Charles Linart blogs

Why Are the Knicks Winning?

chuck1 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:38:22 +0000

The following is relevant to sports, business, and every team effort.

The hapless New York Knicks are on a tear! With a five-game winning streak under their belts, they're one of the hottest teams in the NBA at the moment of this writing. Jeremy Lin is the talk of the town, and why not! His is a great story.

The Other "P": PERL

chuck1 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:44:07 +0000

I actually had an opportunity to use PERL today for the first time in years. Over the past few years, it was easy to forget "the other 'P'" in LAMP because PHP (and I guess Python, but I don't know much about that) has become so robust. There are still times when a good old-school PERL script is the best way to get 'er done.

My situation today was this:

a ton of files in one directory with long, machine-generated names

Go Big or Go Home

chuck1 — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:31:34 +0000

Don't let risk mitigation turn you lukewarm!

Security and safety are very important. I am hip to that. No need to "lead with your chin" in business. In love, that philosophy is even more stupid.

"Drupal Sucks"

chuck1 — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:08:18 +0000

Before you say that, consider this:

Drupal Makes Me Happy: Yo, if it makes you genuinely happy, it's probably pretty good.

OK, so I'm back on it...

chuck1 — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:37:04 +0000

So I'm re-doing the site as you can see. The video on the front page will change. Just trying to get it working HTML5-style now. There are so many devices, operating systems and browsers out there now. It's complex to serve things up correctly to all of them.

Speaking of which, if you notice anything odd in the display or if the front page video doesn't display/play correctly in your browser or device, let me know. I'm especially interested to hear how things are working in the Droid world.

Does Your Business Need a Blog?

chuck1 — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:48:21 +0000

Only if it intends to grow.

Evolution Media: My company's logo.
It is safe to say that most dog groomers have neither time nor inclination to blog. Same goes for real estate brokers, cardiologists, plumbers or just about any type of small business person. Someone who spends 70 hours a week (or more) running a business probably does not want to be bothered with blogging. What, exactly, would be the point in blogging, after all? It's not like anyone gets paid for it (world-renowned blogsters like Yours Truly aside), and time spent blogging is time spent away from the core business, right?

Free Mind Mapping Software

chuck1 — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:50:09 +0000

Definitely worth the price!

Free mind mapping software abounds. Most of it owes its existence to Freemind which is a friggin' cool tool.

Oh, wait, before I go further I should probably answer the question:

What is mind mapping?

Many readers of this blog probably do not know much about mind mapping. (Many do, but many don't, I'm sure. My dear Grammy, for instance, might be new to the concept.)

Are SEO Tools a Total Waste of Money?

chuck1 — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:44:00 +0000

I've been slinging Web CEO for so long, making such a huge amount of bank on it (not really). Tens of thousands of clicks later, I find myself assessing my success and doing a bit of soul searching: Is Web CEO or any SEO tool worth the money?

Here is what I really think:

All SEO tools are a total waste of time and money!*

(*for you... because your content is not up to par)

Auto Blog Samurai - Get Rich Quick Polluting the Internet

chuck1 — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:10:14 +0000

Oh great, just what the world needs, another get-rich-quick scheme...

Meet "Auto Blog Samurai."

Autoblogging is a strange phenomenon wherein people use software to grab and aggregate free content on blogs. They do this for the sole purpose of placing ads on the pages and letting the system run itself, making a few bucks a day per blog. In theory, search engines will pick up your autoblog pages and you will get tons of traffic by virtue of quantity. Your autoblog empire can add new content every hour of every day and earn you money as you sleep.

Develop Your Own iPhone Apps?

chuck1 — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:39:18 +0000

Can it be this easy?

The other day I was talking to this guy who develops iPhone apps on a contract basis. He is a coder. Apparently, big companies are paying big money for custom applications. Apparently, this guy is doing pretty well. It got me thinking: Why would a big company not outsource this work? Why pay a local NYC code slinger big bucks to do it?