I’ve recently switched from Xubuntu to Gentoo, and I couldn’t be happier. I’d recommend it for anyone sufficiently technical with strong knowledge of Linux. I’ve found it to be fast, efficient and bloat-free. There are a few glitches to overcome, but they can almost always be handled with a few config file changes that are [...]

I hear Geocities has gone forever. Well, it’s hardly surprising, but it is a little sad. I remember signing up for one of their quaintly named sites all those years ago. Still, I went investigating and found Yahoo Web Hosting! (I feel everything with Yahoo! needs exclaiming, it is like some kind of marketing ploy [...]

I wasn’t feeling very well today, so I thought I’d do something more light-hearted and fun. Yes, that’s right! I wrote a website compression utility! Basically, you do “php sitecompress.php mywebsitefolder” and it goes through all the .php, .html, .htm, .js and .css files. Javascript and CSS (inline and external – yes I said inline. [...]