Category Archives: My Blog

Site redesign

It’s been almost two years since our last redesign, which caused an uproar among our readers: violent protests outside of our headquarters, a Facebook protest group, a heated poll, and flag burning. Well, the design team of The MKX® is … Continue reading

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Comments not going through

A while ago I installed a captcha-based system called reCAPTCHA in my comment system. CAPTCHAs (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) work like this: Some garbled text is diplayed that is very hard for a spam … Continue reading

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Kirsch Industries

A reader sent me this screenshot of TV show Leverage, which I had never heard of. Turns out that my top choice for the name of the online publishing empire I’m building, future parent company for The MKX® is already … Continue reading

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The MKX® 7th Anniversary

Last night we held the celebrations for the 7th Anniversary of The MKX® (first post). How things have changed since then: Barack Obama hadn’t been born. Arnold Schwarzenegger was still in good shape. Michael Jackson was already white. Monterrey had … Continue reading

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New category: Separated at birth

I’ve created a new category in the blog to group all these posts. Hope you like it. Send in any ideas/suggestions. I’m always looking for ways to keep polluting the internet.

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The Browser Wars II

About three and a half years ago I took a look at the browser usage statistics here in The MKX®. A lot has happened since: Safari came out for Windows, mobile browsing finally became usable with the iPhone, and Google … Continue reading

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Happy New Year!

Six years online and counting.

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The MKX®: Now better tasting

Ever heard of delicious, formerly and more cleverly known as del.icio.us? Yes you have. Since March of 2005, a list of links I add to my delicious account show up in the sidebar of my blog. As you may have … Continue reading

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Happy Thanksgiving

From the perspective of a foreigner living in the U.S., Thanksgiving is a strange holiday. Strange because despite of its religious origins and history, it is celebrated by every single person in the country. Strange because it’s larger than any … Continue reading

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Older designs

I guess it was bound to happen. Whenever you meddle with something that is dearly beloved by millions of people around the world, yo’ve got to expect some sort of backlash. It happened to us when we redesigned. Worry not, … Continue reading

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