Blog Archives

From 2002 to 2013, wonko.com was a blog. These old blog posts are archived here. Many of them are stupid or out of date. I'm sorry.

• Crass: A Ruby CSS Parser Friday October 4, 2013
• Add the tools your toolbox lacks Friday June 28, 2013
• On working remotely Saturday February 23, 2013
• rawgithub.com Tuesday January 29, 2013
• How to run Continuum (SubSpace) on a Mac Friday January 11, 2013
• Pie Trip Down Under Tuesday December 25, 2012
• Video: When Not to Use YUI Thursday November 29, 2012
• When Not to Use YUI Friday November 2, 2012
• Speeding up SmugMug Search Thursday August 9, 2012
• Feeling smug Tuesday May 22, 2012
• On Leaving Yahoo! Thursday April 12, 2012
• Extending JavaScript natives Wednesday December 7, 2011
• Simple makefile to minify CSS and JS Saturday July 30, 2011
• Steve Jobs on programmer productivity Sunday June 5, 2011
• There's more to HTML escaping than &, <, >, and " Saturday April 23, 2011
• Larch 1.1.0 released Saturday January 22, 2011
• Sanitize 2.0.0 released Saturday January 15, 2011
• Introducing YUI 3 AutoComplete Friday December 10, 2010
• Privileges, rights, and the slippery slopes that surround them Wednesday November 24, 2010
• "No thanks, I've already had cancer, just feel me up or whatever." Tuesday November 16, 2010
• Why I will avoid flying from now on Saturday November 13, 2010
• Achieving Performance Zen with YUI 3 Tuesday September 7, 2010
• On the YUI Blog: Mobile browser cache limits: Android, iOS, and webOS Monday June 28, 2010
• Steve Jobs on privacy Friday June 11, 2010
• How to succeed at privacy Tuesday June 8, 2010
• YUI! Sunday April 18, 2010
• Ruby script to retrieve and display Comcast data usage Thursday February 25, 2010
• Read about Storage Lite on YUIBlog Monday February 22, 2010
• Monkeypatch to fix Ruby Net::IMAP + Dovecot response parsing bug Monday February 8, 2010
• Sanitize 1.2.0 released Sunday January 17, 2010
• Etherpad source includes JSMin, which Google Code doesn't allow Friday December 18, 2009
• JSMin isn't welcome on Google Code Tuesday December 8, 2009
• History Lite: A lightweight Ajax browser history module for YUI 3 Tuesday November 10, 2009
• Sanitize 1.1.0 released Tuesday October 13, 2009
• LazyLoad 2.0.0 released Thursday August 6, 2009
• Chase followup: the check's in the mail Wednesday August 5, 2009
• Chase will keep taking your money after your account is closed Sunday July 26, 2009
• Yahoo! Search Pad: Using client-side storage to improve user experience Saturday July 18, 2009
• VistaPrint condones spam, but doesn't approve of my mothering skills Monday June 1, 2009
• The Adventures of Qubit: Episode III Sunday May 24, 2009
• Vitriol never helps Thursday May 14, 2009
• The Adventures of Qubit: Episode II Wednesday May 13, 2009
• The Adventures of Qubit: Episode I Tuesday May 12, 2009
• Larch 1.0.1 released Sunday May 10, 2009
• A decade of wonko.com Sunday April 12, 2009
• Larch mailing list Thursday March 26, 2009
• HTPC bliss with a Mac Mini and Plex Thursday March 19, 2009
• Larch syncs messages from one IMAP server to another Monday March 16, 2009
• Pretty JSLint output for TextMate Thursday March 5, 2009
• Sanitize 1.0.6 released Monday February 23, 2009
• It's never easy Thursday February 19, 2009
• Working from home Thursday February 19, 2009
• Old Search Assist interaction screencast from Designing Web Interfaces Tuesday February 10, 2009
• Sanitize 1.0.5 released with a security fix Thursday February 5, 2009
• Sanitize 1.0.4 released with a security fix Friday January 16, 2009
• Sanitize 1.0.3 released with a security fix Thursday January 15, 2009
