Monthly Archives: April 2009

Google Gadgets (Views)

Posted on April 20, 2009 by MXH

I’ve been looking into making my puzzles available as a Google Gadget. The process doesn’t seem too difficult – just a little unwieldy. Today, I want to talk about one small (but important) aspect of Google Gadgets: Views.

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More Yegge

Posted on April 19, 2009 by MXH

Yesterday, I described the thinking behind this Steve Yegge post as “creepy and dangerous”. Today, I want to focus on the “dangerous” part, after a quick detour to summarize “creepy”. In short, Steve advocates allowing the perfect to be the … Continue reading →

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Law Isn’t Code

Posted on April 18, 2009 by MXH

So, Steve Yegge. Steve’s got an interesting post up, made no less interesting by the fact that its thinking is not only wrong-headed, but creepy and dangerous. Briefly – and I don’t think that I’m begin unfair here – Steve … Continue reading →

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Monetization

Posted on April 17, 2009 by MXH

How can you make money online? Well, the same way you can make money anywhere else: By selling stuff. You can either sell your own stuff, or get paid to sell someone else’s stuff. Today, I want to talk about … Continue reading →

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Postfix on Slicehost (Fedora 10)

Posted on April 16, 2009 by MXH

Today I set up a very simple Postfix instance on my Fedora 10 Slicehost VPS. Although Slicehost offers an excellent series of articles on setting up a mailserver, that series assumes that the base OS is Ubuntu Hardy. Naturally, there … Continue reading →

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Tax Day

Posted on April 15, 2009 by MXH

Today was tax day. It was a triple-whammy for me. I had to pay: personal ’08 State & Federal taxes personal (estimated) Q1 ’09 State & Federal taxes corporate (estimated) Q1 ’09 State taxes This was not nearly as much … Continue reading →

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Invisible Features

Posted on April 14, 2009 by MXH

Today I added a new feature to my web-based solver for KenKen puzzles. The interesting thing about this feature is that it’s invisible to the user; the user interface doesn’t change, the program simply gains new abilities. Enhancements like this … Continue reading →

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Generalized Subtraction and Division

Posted on April 13, 2009 by MXH

KenKen puzzles, as popularized in the U.S., have a major simplifying restriction: Subtraction and division cages must have exactly two cells. This restriction is lifted in some puzzle variants. Today, in response to a reader question, I briefly look at … Continue reading →

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Straw in the Wind?

Posted on April 12, 2009 by MXH

I found something interesting today: The Onion’s AV Club is running a feature reviewing (in both senses of the word, I suppose) the classic, 1960’s Star Trek episodes. What’s unusual about the feature is its tone; for a publication as … Continue reading →

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35 Characters

Posted on April 11, 2009 by MXH

Just a quick note re: Google Adwords. At the bottom of every ad is a “display URL”. You must supply this URL when you create an ad. Furthermore, this field must be a valid URL, and refer to the advertised … Continue reading →

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