Year: 2008

  • Ruby

    …my niece Ruby in binary form.

  • dynamic flash using ssp director

    hey thanks.. imagemagick and todd dominey..who actually did all of the really hard work on this one.. dominey knows what he’s doing.. smart move licensing director per domain..it’s worth it..i’ll gladly pay for it…. and i can customize and use it now pretty seamlessly..almost anywhere to manage video, audio, text, html, and imagery.. including the…

  • Pill Free Since 73′

    Does Your Soul Have a Cold and some other info about Mike Mills’ films.

  • wp – for cms president

    and ck it.. Askimet has done a perfect job with spam…I’ve been working with digital stuff (professionally.. barely eaking a living at it since 2005)…i would like to lay down some simple facts that i’ve learned about the so aforementioned content management system. Managing IT and digital assets online isn’t rocket science but it can…

  • dread zeppelin, jackie wilson, and big al downing.

    i remember picking it up in about 1990… i think scott woolum got it first.. one way or another.. Ginny wanted to show me a video of cats doing immigrant song because i was making fun of songs that shouldn’t be played in a dining establishment.. and next thing you know.. it’s dread zepplin hour…

  • php5, mysql5, python2.4, ruby 1.8.5, centos5.

    all standard pre-installed..time to migrate the dv as it’s a fun saturday thing to do…. on feb 10th mt released the upgraded dedicated virtual mysql 5, php 5, centOS 5 (it’s about time even though i know hosting companies that are years behind this setup).. and migrating is cake with the tools available in swsoft……

  • Louis’s Las Vegas

    i’d love to bring some attention to Louis Osteen as if he doesn’t already receive enough of it… he’s a great chef and personality of whom i admire for his unique views and experience with southern culture and food. i worked for him a number of years ago in Charleston and I learned quite a…

  • montreux jazz festival

    and why i must go this year… it’s july 4th – 19th, they won’t release the schedule until mid april.. and what a way to show my patriotism by taking my american made dollars to Switzerland and spending them there…(especially since our banks and corporate boys have no problem spending abroad in much worse places)…

  • iphone gps, where am i? and $40/hr?

    Ginny and i found ourselves amused with the “where the hell am i” (as we call it) on the iphone..what a nice feature in google maps… which speaking of.. Google anounced an update to Android.. fit with a media player and a geocoding api… mobile computing is going to be big stuff if you campare…

  • New Orleans – Fat Tuesday

    New Orleans.. it’s a strange mix of poverty, destruction, history, and culture… the things that stick out most are the dichotomy of upper echelon galleries, restaurants, hotels, antiques, attorneys, bankers, catholics..vs the seedy strip clubs, casino, bars, hustlers, vampire punks (as we call them..you know the type.. beyond heroin sheik. grungy, tatooed, and pierced) and…

  • slideshowpro and actionscript

    It always seems that when i’m working on a problem or task in computer programming that the answer usually comes to me when i’m not in front of a computer screen. I think this is because i am able to use better visual logic when i’m daydreaming in the car listening to music. This particular…

  • magento

    so i installed a couple local versions… and then put one on a server to test. Varien has done it right for anyone who wants all of the bells and whistles in ecommerce because they’ve certainly done their research. Reports, Inventory, Paypal Api, Import/export excel spreadsheets… and a forum has been started for syncing it…

  • nginx

    nginx (i’m guessing it’s pronounced “engine x”) usage on websites worldwide went up 800% from 07 as compared to January 08 according to netcraft.. apache still dominates in hosting, but i’m convinced that microsoft’s portion will go down (even though the usage seems to still be trending up)… and lighttpd and nginx usage will increase..…

  • Pear and pdo_mysql in Apache2 on Leopard

    seems to be a common issue with leopard’s php install..folks are looking to add the modules for pdo_mysql and the pear libraries… before you go reinstalling apache and rebuilding php5 from source.. and getting lost in Leopards symbolic links to the php.ini and httpd.conf files..like I did here.. using this PHP Apache Module and it…

  • Sun Micro aquires MySQL… SunSQL?

    I think it’s a good think for the continued use and development of MySQL.And i’ve noticed the ever adapting ability to use XML with MySQL.

  • back to my mac remote desktop

    say goodbye to the static ip problems.. the router configuration and your possible denial of service from your ISP… I am doing a great deal of work from an office and (not wanting to give up my old days of working in my pajamas and not showering for days) i needed a way to control…

  • Blue Ridge Fest

    I wrapped up a project for another agency and the Blue Ridge Electric Co-op.

  • mod ssl and open ssl for https

    Installing an ssl certificate on a local machine is pretty straightfoward. OpenSSL provides certificates for development. I found this tutorial the only one you need..I also found a great way to make calls to Google Apps (like this)using the Zend framework and these in particular.and for those folks who have gotten accustomed to the drag…

  • MVC – and updating xcode to 2.5 for RubyCocoa..

    after fighting it for a day.. make sure your SDK is up to date and upgrade to xcode 2.5 or higher.. update (from yesterday):just update upgrade to Leopard….solved my rubycocoa and dashcode install issues..i’m sure theres a doc somewhere that i should of read.. Leopard solves most of it… but i did notice that with…

  • Ajax is just lipstick on a pig

    and i just had to post that again… the audience enthusiasm is awesome Thanks Dave… I think my brother would agree… If you use a browser to interact with a server, you’re using a half-duplex, forms-based device. The host sends down a form, you fill in the form, and send it back when you’re ready.…