Aric's Blog

Category: Technology

  • Goodbye Apple?

    Goodbye Apple?

    I don’t like the way things are going with Mac OS X. My fears that something was slowly getting worse, were validated yesterday while visiting the Apple Store’s Genius Bar. While my laptop was being checked for issues, I told the Genius who was taking care of me that I have not rebooted the laptop in…

  • WPML: WordPress Plugin gone wrong

    A few years ago I decided it’s time to offer one of my WordPress sites in more than one language. After researching a bit, I found the best product was WPML. I found references to it in the WordPress Plugin Directory, googled it, found and visited the website, and decided it was worth the $79.…

  • Lessons learned about the A13 OLinuXino with A13-LCD7-TS

    I have recently purchased two of those very sweet Olinuxino A13 boards for a new project I’m working on. I bought them directly from Olimex in Bulgaria, only to later discover that I could have ordered them from another website in the US. The prices are a bit higher, but shipping is lower so for…

  • ApacheBench: Proper Usage

    When you are benchmarking a web server, you may fall into the trap of benchmarking against a small file (maybe the debian default “It’s working!” index.html file). I decided to write about this pitfall, so that my friends & readers will get a more realistic benchmark. I’ve found the following general guidelines are a good…

  • Elon Musk, Mars Colonization, and me

    Imagine you have lots of money, what do you do? Do you give it all to charity? Do you keep it until you’re 80 and then let your children fight over the will? Do you perhaps setup trust funds with altruistic goals, that end up eating most of the money for management overhead after you’re…