I spent a short amount of time setting up the Disqus comment system here at JordanHackworth.com this weekend.

Disqus is a comment system vastly superior to the built in comments module on Drupal, (the CMS this site uses) but Disqus is independent of any particular web platform, in fact it could replace the comment system on nearly any website.

Disqus users have a profile which is used for every site that uses Disqus. By logging into Disqus I will automatically comment as myself on any Disqus enabled site.

Disqus goes much further then a centralized login, it has social aspects to it. My Disqus profile automatically grabs my Twitter status, and has links to my Facebook, Flickr, and Del.icio.us account. You're able to 'follow' other Disqus users, much like you can in Twitter.

Comments can be upmodded, downmodded, you can reply to a specific comment or follow the comment thread.

From an administration point of view, Disqus saves a lot of hassle of managing comments. In the case of setting it up with Drupal, it was a simple matter of installing the Disqus module. The module can be found here.

My Disqus profile is: disqus.com/people/JordanHackworth/

Feel free to leave a comment on this post to try out Disqus.

I recently picked up a Compass 597 EVDO Rev. A card from Sprint, allowing me to access the internet nearly anywhere. I also picked up a Cradlepoint PHS-300 wireless router. The PHS-300 is a very small, battery powered, Wi-Fi router designed specifically for USB EVDO cards or supported phones. By plugging the C597 into the router I have Wi-Fi for a about two hours.

Speed varies, in areas where Sprint has rolled out EVDO Rev. A I see anywhere from 800 to 1,600 kbps, which is about the same speed as DSL. The C597 is sold by Sprint, for $50 with a two year contract. The PHS-300 runs about $150 at the time of this writing.

Yes, $200 to start out and $60 a month is an awful lot to swallow, but sometimes it's worth it for the convince of having any of your Wi-Fi enabled gadgets online wherever you are.

Pictures of the router and card are here.

Do you do something different for wireless internet? Is there a cheaper, better way? Let's hear it in the comments.

Do you spend a lot of time in the terminal? Do you use BASH? Did you know you could change your default BASH prompt easily?

This is my prompt:

As you can see, it has the current time, the username, the computer name, and the current working directory. If you'd like to use this prompt, you can download my bash_profile here and start using it by renaming it .bash_profile and putting it in your home directory. Running mv bash_profile ~/.bash_profile will do it.

I want to outline a few different ways I keep my inbox free of email.

An inbox, in any form, isn't meant to hold things forever, it's designed to be the first place an item goes before getting sorted, or taking action against; Like deleting or throwing out the item. This same approach is the most effective and efficient way of using email.