Ed Cottrell

  • Stack Overflow Moderator Elections, Part II

    In case you missed my first post on this topic, I am a candidate in the 2015 Stack Overflow moderator elections. I made it through the nomination phase (32 candidates) and primary (30 candidates), and now I’m in the general election with only 10 candidates for 3 spots remaining! I am extremely honored and humbled…

  • 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…