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  A new server – a fresh start

  07.04.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Like most people I like new things. And after a couple of years of running virtual servers here and there but wanting to move back to a server of my own, some recent developments have expedited the process. So, if you’re reading this, welcome to my new server! It’s faster, better and shinier than the [...]

• blog, design, web design

  On the danger of downloading themes

  02.24.10 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  This is something I had not bumped into before, but today I downloaded a free WordPress theme to adapt to my own wishes (which usually involves a whole lot of hacking and slashing), but this one took some extra time because it was riddled with invisible links to several commercial sites, apparently to boost them [...]

• blog, life

  New brooms…belated New Year’s resolution?

  02.17.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Ahh…it’s always nice to clean house every once in a while, I upgraded the server a bit, upgraded my WordPress, changed the theme…and also to sit down to do some write-ups on the ol’ blog after just not finding the time for such a long time. Here’s what I’ve been up to since the start [...]

• blog, ict / computers

  Gimme powerrrr

  10.28.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  There was a power failure at the NIKHEF data center tonight, one of the (if not THE) biggest AMSiX hubs. Ouch! All connectivity lost to the super data center my little server is in. So…server doing fine, data center doing fine, upstream data link dead. Damn. Back up inside two hours is pretty good though, [...]

• blog

  Small theme update

  07.21.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I did just a small visual update to my theme (which I still quite like) today, mainly introducing a background slightly darker at the top to more emphasise the start of the page, changing the logo at the top and changing the font for headings and the tabs to the left to Georgia, a nice serif [...]

• blog

  I quite like this theme

  07.02.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Yes I do. My old theme, however cool-looking, depended very heavily on A) a huge wide banner image at the top and B) dynamic image replacement for the post titles. Result: long loading times. And of course I sometimes have the attention span of a stressed hamster on meth,thus I got bored with the look. [...]

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