Finds of the Month January 2008

... published February 8, 2008

I know such a link list should be posted on the last day of the month but as some things didn’t go like I planned I have to publish it now.
Well, I see it this way: Better late then never.
Especially as this is one of my many ideas to make sure that my blog gets interesting and some times random content ;)

So here we go with my Finds of the Month

First a cold, then a virus – When things go against your plans.

... published February 7, 2008

After not being bothered by a cold in the last 2 or 3 years it finally caught me again.
About 3 weeks ago I had the first signs and went to the doc to make sure I get well again as soon as possible.

As a result I had to stay at home and in bed. So I missed school for a week and I hadn’t the chance to take care of my blog.

After a week or so I felt well enough and thought about leaving a message on here, unfortunately I saw that I somehow managed to get a computer virus…which forced me to stay offline for another week.

Then I had no real time to write a proper post, but at the end I got the chance to write this message.

Well, now I have to see that I catch up with my original plan, not to mention that I have to update wordpress…

The 6 steps of creating a website

... published January 14, 2008

The 6 steps of creating a websiteOne of my hobbies, actually my favorite hobby, is to write HTML, CSS and PHP code. Or better: creating websites.

If I’m not working on an existing website, I like to think about creating a new one. Based on that, I thought it would be interesting to share my personal steps in creating websites, ranging from the first idea to the boredom of just maintaining the final page.

You can devide the whole process in 6 steps:

  1. The Idea
  2. Evaluation and Preparation
  3. Creation and Testing
  4. Reviewing and Optimizing
  5. Release
  6. Maintenance

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Short summary about recent changes at Ruelicke.net + 1 Question

... published January 12, 2008

MaintenanceA few days ago Matt at Webmaster-Source and Michael at Pro Blog Design published articles about optimizing the load time of a blog and plugins to get more comments

Influenced by their articles I decided to review and optimize my own blog. Some of the mentioned plugins and optimizations I had already in use, a few I added as result of reading said articles:

You could call this some kind of heavy maintenance, so I’m now interested on some feedback. How do you like the new comment plugins? Does the site load slower or faster or did it stay the same? Any reply is much appreciated, especially feedback about the loading time of my blog :)

Update:
I moved all javascript used on my site to the foot which should reduce the loading time a lot more.
Please let me know if something is now broken :)

C#/C++ – Hello World!

... published January 9, 2008

C#/C++As I have the fortune to learn C#/C++ at school I thought it is a good idea to share what I learned and what I’m learning. Additionally it helps me to repeat what I learned and I can make sure that I really understood it.

Here we go:

Hello World

At first we need a program which allows us to write and compile C#/C++ code. We are using the Borland C++ Builder but as I’m a fan of open-source programs I’m training my knowledge using the Bloodshed Dev-C++ program unless I’m forced to use Borland.

Now let’s have a look at our first program. Continue…