This is a repository for the thoughts, notes, and achievements
of Mr. Jacob Hume. It contains posts on a large variety of
subjects, technical and otherwise.
I've been messing around quite a bit with my Linux installation (I'm currently running Kubuntu Linux 7.10) because I'd really like to stay away from my Windows partition as much as possible. A big part of Windows' necessity for me has to do with my crippling addiction to games.
While re-designing a page that relied heavily on internal linking, I ran into a problem using a numeral at the beginning of the name attribute. Whenever I used a name that started with a digit, the validator returned an error. This had never happened before, so I checked the reasoning behind the error*.
I heard that Kubuntu, my favorite flavor of Ubuntu, had a new version out. Since I run a dual-boot system with Windows XP and Kubuntu, I did my duty and downloaded the latest version, which just happens to be 7.10 (Gutsy). While I was starting the install process, I noticed a small blue signal strength graph in my taskbar.
There's nothing more shameful, nothing more embarrassing than finding that one of the links on your page is dead. If you're going for the quaint amateur-ish designer look, then let the links on your site lead to 404 errors. I can't think of any better way to lower a visitor's opinion of your competence...