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timestamp: 1711609200 ----- -TBD +Exactly twenty years ago today, on March 28th 2004, I decided to purchase my first Internet domain. + +The .com bubble had already burst years earlier, and I remember wondering which domain name I should go for. After a few minutes I went for *h3rald.com*, the Internet handle I was using on a few web sites. + +The origin of the name H3RALD is nothing too glamorous really: when I moved my first steps on the Internet a few years earlier (my parents were kind of against computers and we had our first one in 1998, when I was in high school) I came across the *Hacker Manifesto*, which was signed *The Hobbit*. I remember dreaming about writing something as impactful as that someday, and signing it with an equally cool pseudonym. At the time, I used to purchase the International Herald Tribune from time to time from the local newsagent, mainly because it +was one of the few newspapers in English I could get here in Italy. + +Browsers + +- /articles/pre-review-of-ie7 +- /articles/from-firefox-to-deer-park +- /articles/ie-lovers-guide-to-firefox +- /articles/perfect-browser +- /articles/firefox-lovers-guide-to-opera (later) +- /articles/firefox3-revealed + +CakePHP + +- /articles/cakephp +- /articles/cakephp-first-bite (sitepoint) +- /articles/40 (book intro) +- /articles/42 (book canceled) +- /articles/43 (too many cooks) +- /articles/too-many-cooks-take-2/ +- /articles/too-many-cooks-take-3 +- /articles/rails-inspired-php-frameworks/ +- /articles/25 (digg effect) + +Technology & random stuff + +- /articles/server-packages +- /articles/next-generation-dvds +- /articles/18 (textiling) +- /articles/what-is-ajax +- /articles/git-for-the-locals +- /articles/google-apps-for-your-domain +- /articles/tweaking-windows-explorer +- /articles/google-chrome +- /articles/the-internet-philosopher + +Reviews + +- /articles/magnolia +- /articles/social-bookmarking-services +- /articles/39 netvibes +- /articles/34/ akelos framework +- /articles/38 akelos details +- /articles/komodo-edit-review +- /articles/textlinkads_sidebar_v01 +- /articles/getting-started-with-lithium +- /articles/journotwit-review +- /articles/wunderlist + +Personal + +- /articles/academic +- /articles/20 (vittorio cevasco) +- /articles/12 (job) +- /articles/9 (riddle job) +- /articles/36 (world cup) +- /articles/incomplete-guide-to-london +- /articles/11-07-2009 + + +Ruby + +- /articles/introducing-redbook +- /articles/10-reasons-to-learn-ruby +- /articles/hlrb-review +- /articles/the-rails-way-review +- /articles/the-rails3-way-review + + +Recent articles + +- /articles/10-reasons-why-i-didnt-update-my-blog +- /articles/10-programming-languages +- /articles/randal-schwartz +- /articles/10-more-programming-languages + +Nim + +- /articles/hastyscribe +- /articles/hastysite +- /articles/litestore +- /articles/h3 +