I write blog articles because it’s enjoyable. I spend weeks finding the perfect sources, wording, images, and tone for each article. Blogging is how I unwind after long hours of programming but it’s also a pretty big investment. I have to pay for hosting and the domain name out of my pocket, not to mention [...]
Disqus (pronounced “discuss”) is a unified comment system for blogs (and my tumblelog). I’ve been playing with it on and off for a while now and I think I’ve finally made the decision to use Disqus as my main comment system. Downsides At first glance, it may seem like a no-brainer to go with Disqus, [...]
I was reading an article about web applications being a poor idea because HTML is meant to represent documents, not user interfaces. My first instinct was to agree with this notion. The predominant markup language for the creation of web pages is HTML which is meant to, according to Wikipedia, “provide a means to describe [...]
I finally bought the domain name to match my name; LukeHoersten.com. Right now it just points to my Purdue CS homepage but when I graduate from Purdue, I’ll move my “professional” site to the new domain name. I’ve also updated my CSS to more match my blog style. I like the “Latex” look of the [...]
While browsing reddit.com, I noticed an article about the “6 Degrees of Computer Science.” It’s an article which tries to tease apart the different disciplines of computer science, software engineering, and other related fields and the article failed horribly in doing so. I’d like to try and define the disciplines as I see them and [...]