about
Everything — if not more — than your curiosity might seek will be dissected below, in self-important third person. Specifically information about this site's:
author
Born and raised in Houston, Jonathan Horak left to attend The University of Texas and has lived in Austin ever since.
He enjoys music but can't carry a tune.
code
CSS
This site uses Cascading Style Sheets to structure content; no tables harmed in the making. The overall design of this site is of its author's creation.
XHTML
This site is entirely coded in XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
comment policy
Please offer on-topic contributions that are conducive to (not damaging of) communication and offer value to the conversation. Violations of this guideline will be removed.
copyright info
Contents and design
The contents and design of another pointless dotcom are copyright 2002-2010 Jonathan Horak, all rights reserved. If you are interested in using aspects featured in and around the site, Jonathan can be easily contacted.
Comments
All comments are copyright their respective creators.
production
Hardware/OS
Made with a sleek unibody Apple MacBook Pro (affectionately known as Manzana Gordita) running Mac OS X Leopard.
Hosting
This site is hosted by Dreamhost. Great deal, great host.
Software
TextEdit is used to edit web documents and Movable Type processes pretty much everything you see here. Adobe Photoshop is used to edit or create all images.
site errata
What's the significance of the domain anotherpointless.com?
A domain was desired that would capture the essence of the web, at the time. One that would be just another site on the Internet, amidst the failing dotcoms. Wait one second. How about justanother.com? Alas, that particular domain: taken.
Countless whois queries later, the domain anotherpointless.com came to mind. Jonathan mulled and questioned those close — apologies Gemma — until it was realized he had finally found what he had looked for.
Sometimes others want to know the location of the author's site. When told, it usually takes a short while for the connotation to register. In their defense, most just aren't on the level of Mr. Horak's genius.
"What's that again?"
After a sigh, "another pointless dotcom."
"Okay, got it: another pointless dotcom."
Pause. "Oh! Jolly, good sir!"
"Do people actually still say that?"
(Breaking third person to speak directly to the people.)
I'm one of many putting personal content to the web. A match in a forest fire. The name "another pointless dotcom" is an attempt to show that I'm comfortable with this.