Thanks for the kind words (I'm the author). My main, ever-evolving goal when writing tutorials is to try to write what I'd like to see:

1) Explain the underlying concept

2) Show variations

3) Explain how to do it yourself

4) Show how to verify you did it correctly

5) Meta: be as concise as possible, maximize bang for the buck

I've always enjoyed your writings kalid. I esp liked http://betterexplained.com/articles/a-visual-intuitive-guide.... Thanks so much for your site!

Thanks, I appreciate it!

I really enjoyed your writing style. It didn't push its (successful!) attempts at humor and used them sparingly enough to be a joy when they were read.

Thanks! It's easy to get self-conscious about putting humor into a tech article :)

And it links to another great article on gzip compression.