Category Archives: Technology

Upgrade to WordPress 2.8.4 ASAP

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Doug Porter

Since apparently there is a wicked vulnerability in earlier versions of WordPress, I have upgraded this poor neglected blog (which probably is good, since its small amount of traffic kept it off the radar for hacking) before some hacker decided … Continue reading →

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Amazon’s Mechanical Turk Searching for Lost Aviator

Posted on September 11, 2007 by Doug Porter

Amazon.com has pointed their amazing Mechanical Turk towards the task of examining satellite imagery in search of lost explorer Steve Fossett. Fossett’s plane was reported missing on September 3, 2007 after he failed to return from a flight over the … Continue reading →

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Unofficial Ron Paul RSS Feed

Posted on April 30, 2007 by Doug Porter

So in the same way as my previous two unofficial RSS feeds, I have created a new one. This one takes the writings of House Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) from his House.gov website and puts them together into an RSS … Continue reading →

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Alabama Code Camp IV this Saturday

Posted on April 10, 2007 by Doug Porter

The fourth Alabama Code Camp will be held in Mobile this Saturday, April 14, 2007 at the University of South Alabama beginning at 8:30am (registration and breakfast at 7:30am). The code camp is being put on by the Lower Alabama … Continue reading →

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My Feelings On Agile Methodologies

Posted on September 27, 2006 by Doug Porter

Former Amazoner, current Googler, Steve Yegge pretty much says it all with regard to Agile and XP Methodologies in his blog post Good Agile, Bad Agile. That sums up my feelings about the whole Agile thing nicely. If you haven’t … Continue reading →

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