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This is my place to put stuff online so I won't forget it, show the world that I can make a decent website, and share my thoughts with family and friends. It's also a place for me to share Linux/web development tips and tricks with the world at large, and a place for me to post pictures of my cat. If you don't know me and would like to, please get in touch with me - I'll try to respond right away.
Dog in Kensington Market, Toronto
I saw this dog while in Kensington Market in Toronto last week.
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Spring is Here, It’s Official
Photos of two flowers growing outside my front porch.
Click on the small photos for full-size versions.
Posted on Apr 04, 2009 - 12:49 AM Categories: Grand Rapids, Local, Photoblogread more | 0 comments
Lupe Fiasco at Calvin College
Lupe Fiasco came to Calvin College tonight. Awesome show - here’s a video of “Hello/Goodbye” - to download - I haven’t converted it to Flash video yet.
Posted on Apr 03, 2009 - 11:53 PM Categories: Art, Photoblog, Videosread more | 0 comments
Quick Tip for HostGator Customers Using .htaccess and PHP
If you have an .htaccess directive telling Apache to serve all or certain types of files as PHP, HostGator’s setup is just a little bit different.
On a stock WHM/cPanel/CentOS 5 server,
DefaultType application/x-httpd-php
DefaultType application/x-httpd-php5
Without that, Apache will ask you to download the the unparsed PHP file, complete with original code.
Posted on Apr 02, 2009 - 09:23 AM Categories: Geekread more | 0 comments
Cool Old Photo - Eiffel Tower in the 1990s
I took this photo on July 4, 1997. It’s the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France - the big sign on it says that there are 911 more days until January 1, 2000.
I think the sign itself is pretty ugly, actually, but it’s cool to be able to look at a picture of an iconic monument like this and know exactly when the photo was taken.
Posted on Mar 28, 2009 - 12:15 PM Categories: Photoblogread more | 0 comments
One More Thing to Try if Removing index.php Doesn’t Work with ExpressionEngine
If you’ve just moved your ExpressionEngine installation to a new server and suddenly find that your .htaccess index.php removal doesn’t work, here’s one more thing to try.
Just add a question mark at the end of “index.php” on the last line of your .htaccess file. (If you already have a question mark there, try removing it.)
The last line of your .htaccess file should look like
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]
before.
Removing/adding the question mark should work regardless of whether or not you’re using the include or exclude method to remove index.php.
Posted on Mar 22, 2009 - 10:45 AM Categories: ExpressionEngineread more | 0 comments
StreamSend Isn’t Quite There Yet
Alright, some complaints about StreamSend:
- You can’t edit scheduled campaigns. Instead of quickly changing the subject line, you have to cancel the whole campaign and start it again from scratch.
- No “Unsubscribe Date” for users
- Filters are cool, but they’re kinda weak. And you can’t exclude them from your sending lists.
- No number-based list segmenting. If you have a list of 35,000 people, and you want to send the same e-mail to them 1,000 at a time over 35 days, you have to manually cut the list into segments of 1,000, and then upload 35 different lists.
- FAR too easy to accidentally “unsubscribe” all your recipients. In the list upload process, you can’t specify a status.
- Related, unsubscribed recipients can be turned active just by uploading their e-mail address again. That should never happen. They should stay unsibscribed.
I haven’t used triggers or the API very much, although they seem pretty useful. I like CampaignMonitor a lot better. :-(
Posted on Mar 13, 2009 - 11:51 AM Categories: Geekread more | 0 comments
On the Quality of Craigslist Job Ads
Here’s a recent ad on Craigslist for a person/company looking for a web developer:
I want to set up a web site that not like anything that any one else is doing but it kinda complcated and im not good at these things,but me and the team i have they know more about the computer than i do,I need someone that knows how too program NOT A PEARSON THAT CAN BUY TEMPLATE AND PUT IT UP.We can do that ourself..If we need too.I want someone local please.email me if your intrested thank you
I have no idea who this person is, but I’m sure they would be a nightmare to work for. Jeez.
While it’s still available, here’s the link to the full ad: http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/web/1070667779.html
Posted on Mar 11, 2009 - 11:39 PM Categories: Geek, Grand Rapids, Local, Personalread more | 0 comments
People These Days Don’t Read :-(
I first saw the Look Who’s Been Busted newspaper back in December ‘08, and decided to write about it soon after. Since then, I’ve gotten lots of e-mails and several comments either praising or damning me personally for publishing Busted Weekly. The thing is - I don’t publish it. I just decided to write about it.
I’m not sure what to think about all this. Basically, it just seems that people don’t read. People are too ready to blame someone for something they don’t like that they don’t actually read the source from which they learned enough to became enraged. It’s a shame - people these days seem to value the feeling of anger more than they appreciate the validity of their anger.
Posted on Mar 08, 2009 - 06:43 PM Categories: Grand Rapids, Local, Personal, Politicalread more | 0 comments
Our Street Sure is Empty When the College Students Are Gone
It’s amazing how much room there is to park on the street in front of our house when the Grand Rapids Community College kids are on spring break.
I think there were only 3 cars parked on the street on the whole block, one of which was ours.
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