Although Linux and Mac users have reputations for fanaticism, I have noticed that Windows users are more irrationally loyal. Are you one of them? Continue reading
Software
Why I use open source
This blog post got me thinking about the reasons I most often hear for using open source software are the freedom it gives users, its usually high quality, and the lack of vendor lock-in.
I have one more reason: transparency. Continue reading
Thanks
I have mentioned my other sites and the various changes but some thanks and acknowledgements are needed.
All three of my sites are running on WordPress. Although known as blog software (and that it what it is in the default configuration) it is very versatile and makes a great CMS for many sites. The support forums are very invaluable. The most useful for me of the many plugins I have tried have been The_excerpt Reloaded (which allowed my to show excerpts to the length I wanted) and WP-Cache (which made my sites noticably faster loading). Continue reading