Welcome to 0xDECAFBAD v4, my fourth attempt at establishing and maintaining a presence on the web.
I am your host, variously known as:
\ndeusxThis is all personal branding and googlejuice; my friends call me \"Les\".
\nI am a hacker, tinkerer, and creative technologist working in Santa Clara, CA (USA). I live with two spotted Ocicats, two dwarf bunnies, and a very patient and understanding wife. On rare occasions when spare time comes in copious amounts, I play around with odd bits of code and writing here.
\nThis site largely runs on WordPress now, with a small handful of tweaks and hacks I couldn't resist tossing in. I haven't yet done any proper release of my modifications here, but I may someday and certainly am not averse to sharing when asked.
\n@@ Watch this space as I rebuild this site with things it used to have. (ie. a wiki, projects, links, etc)
\nIn no particular order, here's an overview of the plugins I use around here:
\nOptimal Title -- I like making my page titles read from specific to general, so this helps me lead with the post title and trail with the blog title.
\ndp.SyntaxHighlighter -- Beats all those clumsy attempts I've made using <pre> tags and textareas.
\nPHP Markdown -- I got hooked on Markdown while using Blosxom and Movable Type. There's no turning back now.
\nAJAX Comment Preview -- By semi-popular demand, I offer AJAX-enabled comment preview. It seems pretty nifty to have.
\nRelated Posts -- I think that attempting to show some relation between posts provides a better way to wander around in archives than by dates.
\nUltimate Tag Warrior -- It's an ultimate warrior for tagging. I dislike the usual category technology, am hooked on del.icio.us tagging, so here we are.
\nWordPress Administration Design: Tiger -- Because WordPress' default admin style kinda looks like butt.
\n2002: It looked like this. I launched this site on a lark, liking the name oxDECAFBAD. It's a 32-bit hexadecimal number, as well as an expression of distaste for things not containing caffeine. Initially, the software was Movable Type, which I quickly overwhelmed with hacks and plugins and all manner of crap.
2003: It looked like this. Tired of the crud I'd accumulated with my Movable Type exploits, I rebooted things and reworked everything to use Blosxom. I also started taking a turn away from blogging \"proper\" and mostly posted lists of links for awhile.
\n2004: It looked like this. I stole some ideas from Mark Pilgrim's accessibility series (whether it showed or not), and planned to switch to a more verbose and article-oriented style of blogging. I also tried to integrate my wiki and link-blogging activities into a more unified navigation on the site. Unfortunately, the net result was that the only thing that really every got updated was my linkblog.
\n2005: Wanting to switch back to a more free and lightweight style of blogging, I ditched Movable Type and my article-length-biased templates. (For some reason, I always end up making MT move like a battleship.) This is another reboot, and as such, many of my site's previous features (ie. the wiki and linkblog) have gone away until I've had a chance to reevaluate them.
\n@@ More soon.
\n", "body": "Welcome to `0xDECAFBAD` v4, my fourth attempt at establishing and maintaining a presence on the web.\r\n\r\nI am your host, variously known as:\r\n\r\n* `deusx`\r\n* l.m.orchard\r\n* Leslie Michael Orchard\r\n\r\nThis is all personal branding and googlejuice; my friends call me \"Les\".\r\n\r\nI am a hacker, tinkerer, and creative technologist working in Santa Clara, CA (USA). I live with two spotted Ocicats, two dwarf bunnies, and a very patient and understanding [wife][wife]. On rare occasions when spare time comes in copious amounts, I play around with odd bits of code and writing here.\r\n\r\n[wife]: http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/06/09/wedding-day-is-today\r\n\r\n## What's under the hood?\r\n\r\nThis site largely runs on [WordPress][wp] now, with a small handful of tweaks and hacks I couldn't resist tossing in. I haven't yet done any proper release of my modifications here, but I may someday and certainly am not averse to sharing when asked.\r\n\r\n@@ Watch this space as I rebuild this site with things it used to have. (ie. a wiki, projects, links, etc)\r\n\r\n[wp]: http://www.wordpress.org\r\n\r\n## Got any plugins?\r\n\r\nIn no particular order, here's an overview of the plugins I use around here:\r\n\r\n* [Optimal Title](http://elasticdog.com/2004/09/optimal-title/) -- I like making my page titles read from specific to general, so this helps me lead with the post title and trail with the blog title.\r\n\r\n* [dp.SyntaxHighlighter](http://www.dreamprojections.com/SyntaxHighlighter/) -- Beats all those clumsy attempts I've made using <pre> tags and textareas.\r\n\r\n* [PHP Markdown](http://www.michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/) -- I got hooked on Markdown while using Blosxom and Movable Type. There's no turning back now.\r\n\r\n* [AJAX Comment Preview](http://blogwaffe.com/2005/06/14/298/) -- By semi-popular demand, I offer AJAX-enabled comment preview. It seems pretty nifty to have.\r\n\r\n* [Related Posts](http://www.w-a-s-a-b-i.com/archives/2004/05/26/wordpress-related-entries-plugin/) -- I think that attempting to show some relation between posts provides a better way to wander around in archives than by dates.\r\n\r\n* [Ultimate Tag Warrior](http://www.neato.co.nz/ultimate-tag-warrior/) -- It's an ultimate warrior for tagging. I dislike the usual category technology, am hooked on del.icio.us tagging, so here we are.\r\n\r\n* [WordPress Administration Design: Tiger](http://orderedlist.com/articles/wordpress-administration-design-tiger/ \"WordPress Administration Design: Tiger // Ordered List by Steve Smith\") -- Because WordPress' default admin style kinda looks like butt.\r\n\r\n## History\r\n\r\n**2002**: [It looked like this.](http://web.archive.org/web/20020525024010/http://www.decafbad.com/) I launched this site on a lark, liking the name `oxDECAFBAD`. It's a 32-bit hexadecimal number, as well as an expression of distaste for things not containing caffeine. Initially, the software was [Movable Type][mt2], which I quickly overwhelmed with hacks and plugins and all manner of crap.\r\n\r\n**2003**: [It looked like this.](http://web.archive.org/web/20030603165048/www.decafbad.com/blog/) Tired of the crud I'd accumulated with my Movable Type exploits, I rebooted things and reworked everything to use [Blosxom][blosxom]. I also started taking a turn away from blogging \"proper\" and mostly posted lists of links for awhile.\r\n\r\n**2004**: [It looked like this.](http://web.archive.org/web/20040618092324/www.decafbad.com/blog/) I stole some ideas from [Mark Pilgrim's accessibility series](http://diveintoaccessibility.org/) (whether it showed or not), and planned to switch to a more verbose and article-oriented style of blogging. I also tried to integrate my wiki and link-blogging activities into a more unified navigation on the site. Unfortunately, the net result was that the only thing that really every got updated was my linkblog.\r\n\r\n**2005**: Wanting to switch back to a more free and lightweight style of blogging, I ditched Movable Type and my article-length-biased templates. (For some reason, I always end up making MT move like a battleship.) This is another reboot, and as such, many of my site's previous features (ie. the wiki and linkblog) have gone away until I've had a chance to reevaluate them.\r\n\r\n**@@ More soon.**\r\n\r\n[mt2]: http://www.movabletype.org\r\n[blosxom]: http://blosxom.com\n", "parentPath": "./content/posts/archives/2005", "path": "2005/09/27/colophon", "needsBuild": true, "prevPostPath": "2005/09/27/my-arent-we-posty", "prevPostTitle": "My, aren't we posty?", "nextPostPath": "2005/09/27/hello-colophon", "nextPostTitle": "Hello Colophon" }