All the Pages Are My Days - the first 12 years
the (archived) online world of Mike Rodriquez 2002-2012
I’ve added a new feature over on the right side of the page. As you can see, the nominal location of the last few visitors to the site is listed. While not necessarily entirely accurate (see below), it’s still kind of neat! I say nominal (or is that pro-forma?) for a couple of reasons. One … Read more
Bookfilter is a blog devoted to books and all things book related. It’s a rich, though text-only, site which I found while browsing over at I Will Dare. I love books and bookstores, and so far during my quick visit to the site I feel like I’m in a large, wondrous bookstore, with many alcoves … Read more
Sorry. Anyway, thanks to metafilter, I found a site that has a wide variety of links to online resources devoted to the current WAR in Iraq. There are personal and corporate type blogs, as well as other resources such as map sites and audio/video links. Read the metafilter comments page for links to some interesting … Read more
From the proper-cased titles (no more all cap TITLES!), through the standard navigation elements (on most pages), a nicer title bar, and finishing with a completely new color scheme, I’ve just finished a major make-over of this site. Behind the scenes, I’ve made great use of MT code modules to help manage the common elements … Read more
While out looking for cool hacks to add to my blog, I came across the girlie matters MT tricks page. I was struck by the entry counts next to the category and monthly archive links, and quickly guessed that the same code that lists the number of comments in an entry was responsible. I was … Read more
Over the weekend I updated my installation of movabletype to the latest release, 2.63. It went without a hitch, and all seems to be working well. Once I was working on the site I turned my attention to cleaning up my templates. My main template was in reasonable shape, but my individual, monthly and category … Read more
In 1611 Kepler published what is probably the first scientific review of the snowflake, paying particular attention to the six-sided nature that virtually all snowflakes exhibit. Almost 400 years later, we have the latest research results regarding snowflakes in the form of these extreme close-up photos. They are the work of talented photographer Patricia Rasmussen. … Read more
Santa Clara County is facing the issue of secure, tamper-proof, electronic voting. The issue came up recently when the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters recommended that the county acquire touch-screen DRE machines from Sequoia Voting Systems. These machines do not provide a voter-verifiable audit trail. More info on the important issue of the risks … Read more
Sometimes I think like the simple country boy that I am at heart, following the path of least resistance and pointing out the obvious. Let’s see, in my life, awareness beginning in the 60’s: rigged elections in foreign countries w/our CIA involved; George Bush, head of the CIA; George Bush, elected as US President … … Read more
