Ed Cottrell

  • StackOverflow moderator elections

    I’m standing for election as a moderator on StackOverflow. There are many worthy candidates, but I would appreciate your vote, if you’re a member!

  • 4 Lessons from Moving

    Well, it has been about a month since we moved, so it’s time for me to share a few thoughts about it. You Need Professionals. Moving is a huge pain. So are the processes of selling and buying houses. You know that. I know that. But there are people out there who refuse to let it get them…

  • Userscript for WebdesignerDepot.com Tweet Round-Ups

    If you are at all into web design, you likely read WebDesignerDepot.com’s weekly post on their favorite tweets of the week. If not, you should. If you do read that post, you will notice that only the fancy shortened-URL links are clickable; the images aren’t clickable. This was driving me a little crazy, so I spent…

  • Free Website Security Certificates (a/k/a Free SSL Certificates)

    If you have a website, you almost certainly need to secure it. Even for a simple WordPress blog like this one, security is a real problem; sites get hacked all the time, and even a site like this one can draw hundreds or thousands of hack attempts per day. Sometimes, it’s because hackers discover a…

  • How to Make Pretty Blanks in Word

    The Problem If you ever work with Microsoft Word, you have probably needed to insert a blank line or a block of text in a filled-in blank. For example, maybe you want a blank like this:         . Or maybe you want a blank with text in it,      like this     . If you just try turning on…