http://codescout.org TheRantingsOfPaulCarrollAndOtherNonsense Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:33:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I found a nice theme that I thought would be great for my site. I went ahead and installed it and set it as my current theme. I liked it, but it needed some tweaking. I went in and manipulated the stylesheet to change colors, positions, etc. ... http://codescout.org/2007/11/17/audit-those-3rd-party-themes-and-plugins-before-enabling-them/ I usually avoid gushy stories and I normally despise "forwards", but being a dog lover and considering this one came from my wife, I read it. It broke my heart when my two dobermans Kahlua and Tasha passed away. I thought I wouldn't ever get another dog, but then Ben ... http://codescout.org/2007/11/13/a-dogs-purpose-from-a-6-year-old/ Every time I boot up either one of my Dell laptops, I think about the first time I powered up my Apple iBook. It was a couple of years ago, but I remember it like yesterday. The sleekness of the body and the simplicity of the design made ... http://codescout.org/2007/11/13/i-miss-my-mac/ Here is a good explanation of First Class Objects, Polymorphic Objects, and Singletons that my FSU Professor, Dr. Chris Lacher posted. Question received by other means: In the requirements [for Project 1] you call for the copy constructor and the assignment operator to be private for each class. Shouldn't they be ... http://codescout.org/2007/10/30/first-class-objects-polymorphic-objects-and-singletons/ My good friend Tom Byrnes has conceived and created a blocker list service that is distributed via DNS as a feed. These threat feeds are built from several sources including the Internet Storm Center - DSHEILD, TQM3, and subscribers voluntarily submitted log files. This provides a user with ... http://codescout.org/2007/10/10/threatstop/