Articles posted in June 2008

4 Jun 2008

Looking through grid-tinted glasses

Grids are everywhere in the world. Appreciating grids can give you a visual language to understand how many designs work and in my opinion can help you greatly improve your own designs. Read more

11 Jun 2008

Prevent your SSH connection from freezing

Recently I was finding that my SSH connection to a Media Temple (dv) Centos 5 server was freezing. Creating a local config file fixed it. For anyone else suffering the same problem here's how to do it. Read more

13 Jun 2008

Safer Linux administration with sudo

The root account is all powerful in Linux. As humans make mistakes it is very dangerous to use root on a regular basis. By using sudo you can limit the risk of human error and prevent mistakes from happening. Read more

18 Jun 2008

How not to launch a browser

Mozilla's launch of Firefox 3 was a poorly conceived marketing exercise and has let down an excellent product. Read more