• How to compile and install Ruby 1.9.1 on Mac OS X Leopard Tuesday December 30, 2008
• Chase is confused Monday December 29, 2008
• Sanitize: A whitelist-based Ruby HTML sanitizer Wednesday December 24, 2008
• Snow! Tuesday December 16, 2008
• Trogdor: Burninatingly fast search using Yahoo! BOSS Tuesday November 25, 2008
• How to prevent race conditions when loading CSS with the YUI Get Utility Tuesday November 11, 2008
• jsmin.rb 1.0.1 released Monday November 10, 2008
• So long, Dash Monday November 3, 2008
• Thoth 0.2.1 released Tuesday September 9, 2008
• Thoughts on the Dash Express Monday September 8, 2008
• Like a record Saturday September 6, 2008
• Optimizing Yahoo! Search for the iPhone Thursday August 28, 2008
• Yahoo! Search brings Search Assist, SearchMonkey, and more to the iPhone Tuesday August 19, 2008
• Why you probably shouldn't use cookies to store session data Tuesday August 12, 2008
• Try to use one var statement per scope in JavaScript Monday August 4, 2008
• LazyLoad 1.0.4 released Thursday July 24, 2008
• How to install the MySQL/Ruby gem on Mac OS X Leopard Tuesday July 22, 2008
• PlayStation 3 video store is a disappointment Friday July 18, 2008
• Monkeypatch if you must, but do it responsibly Monday July 14, 2008
• War Rocket Ajax Mark II Monday June 23, 2008
• Thoth 0.2.0 released Sunday June 15, 2008
• Kudos to Apple for not supporting IE6 with MobileMe Monday June 9, 2008
• Customer service Monday May 12, 2008
• SearchMonkey launch party at Yahoo! HQ Friday May 9, 2008
• Why it's a bad idea to make a browser part of the OS Monday May 5, 2008
• Ramaze is beautiful Monday April 28, 2008
• The Worst Journey in the World Monday April 21, 2008
• Thoth 0.1.4 released Tuesday April 15, 2008
• Thoth 0.1.3 released Sunday April 13, 2008
• blink tag compatibility script Tuesday April 1, 2008
• Thoth 0.1.2 released Saturday March 22, 2008
• More on the Safari 3.1 keypress change Friday March 21, 2008
• Safari 3.1 breaks keypress events Wednesday March 19, 2008
• Thoth 0.1.1 released Monday March 17, 2008
• IE8 might not suck after all Monday March 3, 2008
• jsmin-php 1.1.1 released Sunday March 2, 2008
• Poetry gets results Friday February 22, 2008
• Blu-ray wins Monday February 11, 2008
• A few more details on Thoth and Ramaze Friday February 8, 2008
• Microsoft to push IE7 as an automatic update Monday January 21, 2008
• Lazyweb: please fix my broken eyeballs Friday January 4, 2008
• Internet Explorer 8 doesn't matter Thursday December 6, 2007
• War Rocket Ajax takes a hit Friday November 30, 2007
• Gaia Online is doing awesome things with LazyLoad Wednesday November 28, 2007
• Moving forward Sunday October 28, 2007
• Ruby script to sync email from any IMAP server to Gmail Wednesday October 24, 2007
• Gmail + IMAP == <3 Tuesday October 23, 2007
• Location-based mailing addresses suck Monday October 15, 2007
• Portal rocks on toast Saturday October 13, 2007
• Things you may not have noticed about Yahoo! Search Assist Tuesday October 2, 2007
• Headlights: a beginner's guide Tuesday September 25, 2007
• Grub horror Thursday September 13, 2007
• Warhawk is the first killer game for the PS3 Tuesday September 4, 2007
• Content-aware image resizing Tuesday August 21, 2007
• Levitz sucks Sunday August 19, 2007
• New YUI Compressor tool released Monday August 13, 2007
• The sad state of text editors on Windows Thursday August 2, 2007
• Things that suck about the iPhone Wednesday July 11, 2007
• Evil rodent Wednesday June 20, 2007
• The JavaScript Module Pattern Tuesday June 12, 2007
