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Beneath the Hood

At the backend, SilkPage custom XML is used to maintain the site content. XSLT Style Sheets are used to produce customized markup that is validated XHTML content.

Crafting Tools

Table below lists application software (along with our rating) used to publish and maintain this site.

ToolGradeComment
GNU/Linux A+ A great set of software tools and utilities (e.g. grep)
Emacs A+ One of the world's most perfect editors
Vim A Plenty fast and great editor
Ubuntu B+ A good distribution but still needs work
SilkPage B Made the production process easy.

Typography

Typefaces, typography and indentation of this site are controlled with CSS in an effort to make the text easy to read and maintain.