Page Rank and war movies
Mad props to co-worker "Richard" for doubling the number of in-links to my website by adding a link off his (quite interesting) blog. I don't know what I did to earn that real estate, but I am proud none the less. He's the resident UI experience guy and has a wealth of knowledge on the subject. I took one web-UI class at Stanford in my last quarter (along with an easy database class and golf) and that is why my color scheme is black and white on burnt orange and you are squinting to read this. I'm sure that tip is somewhere on his blog if you read it long enough. However, fixing that is not the highest priority item on the todo list.
Todo list for my website/blog:
1) Find a way to get a more "static" IP address without paying for it (i.e. stop trying to serve this page off a $19/mo dynamic IP addressed DSL line).
2) Figure out how to run a daemon on my webserver to automatically re-register a new dynamic IP address with my DNS server (so my page will stop going down for a day when AT&T changes my IP address every week :).
3) Get a webserver that doesn't sound like a hair dryer
4) Get a webserver that is not in my closet (this will also resolve [3]).
5) Get a webserver with a processor that was made this century
6) Fix blog color scheme so it is not as revolting
7) Make a smaller banner to my website so it can be served over previously stated DSL line
8) Fix the rest of this site that isn't this blog (i.e. pictures/template/etc)
9) Add tags/labels for all my blog entries
Richard also mentions in his blog that you should use proper grammar and spelling on any website. I hope if he RSS-es my page, he doesn't look at the title of this blog. I will change that some day when I find inspiration.
Getting back in the swing of things by adding a second topic per post, we now turn to the topic of war movies. I've seen two war movies in the last 4 days, "Saving Private Ryan" and "Jarhead". Both of these movies were almost more dramas than action movies and I can see why "Saving Private Ryan" won some Oscars. The first 30 minutes of that movie are a very graphic (and probably quite accurate) depiction of D-Day. "Jarhead" is almost completely a drama/political piece and while interesting is not as eternal as "Saving Private Ryan".
Movies like that, no matter how Hollywood they are, definitely make me glad I earn a living with a keyboard and not an M-16. I very much enjoy having my biggest problem be my dynamic-IP address instead of dodging bullets.
Todo list for my website/blog:
1) Find a way to get a more "static" IP address without paying for it (i.e. stop trying to serve this page off a $19/mo dynamic IP addressed DSL line).
2) Figure out how to run a daemon on my webserver to automatically re-register a new dynamic IP address with my DNS server (so my page will stop going down for a day when AT&T changes my IP address every week :).
3) Get a webserver that doesn't sound like a hair dryer
4) Get a webserver that is not in my closet (this will also resolve [3]).
5) Get a webserver with a processor that was made this century
6) Fix blog color scheme so it is not as revolting
7) Make a smaller banner to my website so it can be served over previously stated DSL line
8) Fix the rest of this site that isn't this blog (i.e. pictures/template/etc)
9) Add tags/labels for all my blog entries
Richard also mentions in his blog that you should use proper grammar and spelling on any website. I hope if he RSS-es my page, he doesn't look at the title of this blog. I will change that some day when I find inspiration.
Getting back in the swing of things by adding a second topic per post, we now turn to the topic of war movies. I've seen two war movies in the last 4 days, "Saving Private Ryan" and "Jarhead". Both of these movies were almost more dramas than action movies and I can see why "Saving Private Ryan" won some Oscars. The first 30 minutes of that movie are a very graphic (and probably quite accurate) depiction of D-Day. "Jarhead" is almost completely a drama/political piece and while interesting is not as eternal as "Saving Private Ryan".
Movies like that, no matter how Hollywood they are, definitely make me glad I earn a living with a keyboard and not an M-16. I very much enjoy having my biggest problem be my dynamic-IP address instead of dodging bullets.
posted by beatdodgers at
11:20 PM
2 Comments:
Wow, I never took a close look at the title of your blog before. I think it's appropriate.
Also, I have no idea what the f you're talking about with your dynamics and your DNS's. Thank god.
Hehe! Thanks for the nod. Yeah, I was gonna email you about your "thougts" or at least swing by your desk, but I plum forgot!
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