My Sites Archives
The Great Domain Name Experiment
September 10, 2004
A quick lesson learned about trying to switch to a new domain name.Continue reading this entry...
Playing With A New Brand
September 08, 2004
I’ve updated the look and feel of my site as part of my ongoing re-branding efforts.Continue reading this entry...
My Publication Schedule
August 26, 2004
I’ve had a loose publication schedule for quite awhile now. As part of my re-branding efforts I’m going to make it public and do my best to stick to it.Continue reading this entry...
My Link Exchange Policy
August 12, 2004
I get asked for link exchanges all the time, I thought it’d be good to publish my semi-official thoughts on the matter. Subject to change.Continue reading this entry...
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Asterisk Refreshed and Reloaded
August 03, 2004
I’ve recently moved to a new host and made some backend improvemtents to my site and my blog Asterisk. This post details about what I’ve done and what’s to come.Continue reading this entry...
Comments Feed Now Available
April 05, 2004
Due to popular demand (well maybe not that popular, but Andrei asked for it and he’s got a bit of pull with me) I’ve added a comments feed. This is somewhat new territory for me as I’ve never subscribed to…Continue reading this entry...
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Back(ground) By Popular Demand
February 20, 2004
I had so many people lament the removal of my old background pattern I decided to bring it back. I always liked it myself, but I was really surprised at how many people missed it. It was actually a bit…Continue reading this entry...
2004 Redesign Is Here!
February 10, 2004
Update: Thanks to Oscar and the great folks at Needa.com I was able to work out my rebuild issue. Turns out it was too many archive type tags in my templates. I moved those to PHP includes and everything got…Continue reading this entry...
2004 Redesign Update
January 27, 2004
Pardon my dust, I’m in the midst of a total redesign and reorganization of the site. Most of you won’t notice a thing until the new (and hopefully improved) version is up and live, but I wanted to give a…Continue reading this entry...
Changes Coming Soon
January 05, 2004
In the last year or so I’ve come to realize that when Gerry McGovern told me that “you should only publish what you can maintain,” he was right on the money. I’m cutting back on my “non-essential” content and going…Continue reading this entry...
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Asterisk* FAQs
December 08, 2003
Thanks to everyone who asked me a question and helped out with my experiment. It went well and I’ve decided to keep it going. There are still a few minor issues to sort out, but I think it can be…Continue reading this entry...
Experiment -- Ask Me A Question
December 03, 2003
I’ve been working on a Movable Type driven FAQ / Q&A engine for this site. I know this has been done on other sites fairly well and I think it can be a useful tool and a fun one as…Continue reading this entry...
Comments Back On Line
November 11, 2003
Just an update on the status of Asterisk* — Everything is back to normal and comments are now working again. What had happened is a whole shit-load of comment spam made it past my blacklist and took down the server….Continue reading this entry...
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Asterisk* Site Problems
November 10, 2003
This is a post to let all you know that my site is experiencing some problems at the moment. Many of my cgi scripts are down (comments being the main one) as it looks like someone was trying to hack…Continue reading this entry...
Asterisk* - No Play Version
October 30, 2003
Every once in a while I’m asked why I don’t just stick to Web design and similar topics. Well, the short answer is variety is the spice of life and my interests extend way beyond what I do for a…Continue reading this entry...
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The Long, Hard Road To Validation
October 08, 2003
As part of my progressive enhancement efforts I’m trying to get this site as valid to Web standards as possible. As I’ve often mentioned (bitched about), this is easier said than done. In fact, it can be a downright pain…Continue reading this entry...
Progressive Enhancement - Part Two
September 29, 2003
Over the last few weeks, and quite a bit this weekend I spent some time making updates to Asterisk* — my second round of progressive enhancement to the site. For a recap of my first progressive enhancement, read Progressive Enhancement…Continue reading this entry...
Tweaking Asterisk* - Permanent Recommendations
September 09, 2003
If things seem a bit odd around here it’s because I’ve been working on a few enhancements and small changes to the site. Hopefully they won’t cause to much disruption, but I’ve had to edit my templates a bit so…Continue reading this entry...
