Tag Archives: Efficiency

Firefox Search Shortcut

Written by Aijaz Ansari. Posted on April 3, 2010. Filed under Computers. Tagged , , . 1 Comment.
Adding a Keyword to the CPAN Search Box
Wow.  This cool Firefox feature has been around since 2005, but I just found out about it a few months ago!  I swear I haven’t been living in a cave all this time.  So if you’re like me and don’t know about this yet, listen up:  In Firefox, you can bookmark a search with a [...]

The Performance Cost of Using WordPress

Written by Aijaz Ansari. Posted on March 31, 2010. Filed under Computers. Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , . 4 Comments.
Safari's Web Inspector
I recently tried to switch a website over from a homegrown content management system to WordPress. The results were thoroughly disheartening. This post illustrates the steps I took, and how I managed to move in the opposite direction and optimize my site even more.

Why Text Editors Matter

Written by Aijaz Ansari. Posted on January 26, 2010. Filed under Computers. Tagged , , , , . No comments.
Emacs Screenshot
A good editor is a very flexible tool. Once you become an expert at it, you can use it to accomplish tasks almost as quickly as you can think of them.