Dave Schumaker » meta http://daveschumaker.net life, technology, outdoors, photography Tue, 15 May 2012 03:52:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Say hello to the Squid http://daveschumaker.net/say-hello-to-the-squid/ http://daveschumaker.net/say-hello-to-the-squid/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:34:40 +0000 Dave http://daveschumaker.net/?p=1135 Continue reading →]]> After Dreamhost decided to failwhale on my site one too many times, I’ve moved this domain over to Laughing Squid’s hosting service! Looking forward to newfound stability and availability! Yes!

I’ve also included an awesome little LS logo in the sidebar, to advertise my love for these guys. They’ve done a fantastic job hosting Geology News.

]]> http://daveschumaker.net/say-hello-to-the-squid/feed/ 0 Out with landing pages! http://daveschumaker.net/out-with-landing-pages/ http://daveschumaker.net/out-with-landing-pages/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:11:39 +0000 Dave http://daveschumaker.net/?p=1127 Continue reading →]]> If you’ve visited this site before, you might have noticed that going to the root url, daveschumaker.net, took you to a landing page. It listed links to various social networks, projects, photos, and such.

It was also kind of annoying. The bread and butter of this site were the blog and the photos posted on it. I’ve fixed this issue, and now the blog is the focus and main part of the site. No more navigating to the /blog/ directory!

]]> http://daveschumaker.net/out-with-landing-pages/feed/ 0 Rolling my own URL shortener http://daveschumaker.net/rolling-my-own-url-shortener/ http://daveschumaker.net/rolling-my-own-url-shortener/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:50:46 +0000 Dave http://daveschumaker.net/blog/?p=1073 Continue reading →]]> Thanks to the popularity of micro-blogging sites such as Twitter, URL shorteners are popping up everywhere. Bit.ly, one of the most popular shortening services, has raised over $2 million dollars in funding!

Despite their popularity, URL shortening sites are by no means a permanent fixture on the internet. A perfect example of this was tr.im, which announced last month that it was shutting down (and taking down all the links users had generated with it). Fortunately, tr.im decided to reverse its decision soon after. However, this shows how potentially vulnerable these services are.

For fun (and peace of mind) – I decided to experiment with creating my own URL shortener for personal purposes! This would allow me to periodically backup my database of links and also serve as a way to bookmark and share content that I find interesting. Plus, I was able to acquire a fun URL as well.

Say hello to dave.ly!

If you see links from it, you know it’s from me and is something I thought was interesting enough to share! Feel free to check it out and let me know what you think. I’d like to do some more things in the future as well (i.e., show a list of the most popular links).

]]> http://daveschumaker.net/rolling-my-own-url-shortener/feed/ 1 Back Online with a New Design! http://daveschumaker.net/back-online-with-a-new-design/ http://daveschumaker.net/back-online-with-a-new-design/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:10:57 +0000 Dave http://daveschumaker.net/blog/?p=929 Continue reading →]]> While updating some components of the blog this week, my website experienced a PHP out of memory error and ended up breaking the entire blog thanks to some corrupted files.

After rebuilding the database and reinstalling WordPress, it appears that I’m back in business! And with a new design. Enjoy!

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