The Archives / 2005

• The best music of 2005

  While discussing the year's culmination of music with a few people I realized I should probably write down what I thought was hot and what was not in 2005. Strange enough for me,… Read More

• Are you a Rails developer on the inside?

  Rails has been a large influence on my life in the past year. I know it sounds strange to say such a thing, but I'm serious. Rails has taught… Read More

• December Randomness

  A quick update on various projects, issues, news, and everything else.

• Useful PHP coding tips for writing maintainable code

  It's funny, but the best thing that ever happened to my PHP coding was to play with Rails. I've learned a great deal from the framework, and… Read More

• Writing quality content

  I think there comes a time in a site's life when you must decide: am I going for quality, or quantity? This doesn't just apply to blogs - I'm talking about news sites, informative… Read More

• Introducing Hemingway

  I've been a busy little bee lately, but not busy enough to add on a small side-project. Its name is Hemingway and it's a weblog template.

  Hemmingway.… Read More

• Resolution dependent layouts are not the future

  There's been a bit of a scuffle lately around resolution dependent layouts. I've heard such phrases… Read More

• Something’s different around here

  If you've been watching closely, you'll notice a new logo sporting Warpspire's sidebars. The fine folks at 9rules have accepted Warpspire out of their… Read More

• Actually getting things done

  I'd like to introduce a new way of living. It's called Kyle's method for actually getting things done (AGTD^™ for short). Here's the synopsis: Instead of finding… Read More

• Pink Week

  Today marks the start of the twelth annual weeklong celebration of the… Read More

• Getting all of your feed subscribers to FeedBurner (Wordpress)

  Are you looking for how to redirect all of your subscribers to FeedBurner in WordPress? Did you find out that you have a large portion of people still subscribed to wp-rss2.php… Read More

• The last 10%

  Many people take the last 10% of a redesign for granted. They underestimate the details, and figure it's better to get out 90% today than 100% tomorrow. Wrong.

  The… Read More

• Google’s new referral system

  Now here's something interesting. Google recently announced that they've opened a new referral service… Read More



Underoath: They're Only Chasing Safety

I know I'm a sucker when it comes to the latest-and-greatest- screamo/emo/punk/whatever band, but every once in a while there comes along a CD in this genre that sticks for more that just a couple of weeks. Underoath's _They're only chasing safety_ is a great example of one of those albums. It's a short, 10 song album with songs weighing in around 3-4 minutes - luckily every song's worth listening to.

Oct 31^st / 9am

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• Finally.

  It's been a long night, but it's done. Version 4½ of warpspire.com is upon you. What's so different around here?

  • New Design: Finally something I… Read More



Arthur C. Clarke: Imperial Earth

Imperial Earth is a short novel about a young man named Duncan Makenzie, a resident of Titan who takes his first and last journey to Earth. The vast majority of the book is dealing with an outsider's point of view of earth and its many lifeforms and complexities. The rest of the book deals with a myriad of struggles Duncan is forced to deal with while on Earth to give a speech in Washinton DC for the United State's Quincentennial celebration in 2276.

Oct 27^th / 11pm

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• Hmmm…

  I wonder what these could be.

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  LEFT JOIN wpcategories ON (wppost2cat.categoryid… Read More

• Step back for a minute

  I pull up to my house and park my car outside - that damn tree is spewing some kind of unknown white substance that leaves my car a mess of sticky, dirt and god knows what. I walk… Read More

• Sitepoint makes me laugh

  Forget if Ruby on Rails can scale - we've got far bigger things to worry about. The question on everyone's mind: Can MVC Scale?

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• The new face of Warpspire

  As I've mentioned before the current look is only temporary. But here's a quick sneak peak of what's to come. I've taken something I Read More

• Backpack is slowing down

  Has anyone else noticed lately that Backpack is slowing down? I sure have noticed it. Pages used to load in less than a second, and now it's… Read More

• Are you a poet?

  Do you have a passion for poetry? If so, I might have something that interests you. Drop me a line at kneath at gmail dot com or post a… Read More

• College level text books

  To have a decision-making situation, there must be at least two alternatives available. If only one course of action is available, there can be no decision making,… Read More

• Dear Bank of America

  Dear Bank of America,

  I take pride in the fact that I bank at one of the few banks operating that seem to "get it" that people actually use online banking and you… Read More

• Why I love the Rails Community

  Because they take a good idea, show how to build in less than four days, and then release it as open-source.

• Incompetence

  On Thursday, the President of the United States of America claimed "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees."

  The Army Corps of Engineers gave… Read More

• When programmers attack: Giving the wrong people control of the UI

  There has been much discussion in the rails community about script.aculo.us and whether the full library of effects should be included into the… Read More

• New Orleans

  There are times when I am so appalled, so disgusted with our government that they can sit idly by and ignore the things that really matter it makes me want to vomit. Listen to the… Read More

• Costa Rica, oh how I miss thee

  A bored night on flickr reminded me why I miss Read More

• An old friend

  Looks like I finally got off my lazy ass and got Bob back on his feet. Read on, young 'uns.

  Wordpress almost makes it too easy to take… Read More

• Battlestar Galactica

  Words cannot express how amazing this show is. I thought the first season kicked my ass... well I just finished watching Season 2 Episode 7 (aired Friday night) and that… Read More

• Fuck you, Foo Fighters

  Yesterday I bought In Your Honor because, well I used to like the Foo Fighters. Today I went to rip the CD to mp3 so I could use it as I use the rest of my music collection… Read More

• Dissapointed by Pragmatic Programmers

  Some companies take customer loayalty for granted. Pragmatic Programmers is one of them. No disrespect intended, but customer support… Read More

• What exactly “enterprise software” really is

  If you're familiar with the web and the business surrounding it, I'm sure you've heard of the term "enterprise software." Sure, it's easy to say and to boast, but seriously what… Read More

• How not to handle customer service

  Back in April, I cancelled an old hosting account. I cancelled it about 2 weeks before my renewal was up, but the hosting company did not actually cancel it until several days after… Read More



Isaac Asimov: The Stars, Like Dust

If you're as big of a sucker for epic-like science fiction stories as I am, you'll definately enjoy The Stars, Like Dust. It rings true to Isaac Asimov's writing style with a story that just keeps sucking you back in. I found myself discarding homework and delaying sleep just to finish this delightfully short read.

Jul 29^th / 2am

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• Settling In

  I changed around K2 a bit to fit my needs a bit more. I took a little of what I had from a previous design comp and… Read More

• Frutiger

  

  This… Read More

• Upright.

  Or, how to jump head first into the deep end of the pool and land snow-skiing down Mt. Everest. If that last sentence didn't make sense, maybe you better ask the guys over at Read More

• Warfield

  Last night's show of O.A.R. and The Southland… Read More

• Why Cameron Moll kicks ass

  I believe that a designer's life can be shaped by around five people, and those people may become his mentors even if he has never met them. Cameron… Read More

• A new year, a new definition

  2004 was amazing for me. And no, I don't mean it in the cliche way. I mean it in the way that it actually changed the course of my life. 2004 was the year of standards for me,… Read More