About mdj.us
This website (mdj.us) is is the web portfolio, blog, and playground of Matt Jones, a Boston, Massachusetts based web developer, gamer and of late... a total netbook junkie.
The engine behind mdj.us is the sNews Content Management System, with a few dozen custom hacks & mods of course ;)
About the domain
I registered this domain on April 24th, 2002, the "gold rush" day for the second level .us domains. I attempted to register about 10 variations on my name and this is the only one I got, it was my least favorite at the time, but I've come to appreciate the value of the 3 character domain.
This domain was used primarily for internal web design & testing until fall of '08, when I began using sNews CMS as my publishing tool and made this my public blog/article site.
About me
I like to hack around in PHP and Perl, I'm a bit of a Linux nerd as well (been using Debian since Potato for my server, and Mini-slack/Zenwalk for my desktop). I'm constantly starting new designs, some of which I convert to themes (aka templates) and make them available for download here on my site.
I dig video games, gadgets, web design and programming, and anything techie in general. I'm totally infatuated with my little Acer Aspire One netbook these days, though I still find myself gaming on my big desktop at times.
I enjoy web design and publishing on my blog here, I created my first website in 1996 using HTML 3.2 and an embarrassing number of "FONT" tags :). I'm not a professional web developer by trade (I'm a network guy), and I'm self taught in everything web related, meaning no formal training, I've picked up a lot by reading others great tutorials on the web, or in books and of course by trial and error.
I'm constantly learning new things to mess around with & implement on my site. I create all my images/designs with the GIMP. Anyways, this is my always-evolving little corner of the web... welcome & enjoy, and feel free to send me an email.
The stats
I'm a thirty-six year old, happily married dude, with two awesome kids. I live and work in and around Boston, Massachusetts.
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Popular Entries
- Light-weight related articles mod for sNews 1.7 (5/5)
- Gravatar mod for sNews 1.7 (5/5)
- Compact archives for sNews 1.7 (5/5)
- Command & Conquer Generals, and the Zero Hour expansion on the Acer Aspire One netbook (4.75/5)
- Jagged Alliance 2 runs perfect on the Aspire One (4.75/5)
- An improved tag cloud for sNews 1.7 (4.67/5)
- Image / math hybrid captcha version 2, vastly improved (4.64/5)
