danyell.com - Open Source

sIFR Tips, Tricks 'n' Traps

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:13:08 -0800

I've been working on converting an all-Flash Web site to HTML, so its content could be properly spidered by Google, Overture etc.

My mandate was to preserve the design of the original Flash site in every possible respect, short of getting ridiculous with JavaScript- and DOM-based animation. The original site creators are big-time Flash addicts, and primarily visual. So the issue of typeface embedding came up rather quickly.

The End of Open Source? (rev 1.2)

Sat, 15 Oct 2005 09:15:04 -0700

It seems some folks are building a cathedral smack-dab in the middle of the bazaar.

Handy logrotate.d verification script (in Perl)

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 18:32:59 -0700

This is a Perl script I wrote a while back as a housekeeping tool for Linux systems. It looks in /var/log and in /etc/logrotate.d, comparing the existing log files to the ones mentioned in your logrotate configuration files, producing a helpful list of which files are not being rotated.

First vCalendar, then sleep, then iCalendar.

Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:15:13 -0800

I'm patiently tring to get Drupal to sit up and do little tricks.

My latest effort is to add vCalendar support to its Events module. You can now go to any Events listing in the site, click on the little vCal link below it, and depending on how you've set up your computer, an appointment window should pop up that you can add to Outlook | Evolution | your favorite calendar software.

The Draft

Sun, 2 Jan 2005 01:09:38 -0800

The CD is taking shape, slow_ww^ww_wwly. Workin' on it. For now I've posted some lyrics and chords. More to come. Looks like end of January 2005 at this point.

I'm streaming!....

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 03:56:47 -0800

After an epic struggle with RPM dependencies, header-file nonsense and other headaches, I've got an audio-streaming stack that (sort of) works.

listen

Sat, 4 Dec 2004 16:48:48 -0800

You’ve heard this once before
the sound of a slamming door
You hear nothing at all
as the door becomes a wall

Post-Election Consolation Song

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:06:43 -0700

I don't care much for elections. I'm loathe to throw out the baby of politics with the bathwater of centralized government, so I'm pursuing politics by other means (apologies to Von Clausewitz).

I.R.T.

Sat, 4 Dec 2004 19:12:22 -0800

[I'm pretty sure this is the first song I ever wrote. I was 16.]

living with the fireflies
feel surrounded by a million eyes
everything that grows someway dies