You are on the old part of aidanmontare.net, which I am no longer maintaining. Newer versions of some of this content can be found on the active part of my site, which you can reach from my homepage.
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A list of pet peeves in education. If you are a teacher, please consider following some of my suggestions. It would make me happy, and hopefully make your students happier as well. Technology I love technology, and I love learning. For whatever reason, I am always annoyed when the two come together. I usually think … Continued
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How to use a GUI as little as possible on your Linux system. Viewing Things less and more are your best friends. less -S disables line wrapping, which may be helpful for reading log files. Sending Mail You can send mail on the command line using mail or mutt. A quick introduction. Laptop Battery Status … Continued
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Make It Homely by Frank Chimero
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Yes, there is school and college and all that stuff, but I feel like I really learn things best when I choose to do it on my own. Here are some ways to keep your brain active. Go Build Something In the Maker spirit, go build something. Anything, really. Find a project, as big or … Continued
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On the Theory of Blogging One of the issues I had in creating this site is what should go in a page or a post. For instance, my guide on configuring a DAViCal Calendar Server is a simple page that someone might put in a blog entry. But being in a blog post means that … Continued
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What Screens Want Some thoughts on digital canvasas by Frank Chimero
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Design Responsive design sounds like another one of those nonsense marketing terms, sort of like calling every new useless social media app “revolutionary.” But responsive design is also a good thing for everyone. For users: No more mobile sites that don’t have the same content or layout as the desktop site. The page is less … Continued
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Security In Apache In WordPress Protecting From Spam I use the Bad Behavior plugin to block spam comments on this site. It works by scanning comments for spam-like traits, but does not actually analyse the comment texts themselves. As an additional measure, I have Agreeable, which adds a checkbox to the comment form asking if … Continued
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More notes on this website are to come! Hosting This site was built using a virtual private server from Linode. I selected this company based on the reviews I saw around the web, but I encourage you to do your own research before selecting a hosting company. I have no relations to Linode (other than … Continued
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This page is a collection of the usefull tags and html tricks I have found in building this website. Most of it is things I use alot in my writing and want to be able to look up quickly. Useful Tags <kbd> Formats things like a keyboard entry. Use it to show users what to … Continued