Site Information
History
This site has been around in various forms since mid-1995. In those days it was hosted on a 486/50 with 8MiB RAM running Slackware GNU/Linux and the NCSA httpd (Apache's predecessor). Version 2 followed sometime in 1996 and version 3 (with tables and late-90s style shadows!) in 1997. The site was pretty much unchanged from late 2000 until mid 2006 when version 4 (the current version) was unveiled.
For those who don't remember, this site was originally known as "Ken's Den", but with the release of version 4, I decided to drop that name (along with some of the more juvenile and immature content). I guess I must be getting old :-)
Old URLs
Since it's inception, this site has been available at a few different URLs. Some of the old ones are:
- http://phantom.eri.uct.ac.za/~mj
- http://www.edr.uct.ac.za/~mj
- http://mj.turner.org.za
The first two have passed into the history books, but the third is automatically redirected here.
Technical Info
All XHTML content and CSS layout were designed by me, hand-crafted in a text editor. Everything was developed using open source tools:
All development was done on the NetBSD and Debian GNU/Linux operating systems. CVS, running on NetBSD, is used for version control. This site is best viewed in any standards-compliant browser.
The site is hosted on a server at The Planet in Austin, Texas which I administer. It runs Debian GNU/Linux and all web content is served by the Apache web server.
License
All content on this site, unless indicated otherwise, is made available under a Creative Commons "share-alike" license. Source code is made available either under a 3-clause BSD license or under the GNU General Public License. Consult the code to determine the actual license.