Writings by James Thornton

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	Daily weblog entries about the Internet and anything else that catches my attention.



Ways of Thinking	The Carnegie Secret: Carnegie believed that achievement of financial success could be reduced to a simple formula, which could be duplicated by the average person.



Web Development	Ad Blobs: Use ad blobs to get a higher clickthrough rate on your Google Adsense ads. Redirect `mailto:` for Spam Prevention: Prevent e-mail siphons from harvesting your e-mail addresses by separating the address from the Web page while still providing a way for users to click a link and have it open their local mailer. Graphic @ for Spam Prevention: Prevent e-mail siphons from harvesting your e-mail address by not using the commercial "@" character when displaying your e-mail address on a Web page; use a graphical "@" instead. Nielsen Norman Group User Experience World Tour (Main Event): Summary (2001) Web Development Lifecycle Survey Form (PDF, 72 KB )



Databases	Simulating Oracle Sequences in Microsoft SQL Server & ColdFusion Oracle 8.1.7 vs PostgreSQL 7.03: Benchmarks



System Administration	Compiling Emacs on Redhat Enterprise Linux 3 and Fedora Compiling VMailMgr with gcc 3.x on Redhat Enterprise 3: HOWTO Web Hosting: Overview Challenge/Response at the SMTP Level IMail: No Return-Path Header or Envelope Sender Cable vs. DSL: Latency SPAM SMTP Reply Code: Proposal -- Establish a standard SMTP reply code to identify e-mail messages that have been rejected by SPAM filtering programs at the SMTP level. Redhat up2date SSL_Connect Error: Solution Securing X-Win32 Sessions with SSH: HOWTO -- explains how to set up SSH and X-Win32 to secure X-Win32 sessions. Setting up a Cable Modem on SGI/IRIX: HOWTO -- explains how to configure an IRIX system to use a cable modem with a dynamic IP. Changing Linux Login Shell: HOWTO -- explains how a normal user can change his/her default login shell. Changin Emacs' Font: HOWTO -- explains how to change the font emacs uses for X-Windows sessions. Internet Footprinting Notes (PDF, 84 KB)



OpenACS	Enable OpenACS Subsites to Use SSL through a Pound Proxy Virtual Hosting with nsunix & AOLserver 3.1: HOWTO OpenACS comments on ADP pages: HOWTO



Home Mortgage	Fixed-Rate Mortgage Adjustable-Rate Mortgage (ARM)



Miscellaneous	MIT Web Curriculum Free Online (October 2000) HermanMiller.com Usability (August 2000) AOL + Time Warner = Too Much Media Power (July 2000)

Writings

Ways of Thinking

Web Development

Databases

System Administration

OpenACS

Home Mortgage

Miscellaneous