External Essentials, Quicklinks and Recommended Items
September 05, 2003
I’ve recently added some wonderful sites to my Essential Externals (down there on the right column of my homepage) for your enjoyment. The list is getting rather long, but rather than move it off to some other page or collapse…Continue reading this entry...
Guerilla vs. Gorilla
September 03, 2003
For those of you who don’t “get it” when I use the term “Gorilla” in my Gorilla Web Tips I’m trying (obviously not very successfully based on all the people e-mailing to correct me on this) to be funny. I’m…Continue reading this entry...
Asterisk* Rebuilt - Third Time's The Charm?
August 16, 2003
Update: Redesign still in progress, things may appear a bit funky, when in doubt, refresh. If the Song of The Week Player looks strange or really small you may need to clear your cache… I’ve redesigned and rebuilt Asterisk* from…Continue reading this entry...
Asterisk* - The First Year
July 11, 2003
It was a year ago today that I made my first post to Asterisk* — at the time I knew very little about “blogs” and was looking into Movable Type for use in my day job, and blogging as an…Continue reading this entry...
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DKR Productions - Soft Launch
June 18, 2003
Well, I just put my new DKR Productions site out there. It’s not quite finished, but getting there and well, I wanted to get it out there in the open. Call it a (very) soft launch or working Beta. Along…Continue reading this entry...
Photo Blogs and My Photos
April 11, 2003
I made some long needed updates to Almost Wordless tonight. Among those updates is a list of links to other photo blogs that I enjoy. It’s not a very long list. If you are reading this and have a photo…Continue reading this entry...
Major Projects.
March 19, 2003
As the world gets ready to go to war and I get ready to head down to San Francisco for UI 7 West and to try and crash Flash Forward, work continues and life goes on. This week I started…Continue reading this entry...
Minor Changes.
March 12, 2003
In the last week or so I’ve made a few small changes to Asterisk. Just a few little tweaks here and there. I’ve added some new blogs to the sidebar, as well as a featured entries section and the new…Continue reading this entry...
Almost Wordless Update.
February 22, 2003
I’ve got some really nice pictures from my mini vacation to Cali going up over at Almost Worldess. The first series contains a few pictures of signs. Not sure why I like those, but I seem to really enjoy taking…Continue reading this entry...
Freelance work and site stuff.
October 26, 2002
So, I was told that my biz site, DKR productions, gave the air of being expensive. Funny, I’ve not had much freelance work since I put it up - not that it really matters, most of what I get come…Continue reading this entry...
Upgraded!
October 25, 2002
Well I’ve got this baby upgraded to MT V2.5 - I did it last night and it went pretty smooth. It looks like I lost a couple of entries - but I can’t seem to figure out which. Now that…Continue reading this entry...
Almost Wordless.
October 09, 2002
I’m currently working on another personal project - using MT and I’m almost ready for prime time. It’s called Almost Wordless, and I hope it speaks for itself. You can have a look here. On a side note - a…Continue reading this entry...
Brushed suede, blockquotes and a redesign.
August 21, 2002
I spent most of last night painting my room (it hasn’t turned out quite as planned, “brushed suede” is a bit harder than it appears) and working on the redesign of Asterisk*, which went much better. Here is the new…Continue reading this entry...
Redesign, shmedesign....and the other white meat.
August 15, 2002
Well I’ve been trying to fit work in on my general redesign. It’s hard with me moving into a new place and all - I became an amature electrician this week and installed some new light fixtures (looks like I’m…Continue reading this entry...
7nights
August 06, 2002
A little update on the redesign on my main site, 7nights.com: I’ve been hard at work (literally) and getting this whole homeowner thing together. I have the basic design done, as well as all the neat little features that will…Continue reading this entry...
Design-o-rama.
July 23, 2002
Well I’ve put together a simple design. It’s pretty much a modification of the default template I used when I installed this site. I like it, it’s clean and simple - it’ll do. As I have time I’ll flush asterisk*…Continue reading this entry...
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