• The death of privacy Sunday June 10, 2007
• JyteKeys adds hotkeys to Jyte Saturday June 9, 2007
• My boring-ass commute Friday June 8, 2007
• Google Code doesn't want me anymore Thursday May 31, 2007
• Painless JavaScript lazy loading with LazyLoad Tuesday May 29, 2007
• recharge plz Saturday May 26, 2007
• First impressions of Yahoo! Saturday May 19, 2007
• Minify 1.0.1 released Saturday May 5, 2007
• A faster JSMin library for PHP Friday May 4, 2007
• Minify combines, minifies, and caches JavaScript and CSS files on demand to speed up page loads Wednesday May 2, 2007
• A series of hexadecimal numbers for your enjoyment Monday April 30, 2007
• Equifax has refused to put a fraud alert on my credit report Monday April 30, 2007
• Remote JavaScript includes without the performance penalty (part 2) Saturday April 21, 2007
• Remote JavaScript includes without the performance penalty (part 1) Friday April 20, 2007
• How to make Postfix and SpamAssassin play nicely when using SPF Thursday April 19, 2007
• I love E Wednesday April 11, 2007
• Top five reasons why losing your wallet the day before starting a new job and renting a house while relocating to a new state is lots of fun Monday April 2, 2007
• Comment spammers are easy to fool Thursday March 22, 2007
• Yahoo! Monday March 19, 2007
• JyteBot Thursday March 15, 2007
• Consolas is rocking my world Thursday February 8, 2007
• Flickr and EXIF location data Monday January 22, 2007
• iPhone confusion Wednesday January 10, 2007
• iPhone? Yes please. Tuesday January 9, 2007
• PlayStation 3 impressions Sunday January 7, 2007
• HD DVD is worth it Friday December 29, 2006
• The Bounty (the movie) Wednesday December 27, 2006
• The Bounty Wednesday December 27, 2006
• The Wii is mine Sunday December 3, 2006
• A lesson in parking lot etiquette Wednesday November 29, 2006
• Net::Amazon::S3 0.1.0 Saturday November 25, 2006
• Crackup 1.0.1 Monday November 20, 2006
• Best. Bond. Evar? Sunday November 19, 2006
• Crackup 1.0.0 Wednesday November 15, 2006
• Crackup: Crappy Remote Backup Saturday October 21, 2006
• I want to taste New Coke Thursday October 19, 2006
• "Click here to add a description" Monday October 16, 2006
• Amazon S3 doesn't make a good first impression Sunday October 8, 2006
• Video demonstration of reverse teamkilling Saturday September 30, 2006
• Google Reader++ Friday September 29, 2006
• Reverse teamkilling Saturday September 23, 2006
• Aspirin is 80 times more deadly than terrorism Wednesday August 30, 2006
• Half Ass Road is a closely-guarded secret Sunday August 27, 2006
• The Mystery of Half Ass Road Monday August 21, 2006
• DenySSH: Block SSH brute force attacks using PF Thursday July 27, 2006
• Postfix Sunday July 23, 2006
• Sidekick app #2: Alarm Clock Sunday July 9, 2006
• Developing for the Sidekick 3 Saturday July 8, 2006
• Sidekick 3 first impressions Thursday July 6, 2006
• Picasa, SmugMug, and Flickr Tuesday July 4, 2006
• Treasure! Wednesday June 21, 2006
• A coffee conundrum Tuesday June 20, 2006
• Remo Williams delivers Wednesday June 7, 2006
• Oregon is trying to kill your children Tuesday June 6, 2006
• Ebola: a review Friday June 2, 2006
• Clipboard Inspector Saturday May 13, 2006
• Ebola book Monday April 24, 2006
• Xbox 360 impressions Sunday April 23, 2006
• Google Calendar Wednesday April 12, 2006
• The world's most ergonomic trackball has been discontinued Friday April 7, 2006
• Headshot! Praise the Lord! Wednesday April 5, 2006
• What Would ***** Do? Wednesday April 5, 2006
• Someone give the President a cookie Tuesday March 21, 2006
• The secret of the NES Zapper Thursday March 16, 2006
