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Enrolled in Amazon.com's Affiliate Program

Enrolled in Amazon's Affiliate program, something I probably shoulda done years ago. They claim it takes ~3 days to process an application, but I received my acceptance letter today. (Applied late last...

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Semantic Markup & Passing Inspection

Changed the underlying markup that controls the links in the blue-green sidebars on the home-page. They were previously coded as » paragraphs. I changed them to » list-items .. cuz that's what they are...

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CSS Image Replacement & Other Misnomers

Happy Halloween. I modified the method of placing the graphics in the header found at the top of the home page .. up where it says » RADIFIED | Nuclear Grade Technolust. There I implemented a technique...

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Rad's Nuclear Grade Crock Pot Stew

Have a special treat for you today » my Nuclear Grade Stew recipe (2 pages). I've made this stew at least 50 times over the years .. probably closer to a hundred. Now that autumn is here, and the...

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eDawg's New Quad-Core Beast

My buddy eDawg just built himself a new beast. Here's a copy-n-paste from the invoice (totaling $1325 + tax). He's using dual flat-panel monitors imported from a previous system. See here: Case Antec |...

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Grok'ing the Ah-ha Moment

One of the most satisfying experiences a technoluster can have is becoming proficient with a new technology, especially one that's not easy to master. Geeks sometimes use the word » GROK, which...

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Centuries of Philosophical Thought

Have a special treat for you today. Earlier this year I spent my Saturday mornings (8 weeks worth) up at Chapman University, here in Orange county. There I participated in a co-parenting course called...

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Futuristic Dream

Had my first futuristic dream last night. It seemed so real, vivid. Most striking is how dismal and gray everything looked. No color. No trees. No plants -- anywhere. Concrete all around. A canopy of...

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The White House (Gasp!) Goes Drupal

The White House re-launched its website on Drupal. Can you believe that? Not sure why this blows my mind. In searching the web however, I see many others have also sat up and taken notice. No doubt the...

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Newport Harbor Christmas Boat Parade

The 101st annual Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade began Wednesday. It goes on every night in Newport Harbor (from 6:30 to 9PM) 'til Sunday, which is the grand finale. Saturday will probably see max...

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Winter Solstice = Longest Night (& Heffalumps)

First day of winter, otherwise known as the » winter solstice. The word solstice means 'sun stopping,' because the sun appears to cease its southerly trek for a few days around this time each year,...

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A 'Guides' Page & Installing MODx Revolution CMS (beta5)

Created a dedicated 'Guides' page. See here » Radified Guides. Been meaning to do that for .. eons. This will allow me to off-load the guides listed here on the home-page, so I can clean it up. I...

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Changing MySQL Database Character Set & Collation Defaults (or not)

Feliz año nuevo. Most Content Management Systems (such as Drupal & MODx) work in conjunction with (require) a database. So do blogs (such as Movable Type) & forums (such as SMF). MySQL is the...

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Sexy Shot of MySQL Database Tables Sporting UTF-8 Collation

I have something to show you. Something very exciting. Sexy, even. "What it is, Rad?" you ask, oozing with curiosity. "A picture of a European supermodel? Lying scantily-clad on the sandy beaches of...

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NEW BLOG! (Final entry this blog)

Installed a new blog today! .. based on Movable Type 5.0, which was released yesterday (January 5, 2010). All new entries henceforth will be published there. This will therefore be the FINAL ENTRY for...

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