve probably forgotten a hundred halfway decent ideas in the last year or so this way. Nowadays I’m using my netbook or my cell phone’s microphones to record ideas when I can, which helps [...]
New Website Template Launched
I’m happy to report that I just launched a redesign of my personal blog and namesite, TedCarnahan.com. It’s still got some rough edges, and I’ve got some cleaning up to do, but I’m really happy with the overall look and feel of it. It took about 12 hours of work (mostly nights when the family [...]
Freedom Software, Competition, and WordPress Plugins
You’ve done something noteworthy when people are willing to tell you publicly that they don’t like it. Such is the case with my WordPress plugin, jQuery Table of Contents. Zoran at Hackadelic, author of a similar plugin, Hackadelic SEO Table of Contents, likes the clean code but could do without the Javascript.