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Category: Aaron Brazell

  • Now Hiring: Server Administrator

    In case you had not heard, we are looking to hire an experienced linux systems administrator. Jeremy posted his job listing and I’ll add my thoughts afterwards: Server Administrator (aka: Server Ninja): We’re looking for an experienced server admin. We run LAMP. We run WordPress. We run clustered web servers and database servers. We have…

  • Customized WordPress: Understanding Subversion

    This week, I am tackling a topic of development. Subversion. Namely, Subversion and WordPress and how to create your own custom version of WordPress. However, before I go any further, let me put the disclaimer out there that: You are allowed to do this under GPL If you’re creative, you can probably accomplish just about…

  • The Technosailor Design Process

    Last week, I launched the new and improved layout of this blog. I mentioned Lisa Sabin created the look. She deserves a lot of credit for taking very vague conceptual ideas and turning them into the layout and design that is being showed off here. Lisa describes the process of doing the Technosailor design work…

  • i Is The New e

    i is the new e as pink is the new black, beta is the new gold, small is the new big, or old is the new new. Sexiness changes and everyone follows sexy. Back in the day (like 5 years ago), it was sexy to use e in front of brands. Remember eToys in the…

  • The Tech Team Adds a Fourth Member

    Yesterday, I posted the announcement about Brian Layman joining the b5media tech team. We’re really excited about hiring him because we have some big plans. Brian is classified as “big guns” in my book. He’s got a lot of development experience and is one of the more active people in the WordPress developer community. It…

  • The Day of Silence

    In case you had not heard, there was a call for a day of silence in the blogosphere out of respect for the folks who lost their lives in the Virginia Tech massacre. Personally, I posed the question to readers over at Outside the Beltway last week and received some very interesting opinions. I was…

  • NFL Draft Predictions

    Today is the first day of the NFL draft 2007 and I’ll be following it closely and doing a bit of live blogging over at Suicide Fan. In addition, we’ll cap the draft day 1 off with a podcast with David Kindervater, credentialed NFL press and podcaster, from NYC at the end of Round 1.…

  • 404: Yahoo Not Found

    A little geek humor for you on this dreary Friday afternoon. This photo was taken by Jeremy Kenning and posted to Flickr. Enjoy your weekend!

  • What's in the Toolbox?

    Everyone in any industry or career has a set of tools they use to do their job. My job is a little odd in that I have my hands in development as well as systems. A developer can say I use these sets of tools while a sysadmin has different needs. I have them all.…

  • Alexa's Irrelevance

    Matt is complaining about Alexa turning off their API, for all intents and purposes, and turning itself into a walled garden. My question is does it really matter? Does Alexa really matter? I love going to industry events and listening to PR people jibjab about Alexa rankings and using it as a metric of popularity…