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Archive for May, 2007
Blogging Schedule
This week I’m testing out some methods to figure out how long to spend in front of the computer writing or brainstorming. Last night I tried putting on a movie in the background on my computer and wrote/brainstormed during it just listening to the dialog. The movie of choice you ask…Why Snatch of course!
This method seemed to work pretty well..What are some other ways that you’ve tried?
Posted in Website related |
5 Comments ».htaccess Redirect
For the longest time I had a problem getting my site to re-direct correctly. I wanted http://www.year26.org but for the longest time had http://year26.org. At one point it really didn’t matter to me but then when I started checking traffic stats it was difficult since I had to check both. Over the weekend I finally found the right mojo to do that via my .htaccess file.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{http_host} ^year26.org
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.year26.org/$1 [R=301,L]
And now, of course, when looking at it it’s bloody obvious but this has been tripping me up for the longest time. So..Onward to find something else to trip me up
Posted in Geek Stuff, Website related |
1 Comment »10 Things That Frustrate Me
- Managers who don’t follow the rules
Managers should lead by example. You are not a special snowflake.
- Users who say “This worked in Windows/MacOSX.” Or “This was so much easier to use in Windows/MacOSX”
Re-install Windows and then tell me how “easy” it was to get it back up and running. One thing about Linux is my networking will always work when I re-install.
- Users who bring me their Fedora/Gentoo/Ubuntu machines and expect me to support them.
I simply don’t have enough hours in the day to figure out what you’ve broken. We have a standard build..Use it.
- Users who want to watch movies/dvd/youtube on their laptops
Two words: Work Laptop. Now STFU and GBTW.
- Users who need a printer at their desk for “Confidential Data”.
There is a $10,000 copier/printer located 10ft from your desk. Walk over and get your printer job. Oh! And your “Confidential” printer isn’t confidential when you tell me to make it a network printer.
- Users who put URGENT in every single ticket they send in.
The fact that you can’t get to your banks homepage really doesn’t concern me..Again STFU and GBTW.
- Users who have worked X number of years at IBM/HP/Sun etc. etc.
I just don’t care. Sorry.
- Users who insist on having root access but have no clue what I mean when I say Google Single User Mode Linux
If you don’t know how to follow step by step directions then you don’t need root access…Trust me on this..
- Users who ask if their Blackberry is supported.
One word: NO! We don’t have an exchange server and don’t even think about forwarding company email to a third party server..Unless you don’t like your job.
- Users who call and then immediately apologize for disturbing me.
If you had any manners you wouldn’t have called me in the first damn place.
Posted in rant |
3 Comments »CMS Recommendations
I’m looking to setup a new site with a blog(possibly) and a forum. I’m looking for recommendations for Content Management Systems like Joomla, etc..All suggestions welcome..
Posted in Geek Stuff |
No Comments »Standards
I have been dealing with an issue at work regarding a large vendor that handles our pay roll. We have a site setup to view and download pay stubs and W-2’s. This site was rolled out in August of 2006 and everything has been fine and dandy until this past weekend. Something happened/changed that now causes a simple javascript redirect to not function in Firefox anymore. If you manually change the URL to the link given in the redirect it works perfectly.
Now you maybe asking why this is such a big deal. Well, I’ll tell you. I work at an Open Source Company where it’s just not a couple of words but a way of life. I have seen the power of Open Source Software and if you are reading this blog you see it in the blog software and the server my blog is hosted on. I can, at any time, take the code for WordPress and change it to my heart’s content. There is a lot of power in that ability. I don’t have to wait for the developers to implement a feature or enhancement. I can implement it myself and then pass the code back to the WordPress devs and if they so choose they can implement it in WordPress proper.
Posted in Geek Stuff, rant |
1 Comment »Synergy
I’ve been using a great little program for over a year now that allows you to share a keyboard and mouse between to separate machines. I use it to combine my desktop and laptop at work. Check out Synergy and then head over to my Wiki where I have documented how to set it up and also included an auto start script.
Posted in Computer stuff, Geek Stuff |
1 Comment »Is It Wrong
That I am really digging the taste of Bud Light in a can?? I have never been the “beer snob” I pretty much like any beer that’s not too dark or bitter and in a bottle. The former occupants of the house I bought left the better part of a case of canned Bud Light. While I’ve never been a huge fan of canned beer of any type, these right out of the fridge and down the hatch are pretty damn good…
Ok..Nothing more to see here..Move along…
Posted in Randoms |
3 Comments »Easily Keep Wordpress Updated
Over at Lone SysAdmin Bob links to a great doc on the Wordpress Codex showing you how to update your blog using Subversion. I followed it and had my blog updated within 5 min to the newest version. Now all I have to do to update my blog is run:
$ svn co http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/tags/$NEW_VERSION .and then go to the admin page, let Wordpress upgrade my database and everything is up and running. Of course make sure you back everything up before trying this but it worked for me in less than 5 minutes my blog was running new code.Posted in Geek Stuff, Website related, Wordpress |
3 Comments »User Quote
This is a real quote from one of my users..
Jake: Ok, I will need to get access to that file. Where is it located?
User: In the middle of my screen.
Jake: sighPosted in User Quotes |
No Comments »Merging PDF’s
I had a user ask me if it was possible to merge multiple pdf’s into a single pdf. Why of course it’s possible. Grab the following script and make it executable. It runs from the command line right now. I will probably get around to making a gui for it this weekend. Usage is as follows:
mergepdf 1.pdf 2.pdf 3.pdf 4.pdf etcYou will need to rename your pdf’s in the order you want them to appear in hte merged copy. A new page will be created for each number.
Posted in Computer stuff, Geek Stuff |
1 Comment »Work On The House
So after a week of living at the new house I really haven’t gotten much done. Kate and I moved some stuff around inside and she put all the books I own in their respective bookcases. She also weeded a couple of places in the back yard and I got the grass mowed and went to Lowe’s and bought a weed eater and got around the front of the house done. I have a pretty nasty sun burn on my arms from mowing so I’m holding off until it goes away and then I’ll get some sun block and finish up the back yard.
I think Kate and I are going to start a house blog so we can track what we’ve done in one central location. We are working on a few names so more info on that later.
My goal for tonight is to get the office setup. I moved a desk in there last night which I had to pretty much take apart and also remove the door to get the damn thing in. I put the desk back together and will get the door put back up tonight. So I just need to get all my computer equipment on the desk and get everything connected… I also want to get the yard sprayed for crab grass and hopefully start making it look better.
Posted in House Stuff |
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