A Geek Apart

I’m a Mac user, and an avid open-source fan. As such, I feel right at home with a LAMP (or MAMP as it were) stack, and programming procedurally in PHP/MySQL.

Nevertheless, I’m in a sticky situation at work (well, one of my jobs) where I have to install the .NET environment on my Mac. Okay, Parallels to the rescue.

An since the whole OS is getting rather large and hairy, I moved the HDD for the Windows OS to an external travel drive. Done and Done.

Installed Visual Studio 2005. No problems. Set up the SQL Database Server. No Problem.

Tried to open a project that includes CAS authentication. Whoa. Big Problem. The solution proposed was to install IIS. Did that. Then install the .dll and config file provided by my employer. Did that. Still no dice.

How complicated does all this have to be? I mean, they want to develop in this framework, and I dont have any input into that. But seriously. I have a local copy of the web app, and I just want to see a page in a freakin’ browser. Good Lord.

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Here’s Lookin’ At You!

Gotta love Skype for those cheap calls! But you can love Snaps Pro X for those great candid screen caps as well.

Geoff, you do have beautiful eyes; nevertheless, you still can’t have my Bud Light.

Oh yeah, and please don’t sue me for “recording your calls without your permission” or whatever.

Technorati Tags: fun, hack, Hacks, screen cap

Okay, so we made it through the rough changes. I was concurrently upgrading my install of WordPress, adding support for Sidebar Widgets, and Changing to a custom theme. In the process of all that crap, I accidentally deleted the wp-uploads folder…subsequently deleting all images in previous posts!

Wow, all the havoc that can be wreaked with a click.

Anyway, thank you for your patience. You might hate the site; however, it’s all mine! I created the theme, and I created the content. That makes me happy. Like finding money in an old coat pocket.

Just got a notice today from my domain name registrar that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) just agreed to lower its Registrar Transaction Fee from $.25 to $.22.

So I was given a credited refund of $.03 per year per domain name I had registered through them…retroactive back to July 1st, 2006.

Not a big amount of money, mind you, but this is a company sending me an email, telling me they’re giving me money back. How many companies do you know that would do that without you having to call and inquire?

Technorati Tags: consumer, money, godaddy, domain, webhosting

As I peruse through my newsreader, I find I am subscribed to an abnormally large amount of blogs that specialize in the subject of blogging.

From software to hosting, platforms, design, RSS feeds, SEO optimization, link-bait techniques, spam filters, reader relationship-building, ad placement, affiliate programs, tagging plugins, etc, my head is starting to hurt.

The “pro” blogging realm has become so boring, I can barely stand it. I’d much rather see which star has recently embarrassed themselves in public than read about the latest money-making “strategy” out there. Sure, the prospect of a large audience, monthly checks from ads, and the like are appealing. But seriously, is it worth the time? For every blog that earns enough money to support it’s hosting, let alone a decent living wage for the author, there is a wheel-barrow full of blogs that no one reads.
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