Random Articles

• When the Internet is Slow, It’s Frustrating I’ve got an announcement to make. Some of you lucky folks already know about it. Actually, the only people that don’t know about it aren’t reading this. Huh. That actually makes me feel better. Still, I anxiously await for the DNS to propagate. It’s official - PodcastMN is up.
• gFeed Now More Valid If your news reader didn’t like the gFeed - I’m looking at you, NewsFire - then give it a second shot. I’ve tweaked the gFeed RSS feed and it should be more compatible with validation-hyper-sensitive readers - I’m looking at you, NewsFire. Also, if your reader supports it - NetNewsWire - the audio of the First Crack
• The Lack of Intention Economy “Since the clicks will likely look legitimate, it comes down to intent - did the user click the ad just to click it, or did they have a genuine interest in the advertisement? It’s not so easy to tell…” Mark Cuban dissects click fraud. The quote above is from the comments following Mark’s post. Good stuff.
• Learning the Rails I’m taking a week off of active programming to focus on better understanding 3 aspects of Rails development I’ve been wistfully ignoring: Migrations, Testing, and Deployment. There’s a tiny, fun little project I’m using as the venue for these subjects. One week from today (May 1) is what I’m giving myself on this effort. Any longer
• Introducing the HijackingWP Script One of my biggest problems with podcasting is the production process. Even without editing the audio, the process is far too manual to repeat without inherent discouragement (65 podcasts in year 1 and 20 in year 2 should speak to that). In an effort to publish more and make podcasting as effortless as writing this post,