• Dec 4, 2003

    Abyss Web Server - small and really neat

    The Abyss Web Server from Aprelium Technologies is one of the neatest, tiniest web server I've come across. It's only 144 KB for the Windows version and the Mac, Linux and FreeBSD versions are around that size as well. It's also free. What's more, adding PHP support is quick and painless. Just follow the instructions for adding PHP support. I did all of it under 5 minutes (like Phil - see the source for this entry).

    Adding ASP support and Perl support appear to be a snap too from a cursory glance.

    Why is this cool? Because it is very useful as an easy-to-setup test platform for server-side scripts like PHP, ASP and Perl scripts. Being flyweight helps too, since there are no long download times for those still using dialup modems. Everything is run via CGI - there are no modules, unlike for Apache. There is a single config file, abyss.conf, which contains Apache configuration-like directives. The good thing is, there's no need to go into the file to make changes - the web-based configuration interface provided by Abyss allows a simple click-and-point interface which is a breeze to use.

    What a boon to beginners (AKA newbies) who often have trouble setting up Apache with PHP support. I'm going to recommend this as an alternative to Apache for anyone with difficulties setting that up in the future.

    Source: Phil Wilson

  • Dec 4, 2003

    Your site in Konqueror, too!

    Remember iCapture? In case you don't, read this.

    Now it seems there's also another neat little free service called Kcapture.

    And I just noticed that IE isn't the only browser that doesn't listen to you when you tell it you want a dotted border (and NOT a dashed border you stupid piece of crap).

  • Dec 1, 2003

    The monthly report - November 2003

    redemption in a blog received 12,262 visits for the month of November 2003, working to a rounded average of 408 hits per day.

    Most visited entries:

    Other interesting stuff:

    • I've been blogging for 6 months since my very first tentative steps into the blogosphere. I can say I'm thoroughly addicted to the weblog world and picked up a whole buncha stuff along the way. So yay for blogging!
    • My Google PageRank is still 6! OK maybe that's not so interesting. It will be when (or rather, if) I hit PR 7.

    Once again, as always, thanks for reading!

    Past monthly reports:

  • Dec 1, 2003

    AIDS awareness

    Today is World AIDS Day.

    AIDS awareness ribbon
  • Dec 1, 2003

    CSS selectors translator

    Confused by CSS selectors like a:not([href*="codefront"]) and body > h2:not(:first-of-type):not(:last-of-type);? SelectORacle can translate that into plain English (or Spanish) for you.

    Very neat idea that's apparently the brainchild of Eric Meyer (the CSS guy), and implemented in Python by Kevin Jacobs.

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