• My new Alienware Sentia m3400 Thursday March 2, 2006
• Cooking with Brunslo! Friday February 24, 2006
• Temperature regulation Saturday February 18, 2006
• Why online video sales won't take off (yet) Tuesday January 10, 2006
• Agh agh agh Ghostwheel is dying Wednesday November 2, 2005
• Civilization IV Thursday October 27, 2005
• 5 things I hate about Ruby Tuesday October 25, 2005
• Murder simulators Tuesday October 18, 2005
• ReferrerCop 1.0.4 Monday October 17, 2005
• Day of Defeat: Source Saturday October 8, 2005
• A Simple and Elegant PHP/MySQL Web Application Framework, Part 3: My God, it's Full of Objects! Saturday October 8, 2005
• A Simple and Elegant PHP/MySQL Web Application Framework, Part 2: Getting Started Friday October 7, 2005
• A Simple and Elegant PHP/MySQL Web Application Framework, Part 1: The Problem Thursday October 6, 2005
• ReferrerCop 1.0.3 Thursday October 6, 2005
• Final Poseidon status update (plus whining) Monday August 29, 2005
• Back from Hawaii (with lots and lots of pictures) Wednesday August 17, 2005
• How not to win back the hearts of web developers Monday August 1, 2005
• Box office slump? Yeah, and Bill Gates is on welfare. Thursday June 30, 2005
• Big Damn Heroes Saturday June 25, 2005
• Say goodbye to referrer spam with ReferrerCop Saturday June 4, 2005
• Downloading music is okay! Just don't upload. Friday April 22, 2005
• Luecke Thursday April 14, 2005
• MozUpdate is dead Monday March 28, 2005
• In which we learn that wonko is an evil, cold-hearted young whippersnapper Monday March 21, 2005
• A brief comparison of cross-platform GUI toolkits (from Ruby's perspective) Sunday March 13, 2005
• Seeing poor performance using PHP's echo statement? Here's why. Saturday February 26, 2005
• MusicSync Saturday February 19, 2005
• XMLHttpRequest, savior of the Internets Friday January 28, 2005
• Amazing new super-ultra-hyper video compression technology! It sounds so good it MUST be true! Tuesday January 18, 2005
• Pie Trip 2.5 Saturday January 15, 2005
• In which wonko bravely ventures into the unknown territory of his television's labyrinthine service menus and emerges victorious, if a bit sore Saturday January 8, 2005
• All I want for Christmas Sunday November 21, 2004
• Fireants Thursday November 18, 2004
• Half-Life 2. Finally. Tuesday November 16, 2004
• Lime: Lightweight Mobile Email Monday November 15, 2004
• Valve Software, Half-Life 2, and Steam Sunday November 14, 2004
• I can see clearly now Friday November 12, 2004
• Ack Wednesday November 3, 2004
• Marie Callender's yummy frozen dinners Wednesday October 20, 2004
• Foot-biting attack kitten of DOOM Thursday September 23, 2004
• Gmail has stolen my heart Thursday August 12, 2004
• After much gnashing of teeth, Gentoo has finally won me over Thursday August 5, 2004
• Independence Day 2004 (with Eric and Notorious R.O.S.S.) Thursday July 8, 2004
• Fun with Windows Media Encoder, or: Free cable TV for wonko Wednesday June 23, 2004
• Pie Trip II: Grandma's House to Portland Sunday June 20, 2004
• Firefox 0.9 rocks my socks Tuesday June 15, 2004
• Pie Trip II: The Video Monday June 7, 2004
• Pie Trip II: Dollywood to Grandma's House Sunday June 6, 2004
• Pie Trip II: Oshkosh to Dollywood Wednesday June 2, 2004
• We're back Tuesday June 1, 2004
• Not quite dead yet Monday May 31, 2004
• Pie Trip II: Portland to Wisconsin Saturday May 22, 2004
• Pie Trip II begins! Monday May 17, 2004
• A Succinct Guide to Trench Wars Badassery Sunday May 16, 2004
• Pie Trip II: Pre-production Tuesday May 4, 2004
• An Artsy Black and White Film Sunday May 2, 2004
