I was just notified that I was one of the Top 2% Most Viewed for 2013 on SlideShare. I have a total of 19 presentations posted online, and they’ve been generating some great traffic all year.
Improving Ads
This site is currently on target to make $100 in Google advertising by March 2015, which will be about 25 months after my last Google advertising payout. This seems like a challenge to me: I’m going to leverage my technical and social networking skills to see if I can cut this time in half or better. And I’m going to blog about my tactics, and the overall results.
Blip.tv Goes to 1.5 GB
I’m so glad Blip.tv raised their video size limit to 1.5 GB. Previously, it was 1 GB, and I had a devil of a time meeting that size limit with 45-minute RubyNation conference videos.
New MacBook Pro Arrives
Naturally, my new MacBook Pro arrives mere hours after I fly away for the GFIRST conference in Atlanta, GA.
New MacBook Pro
“The Mac is dead, long live the Mac!” I’m eagerly awaiting the arrival of my new Macbook Pro. I ordered it today as a replacement for my old one, which suffered a terminal crash.
Loudoun County Tops the List
Loudoun County in Virginia tops the list of the richest counties in America. Yes, there is a down economy, but Northern Virginia is certainly feeling it a lot less than many other places.
Hosting Upgraded Automatically
Kudos to WebFaction, my hosting service, for automatically upgrading my hosting account to match their updated (and larger) limits on memory. I’ve been hosting with them since 2006 and I’ve never been disappointed!
Comments Now Reviewed
I was getting too many spam comments added to articles and news entries. Accordingly, all comments are now reviewed before they go live.
Atom Feed Is Fixed
My friend Jake Vanus pointed out to me that the Articles Atom feed for the site was broken during the Rails 3 upgrade. It is now fixed.
KeenerTech.com Ported to Rails 3.0
It’s been a long time coming, but KeenerTech.com has now been fully ported to Rails 3. The chief hold-up for the conversion was a few pesky gems that needed to be swapped out for compatibility.