October 13, 2009
I’ve just completed moving the blog to a new server, this time a Linux server since Wordpress and MySQL were giving me a few problems in the Windows platform they were running on. I guess I was asking for trouble running programs that were originaly written for Unix platform on a Windows server, but I learned my lesson and I’m moving on. Continue reading this post…
October 7, 2009
With the imminent move to the new house I’ve been thinking of a few woodworking projects I’d like to build. Nothing too large since space in the workshop is tight, but I guess a new coffee table would look really good in the new living room.
Being a fan of George Nakashima, I started sketching something with a solid walnut slab for the top. But where can I get such a piece of lumber? Research begun…. Continue reading this post…
July 18, 2009
French product designer Philippe Starck is well known around the globe for his creations ranging from small objects like toothbrushes and juicers to larger projects like restaurant and hotel interiors.
In this TED talk he spends nearly 18 minutes trying to answer the question “Why design?” reaching for our own roots four billion years ago. Continue reading this post…
July 11, 2009
The power of Google
Keep Googlebot happy and your visitors happier
When you change your site structure radically like I did yesterday night – all links changed from static HTML files to dynamic PHP files – there are a few things to consider:
- Every link on the web will be broken and people wont be able to find the content again on my website;
- All the indexes on search engines will be broken, i.e. pointing to the non existent files;
- How fast will the new pages show up in Google search results?
Continue reading this post…