Random and Opinionated Thoughts

by: Jennifer Zelazny

Hints UNIX

helpful UNIX commands.

Well, I am halfway through my UNIX filesystem training and I wanted to share some useful commands I have learned along the way: grep -i = grep ignoring cases grep -v name = grep ignoring all lines with “name” in it grep word * = grep in the current directory for all lines with “word” […]

Content Management Systems Web Development

content management systems.

So perhaps you have considered implementing a content management system for yourself of your company. I have gone back and forth several times. Do I want to use one because of all the feautures and role based options? Do I want to not use one so I can fully customize everything? Do I have time […]

Hints HOWTOs Web Development

encoding email addresses.

Spam. We are all sick of it. Contact information…if you have a web site it is most likely you will need to post your contact information (email address) somewhere. To stop robots from spidering your email address, I would suggest encoding it. Yeah, if you notice my email address is not always encoded on my […]

jappler.com Standards Web Development

another day, another design.

This is officially design #4 for jappler.com. My web sites are always evolving, and I am always trying to build my template library, so here we are again. I needed a PSU blue for my site, and I finally have it. I have not used this blue since 1998, and when looking at my site…all […]

Random

Who is Telling the Truth?

Well if you are like me, and actually care about making an informed decision on who to vote for in the upcoming presidential race, please watch the debates and then check out factcheck.org. (Not to be confused with factcheck.com which Mr. Cheney told all who watched the debate to go to and check out all […]

Standards

train the brain! (instead of driving me insane)

OK, so how many times have we all heard this: “I have so many user names and passwords, there is no way I can possibly remember all of them.” The solution (and no it is not to write them down)…remember your user names and passwords. How? Make up a user name/password scheme. How? I have […]

Games

Grand Theft Auto III Completed

Just when I thought I would not finish GTA III, I did. It was one of those nights where “just one more time and that is it” went through my mind many times. After I saved the girl, I popped out GTA III and put in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. I have to say…the […]

Standards

Dear Joe Paterno,

I had the honor of going to the Penn State v. Wisconsin game last weekend in Madison, Wisconsin. After going to to the game, experiencing the crowd, and the listening to the media…all trying to blame you, I just wanted to write to you and tell you how much of an inspiration you have been […]

Standards

loud cell phone talkers.

To the annoying girl on the 523 train that got off at Des Plaines stop after talking the entire non-express train trip…I have something for you….a F*&$)ing clue: everyone on the train does not care about the horrible day you had. As you talked about how nervous you were at work and how you started […]

Games

Grand Theft Auto III

With Grand Theft Auto San Andreas coming out in the next month, I finally decided to sit down and finish the last few missions that I never did in Grand Theft Auto III. I do not know what it is about this game, but I find myself wanting to listen to Rise FM, and yesterday […]