By Devon, on February 28th, 2009%
If you’ve noticed this past week or so, my blog has been loading really slowly, if at all. The hosting company I’ve been using, Dreamhost, has been having a ton of problems lately. They claim that the current problems are due to a DoS attack, but it’s hard to say, since they’ve been having a ton of other problems, all of … continue reading: Hosting problems
By Devon, on January 30th, 2009%
Yesterday, I gave a presentation at work on Subversion, to which we are switching after years on CVSNT. We’ve been (or, more accurately, my boss has been) careful not to use any of the non-standard CVS features in CVSNT, so hopefully the conversion will go smoothly. My presentation mainly touched on the differences between CVS and Subversion and basic … continue reading: Highly subversive
By Devon, on January 15th, 2009%
Wow, what a busy day. Not really, but it sure felt that way. After my class this morning, I was able to attend a meeting with some students visiting from Biola University. The nature of the visit was to improve interfaith relations (for those unaware, Biola University, like BYU, is also a religiously-centered school.) Obviously, those who had come to visit from Biola and the students from our campus who attended the meetings already had fairly positive interfaith relations, so the conversation dealt more with interfaith relations in general. One of the more interesting conclusions that was reached was that, often, when an Evangelical says that a Mormon (a member of the LDS Church) is not a Christian, he or she is commenting more on the nature of the Church’s theology rather than the faith, belief, worthiness, etc. of said Mormon. In other words, it’s nothing personal. Continue reading A meeting, a book, and an announcement
By Devon, on January 7th, 2009%
One of the guys in my ward referred his brother-in-law to me for some help getting a WordPress installation (http://www.strike10media.com) up and running, so a friend and I met with him last night. Nothing too complicated, but it will require some heavy modification of the theme he wanted to use along with a few other optimizations. Fortunately, my friend is … continue reading: Freelance!
By Devon, on December 11th, 2008%
I upgraded the blog to WordPress 2.7 early this afternoon, and I have to admit, I love the new admin interface. Gone are the days of the awful burnt orange. Not only is the dashboard a million times better, the post-writing interface has also undergone a major overhaul. The best new feature in 2.7? The text editor now uses a serif … continue reading: WordPress 2.7