• Using XSLT as a PHP template engine Sunday April 18, 2004
• Happy birthday wonko.com Thursday April 1, 2004
• Lucida v0.1 released Friday March 26, 2004
• Pie Trip II Trailer Friday March 26, 2004
• Post-release movie alterations, or: Why, Nicholas Meyer, why? Wednesday March 24, 2004
• Homing pigeons beat DSL for overall bandwidth Tuesday March 23, 2004
• MailFeed: Read your email via RSS Tuesday March 16, 2004
• Brunslo is my hero, but he smells of vinegar Sunday March 14, 2004
• Day Three: In which I am introduced to Big Brother Wednesday February 25, 2004
• Day Two: In which I learn that day one was just an introduction to an introduction Tuesday February 24, 2004
• Day One: SAS is big. Really big. No, really really big. Monday February 23, 2004
• Silly questions relating to air travel Sunday February 22, 2004
• A helpful tip Thursday February 12, 2004
• Phoenix -> Firebird -> Firefox Monday February 9, 2004
• Movie Round-Up: February 3, 2004 Tuesday February 3, 2004
• wonko discovers Patrick O'Brian (thank you Peter Weir) Monday February 2, 2004
• wonko's Big East Coast Adventure, Part III Wednesday January 28, 2004
• wonko's Big East Coast Adventure, Part II Monday January 26, 2004
• wonko's Big East Coast Adventure, Part I Sunday January 25, 2004
• Bill of Rights (void where inconvenient) Monday January 19, 2004
• Movie Round-Up: January 19, 2004 Monday January 19, 2004
• Movie Round-Up: January 5, 2004 Monday January 5, 2004
• Buy this game Friday December 26, 2003
• Pageophobia Tuesday December 16, 2003
• MozUpdate 1.4.0 Monday December 8, 2003
• Ebola vaccine! Ebola vaccine! We're saved! Wednesday November 19, 2003
• How to eliminate EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION errors when using SQL-DMO with VB Wednesday October 29, 2003
• Qubit: Funkcat Fantastica Saturday October 25, 2003
• Bowling for Hypocrisy Monday October 20, 2003
• iTunes, meet Windows Sunday October 19, 2003
• LazyFTP Wednesday October 1, 2003
• m0n0wall Monday September 29, 2003
• The Pie Trip Wednesday August 13, 2003
• The Pie Trip Diaries, Days 3 & 4: August 12th and 13th, 2003 Wednesday August 13, 2003
• The Pie Trip Diaries, Day 2: August 11, 2003 Tuesday August 12, 2003
• The Pie Trip Diaries, Day One: August 10, 2003 Monday August 11, 2003
• Pie trip underway; Still in Oregon Monday August 11, 2003
• Prorated bandwidth on demand Friday August 1, 2003
• Mark Olver: Stupendous Badass Thursday July 24, 2003
• Hello ducklings. I am kitten. Thursday July 17, 2003
• The Pie Trip: Planning Stages Sunday July 6, 2003
• wonko's Guide to Awkward Social Encounters, Chapter XXXIV Wednesday July 2, 2003
• Name wonko's new kitty Sunday June 15, 2003
• Todo: A cure for procrastination? Thursday June 5, 2003
• Mozilla's Microsoftian legal tactics, or: Why I'm full of hate Wednesday April 23, 2003
• Hand me that baby, I need to make an illegal left turn Monday April 7, 2003
• Dot: A Review Friday April 4, 2003
• Brain partitioning for fun and profit, or: How to have fun all the time and still get paid Wednesday April 2, 2003
• Webcams and eyeballs Monday March 31, 2003
• i am gorilla fling poo far fly poo fly yay poo good Sunday March 30, 2003
• Fighting the omnipresent media bias Friday March 28, 2003
• How I learned the secret of the pendulum from Japanese playground equipment Wednesday March 5, 2003
• Thermostat malfunction fries office workers, dog Tuesday February 25, 2003
• Mozilla Mail redirect bounty Monday February 24, 2003
• Don't Panic Saturday February 15, 2003
• Ebola: the driving force behind the Axis of Evil Thursday February 13, 2003