Third in the line of posts on sorting algorithms (first was Bubble Sort and the second was Insertion Sort) is the Shell Sort. This is basically a variant of the insertion sort, with the difference that you’re sorting the array multiple times. Another way of looking at this is that the shell sort is really [...]

Because I’m freelancing for my previous employer, telecommuting in effect, I’ve become a big fan of screen. I didn’t see the benefit of using the program at first, but when you’re logging into a machine with ssh and then have to log into one or two more, after that, you soon become very happy about [...]

Second up in the line of sorting algorithms I’ll run through is the insertion sort algorithm. It’s fairly different from the bubblesort algorithm in that bubblesort will go through every element that you’re trying to sort and compare it with every other element (meaning, you’re looking at about n * n comparisons) while insertion sort [...]

After installing three different blog systems (and trying to install a fourth), it’s now time to install five different CMS packages. The five are: CMS Made Simple Joomla! modx Drupal Typo3 The basic goal in this post is to see how easy it is to get these systems installed and ready for use. What obstacles [...]

I decided recently that it was time to add to my knowledge of sorting algorithms. I didn’t just want to read some quick descriptions on names of algorithms but to actually prod my knowledge-muscle with some stuff. So, I started out on Wikipedia, reading the article on sorting algorithms while taking notes. It gives a [...]