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I am a software developer from Calgary, Canada. I like to dabble in open-source software when not slinging Java at my day job.

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Recent Blog Posts

play blog%> House now fully framed
2010-02-24 at 07:26 pm
tech blog%> Release Planning based on Team Velocity
2010-02-21 at 01:52 pm
play blog%> Geo-exchange holes being drilled
2010-02-06 at 05:28 pm
play blog%> Main Floor coming together
2010-01-16 at 02:53 pm
play blog%> Leaving Facebook
2010-01-14 at 01:23 pm
tech blog%> Wind Mobile and Google's New Phone
2010-01-12 at 04:11 pm
play blog%> Foundation has been back-filled
2009-12-27 at 02:57 pm
play blog%> Copehagen fails...
2009-12-19 at 07:58 am

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Server Software

  • Mac OS X: After running my site on Linux (Redhat, Fedora, and Ubuntu) for 7 years, I've switched to Mac OS X (Leopard) for my web hosting. It's got all the Unix-goodness of Linux with an unparalleled user interface.
  • Apache:The most widely used web server on the Internet.
  • MySQL: The best open-source, lightweight database available today.
  • Tomcat: This site relies on Java servlets and JSP. I used Tomcat in version 3, ditched 4 for Resin, but came back to Tomcat in v5 as it now integrates more easily with Apache.

Site Design

  • The site layout is derived from Six Shooter Media's beautiful Aqueous Light template. It is a fluid layout that resizes well and provides good accessibility.
  • Code highlighting in my blog entries is based on the GNU source-highlight utility.

Images

  • Strange icons: the random selection of icons along the side of the page are chosen from the nearly 500 made freely available by Zeldman.
  • Site Badges: The "Powered By" web site badges on the bottom of every one of my pages are from this tutorial.