About cjcsuhta.com

This site is an ongoing list of topics that interest me, my personal thoughts, and my possibly insipid tinkering. In general, if I link my friends to it, discuss it with surrounding people, or laugh at it, whatever it is will be posted here. I will show you Internet content that I let waste my time so that you may waste yours. I hope you enjoy whatever you find here. If you learn something new, mission accomplished.

About Me

I am Corey Csuhta. At the very core, I am a technophile. My love for the new, the modern, and the shiny inspire me to churn away my hours working on one technological project after another. I have dabbled in such things as LAMP development, Linux distributions, eAthena, phone phreaking, game design, TI-BASIC, Magic: The Gathering, and comic book authoring.

I am a student of Computer Science at Old Dominion University. I hope to one day pursue a career administrating a large web application, my own start up, or any grey area in-between that challenges me to use my love of UNIX, standards, design, and problem solving.

You pronounce my last name “SHOE-sta”.

About this Site

cjcsuhta.com is hosted by Dreamhost on a shared web server running Debian GNU Linux and serving web pages with Apache. It is powered by the open-source version of Movable Type, a content management system written mostly in Perl, that stores records in a MySQL database. Stats are tracked by Mint. Additional site magic is performed by PHP.

The logo is Zurich Condensed BT (not free, but comes with CorelDraw). The icons are my own little creation.

Software Toolbag

This site is written and produced on an Apple computer running OS X. I have abandoned the Microsoft Windows platform for any development tasks.

My toolset for writing software and designing web interfaces is constantly changing. As of this writing, this is what I use and recommend:

• Textmate, a text editor with UNIX underpinnings. It would take a lot to knock me off my Textmate broom. If you want Textmate on Windows, see the e Text-editor.
• CSSEdit, probably the fastest way to develop your CSS on a Mac.
• Adobe Fireworks, web mockup and graphics design software.
• Transmit, a S/FTP client.
• Sequel Pro, a powerful Mac GUI for MySQL databases. Free.
• CleanArchiver, creates compressed packages without .DS_Store files or other Mac OS X junk. Free.

In addition, my daily computer life is made possible by:

• Apple Mail, Apple’s email client. Included with Mac OS X.
• Adium, a universal instant messaging client. Free.
• iTunes, Apple’s music jukebox. Free.
• NetNewsWire, an RSS reader. Free.
• Safari, Apple’s web browser. Free.
• Transmission, a BitTorrent client for Mac OS X, Linux, BSD, and Solaris. Free.
• The Unarchiver, a replacement for the default Mac OS X decompressor. Free.