Arch Linux Installation log pt. 2 – Core system

October 2, 2009  |  Arch Linux  |  No Comments

My newly burnt CD with the Arch Linux image inserted into the drive, I was ready to install the core Arch system.

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Arch Linux Installation log pt. 1 – Introduction

September 25, 2009  |  Arch Linux  |  No Comments

A couple of months ago I decided to check out linux, so I did as many do, I installed Ubuntu. Not being completely satisfied with it, I switched to Linux Mint which I was happy with for a time. But as I started to read up in the linux community I heard of this linux distribution called Arch, which was supposed to be very good, but a bit hard for linux newbies. So of course I had to give it a try…

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Reinstall

September 25, 2009  |  Site info  |  No Comments

Ok, so I decided to delete my old blog, reinstall Wordpress and start over again.

Welcome to the new Binary Tendencies blog!

Hopefully I will be able to fill it with something interesting eventually.

Plugin overhead when not in use

May 17, 2008  |  Tests  |  No Comments

I was trying different kinds of image related plugins, and decided to check how much overhead each one of them have when just activated. What I did was upload some plugins, and before I timed it I just activated it. Nothing more. The plugins are activated but not configured or in use.

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CSS Performance

May 15, 2008  |  Tests  |  No Comments

Just read an interesting article over at jpsykes.com; testing css performance (pt 2).  His conclusion is that using child selectors are slower than using direct class name declarations (in some browsers).

Head on over and read for yourself!

NOTE! Just noticed that part 3 of his testing css article series is out. Check it out.