Without getting into what exactly an i-node is, suffice to say, simply, I chose it as the site’s name for its geek appeal.

“Okay, so what about the snow leopard (panthera uncia)? What the heck does an i-node have to do with a small, endangered Asian cat?” you say. Or, more likely, you don’t say. More like, “Who cares?!“? Understandable. :) The cat is my totem animal, or spirit guide in some lexicons.

The connection between the two? Me. I spend my working days, and a good bit of my personal time, mucking about in Unix-land, being a geek — surviving — teaching the finer points of “Do what I want, not what I say… argh!” to those lovely, hulking collections of fiber-glass, plastic, solder, and silicon. Along the way I try to do some living — carpe diem, etc — and that’s where the snow leopard helps out. Of course, living in California helps, too.

Actually, living in California helps a lot, but that’s another story . . .

Apparently I got the “it’s not pretty or fast enough” itch this weekend with respect to TikiWiki, in particular the blog section. Don’t get me wrong; I still love the Wiki part of it. It’s just that it was a bit of overkill for weblogging and it kinda got in the way of itself as a result. I wanted something with a more blog-centric existence, commensurate development, and presentation features/tools. That said, I wish WordPress would grok Wiki markup (I don’t mean the DoubleCaps bit — could actually care less about that). Kinda funky to learn but awfully handy for taking care of the “ugly” HTML/CSS work.

Just finished migrating all my blog entries, and their comments, a little while ago. Not exactly fun but it motivated me to hack a few things to make ’em easier to do (mostly the Quicktags) and look a little better (tables and CSS boxes). Still not perfect, but close enough for now.

Captain Dave Barry strikes again! In case you didn’t know today is officially Talk Like A Pirate Day. So get to it!

The authoritative site: Ahoy!