Optimus awesome-us

It’s Latin for optimal awesomeness, and it
describes what I’d like to do in college and beyond.
As mentioned on my “About” page, I want to go to MIT. Not mentioned in my about page (until now, just updated) is that I also want to work at Google.

Why Google?
Location
For one, their offices in Cambridge are less than [...]

A usability standard proposal and a rule for forum owners.

You know how the nice people put
a warning when they link to a PDF? I like that. You know what else should have a warning associated with it?
JAVA!!! I cannot stand this: osphp.net’s 404 page includes an applet. It’s like punishing you for a 404. Do you know how LONG it takes for an applet [...]

The XML power of CSS

Over at Tizag Tutorials, I
was fooling around with CSS and figured something out. It’s probably well-known, but CSS can allow you to declare your own tags.
Example: highlighted text has a yellow background. So,
highlight { background-color: yellow; }
Then <highlight> and </highlight> are how you use the tag. Incorporate that into a template stylesheet and BOOM! semi-xml! [...]

Screw SEO, I have it already!

People say, “Oh, you gotta SEO your blog if
you want traffic. It’ll get better results and BLAH FREAKING BLAH.
Blog indexing sites refer enough traffic. I’ve gotten quite a bit of traffic from Technorati (but still no comments…why do you people not comment?) and other sites I’ve never heard of. And the oddest search queries, [...]

Want to see something

My stats lean to that
people actually visit my blog! Egad!
If you’re visiting regularly, tell me where you found out, why you like my blog, and whether or not you’re subscribed to my RSS feed.
Short post, I know. But I’m real curious.
Please comment or email me.
Thanks for reading!
Sam

Sponsorship officially open!

I’m looking for a sponsor to get my domain up and
running. It can be a business or a private party.
Cost: $100 USD for one year (about ~ $8.50 – $9 USD a month)

What you get: a sidebar ad on the homepage, a top billing on ’sponsors’ page
Why it’s a good idea: once the site generates [...]

Alyson Stoner, what have you done? A star in serious need of a good nerd.

 
IT BURNS! Alyson Stoner’s website is a site
to make sore eyes. Using a remotely hosted blogging platform (who uses Blogger on their site anyway?) and too much Flash (not even a Low-Fi version available) and little to no scripting, it makes a mockery of a website….but, I don’t blame her.
I blame the de-de-de behind the [...]

YouOS, my new solution?

It may just be perfect. YouOS, a
web-based operating system, is my dream come true. It’s very easy to use, has a *nix-like filesystem, and can be used from any internet connected computer.
With a plethora of available apps, great customization, and obvious portability, it’s amazing.
I’m using “YouBrowser” to post here. Behaving well for a web-based browser. [...]

Is this good-bye? (Another busy post day!)

It seems I’ve been threatened
and will die in a couple of days.
From lyrics.com video comments:

PLAESE DON’T READ THIS. YOU WILL BE KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY. TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE. HOWEVER IF YOU DO NOT SEND THIS COMMENT TO AT LEAST 3 VIDEOS YOU WILL DIE WITHIN 2 DAYS. [...]

A rule of thumb for bloggers…

If you have an auto-generated RSS feed from your blog script
you can follow this rule of thumb.
The RSS feed takes awhile to update, mine is around about 1-2 hours. So, the rule is: if you can at all, make a post within 24 hours of your blog’s RSS feed updating. It’s simple, keeps traffic, and [...]