Recent Posts

Stack Overflow's Problem - Feedback from an experienced user

Posted on Mon 22 May 2017 in Side Activities • Tagged with Stack Exchange

Stack Overflow has made several poor decisions in the past few years. I have feedback as an experienced community member on how those decisions are perceived


Third time's the charm?

Posted on Sun 06 November 2016 in Side Activities • Tagged with Stack Exchange, moderation

It's been a year since Stack Overflow's last election. I'm running again. Will the third time be the charm, or third strike and I'm out?


I'm running for moderator on Stack Overflow again

Posted on Wed 18 November 2015 in Side Activities • Tagged with Stack Exchange, moderation

Stack Overflow is having a second election this year. I'm throwing my hat in the ring again. This entry follows the process.


Link Analysis - Technical Explanation

Posted on Mon 10 August 2015 in Side Activities • Tagged with Stack Exchange, programming

Approximately 10% of links on the Stack Overflow are unavailable. This is an analysis of how I determined thiat and a discussion on how to improve it


A proposal to fix broken links on Stack Overflow

Posted on Fri 07 August 2015 in Side Activities • Tagged with Stack Exchange, programming

My proposal to decrease the number of broken links on Stack Overflow


Analysis of links posted to Stack Overflow

Posted on Thu 06 August 2015 in Side Activities • Tagged with Stack Exchange, programming

Approximately 10% of on Stack Overflow are unavailable. This is an analysis of how I determined that and a discussion on how to improve it.


How I set up this site with GitHub Pages and CloudFlare

Posted on Thu 09 July 2015 in Side Activities • Tagged with Meta, technical, Pelican

This post provides a brief description of how I set up the web site to utilize GitHub Pages and CloudFlare and eliminated my self hosting


Why I moved from Wordpress to Pelican

Posted on Sun 03 May 2015 in Side Activities • Tagged with Meta, Pelican

A brief summary of why I dropped Wordpress and moved to Pelican


I'm running to be a moderator of Stack Overflow

Posted on Mon 06 April 2015 in Side Activities • Tagged with Stack Exchange, moderation

I'm running for a Stack Overflow moderator position in April 2015. This entry follows the election process.


Moderation postion on Moderators

Posted on Wed 02 July 2014 in Side Activities • Tagged with Stack Exchange, moderation

I've thrown my hat into the ring for a moderation position on Stack Exchange's newest site: Moderators