About Nazin
Nazin is a blog by Joshua Curtiss. I have full intentions of writing my own custom blogging engine in the near future, but in the meantime, I thought I ought to get a weblog rolling in the meantime. So...
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It’s alive!! It’s alive!!
The highly unanticipated and immensely anticlimactic day has arrived: I have entered the blogging scene! About 3 years late and with the assistance of an "any idiot can post a blog" service provided by...
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Well, Google Me…
Nothing particularly amazing, but I've been officially Googled. Many thanks to Jenny who undoubtedly helped me out in getting onto Google by linking to me from NeatlySliced.com.
View ArticleHTTP Compression: A No-Brainer
I knew of HTTP Compression and for some reason never checked to make sure that my webserver had it turned on. The thought was prompted while reading Chad Dickerson's series of articles about RSS and...
View ArticleSearch Functionality on Nazin
I thought it only made sense to incorporate some searching functionality into my site. Even though I am still using Blogger.com as my blogging engine, I realized that I could still provide a search...
View ArticleBack Online
After a great hiatus, I can finally begin posting again. For awhile, my webserver no longer had FTP access, meaning an external service like Blogger.com was useless for managing my blog (ahem, if I had...
View ArticleMajor Overhaul Forthcoming
I've been using Blogger as a blogging engine for way too long. It's time for an engine switch--and a complete site overhaul, for that matter. My lack of posts are strong evidence of the apathy I've...
View ArticleMajor Overhaul…Is Underway!
The Nazin overhaul is...well...not done, but I'm at least making it live. Its heart is pumping a new beat; in other words, I've changed my hosting provider. Perhaps an upcoming post can be the horror...
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The Mysterious Vanishing WordPress Posts
Three of my recent posts from August 2006 have been mysteriously cut off at the knees (two articles about SELinux and one article about Apple releasing the Mac Pro). The first opening sentences...
View ArticleOh, the Irony
The irony of it all has me cracking up. After waiting weeks for my 404 article to get put on CFDJ, it gets printed just shortly after my hosting company moves my account to a new server...and forgot to...
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A New Site Design
In a continuation of the first few steps to improve and expand my website, I have selected, implemented, and partially tweaked a new design that will meet my needs in the future as well as satisfy my...
View ArticleSpam Protection
As a side point, I really, really, really need to get CAPTCHA for the blog comment posting. Sure, the existing spam protection prevents spam comments from being visible. The stupid spammers can never...
View ArticleI Love Spam Karma
Wow. While I was on vacation, Spam Karma kind of freaked out in some way and was no longer functioning. As a result, I was left with the default WordPress comment moderation facilities. Thank goodness...
View ArticleUser Profile Problems in WP Fixed By Disabling Cache
Jenny had a post about how WordPress caching seems to mess everything up, at least in WP v2.0.2. Disabling the cache fixed a very serious error that was bringing the site down. As it turns out, I was...
View ArticleSyntax Highlighting!
Finally, I have beautiful syntax highlighting for the code snippets I put on my blog entries! Doing this is incredibly painful with TinyMCE, especially with tag-based code, because it would try to mess...
View ArticleWPtouch
I have another blog that I use entirely for my own note-taking and reference, and I very frequently refer to my notes on my iPhone. Safari on the iPhone renders the pages wonderfully, but it is a bit...
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