I had read on my OALUG mailing list that the SSS had been updated and released (v. 2006.01). I slacked for a while checking it out, but finally decided today to see what all the buzz was about (it has been on my mailing list, reported on Digg, and a number of blogs that I [...]
Well, I don’t have much to report so far, other than OpenOffice.org still has a lot of bugs when it comes to it’s Base program. First off, before throwing the 3.4 million record Tennessee database at it, I thought I would try a much more compact database in dBase format with only a few thousand [...]
First off a couple of definitions. When I refer to columns in this post, I am not referring to the actual field in a database, but rather I am referring to a column if the database was exported to fixed (space delimited) ASCII text. Also, when I mention records, I am referring to [...]
… release all of your software for Linux please? At least beta versions anyway. Knowing that you maintain tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of Linux servers makes us, the Linux community, wonder why this hasn’t happened already. I realize that you do have software for Linux already, but Firefox extensions can only [...]
I have devoted all of my time learning the two handed Dvorak keyboard layout. Why? Definitely after my post just a couple of days ago about the convenience of the QWERTY layout with respect to PHP and navigating a non-Windows machine?!? Because I sit at a keyboard all day long (as most [...]
Sorry for the downtime yesterday. The Sveasoft firmware on my router went south, so my server was not accessible all day long. Because I was at work, I had no way to get it back up and running until I returned home. I appologize to those who were trying to access my blogs or my [...]
I got into this discussion with a student at school this morning. A professor wants to convert my proposed CS site from PHP to straight ASP. I don’t understand why, for a number of reasons, why he would want to or even put himself through that. All OS preferences and biases aside, [...]
As with every other blog that I have ever hosted, I seem to be the target of comment spam. In the past, I have implemented CAPTCHA images, forcing previews, and filters, all of which worked exceptionally well. With Wordpress, however, I can catch all comments in moderation to require approval first. This was working fairly [...]
Being a serious Firefox junkie, I was testing out a couple new extensions when a fellow coworker came by my desk and asked me what I was doing. He then asked what extensions I find useful, at which point I began showing off Spellbound. Immediately, he jumped out of his seat and couldn’t believe his [...]
Just testing.
I just finished the Ultimate Firefox Extension List for Junkies. It is an exhausting list of every extension that I use with Firefox including themes and search engines. Every item on the list is currently installed in every Firefox installation that I have. Many of those items I install before even using the browser. [...]
I always enjoy getting into technical discussions. Especially when the other person actually knows what they are talking about. In this case, it was during church, and the topic of discussion was defragmenting hard drives.
For those unfamiliar with fragmentation, filesystems fragment files when data is written to the hard drive. It doesn’t [...]
