Month: March 2005

Favorite Software Apps

I was having a conversation with some people yesterday about what software they were using. They started to give me their list. I realized I have never made a list of my most used and useful tools and applications. So I started to compile one. It is not complete but I figure I should at least share what I have. Recommended …

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Fix for Firefox browser issue

The guys at my hosting provider were able to help me with my CSS issue on this site. It was the way that the PHP was rendering the css files. By adding the following code into the .css files the issue was resolved. < ? Header ("Content-type: text/css");?> This causes the css file to have a content status of text/css. We …

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Skype vs. Vonage

I did find a VOIP comparison over a cnet http://reviews.cnet.com/VoIP/4540-9238_7-30865573-3.html

Lowering my Long Distance with Skype

Here is my story of how I lowered my long distance. I started using skype a while ago with one of my projects (iisreporter.com). It allowed me to talk to people or have people contact me via a phone system. I realized how valuable this free VOIP system was that I got all my friends and family using it. Gotta love …

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US Soccer – Easter Sunday – ESPN2

Here is some more soccer info for those interested out there. The US National team plays on Easter Sunday (March 27th) agains Mexico. This should be a great game. ESPN2 is coverng the game at 1:00 PM Eastern. This is an important game, it is a qualfiying game for the 2006 World Cup. Mexico is still upset about the US beating …

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Final Blade Story

Well it is almost over. I may actually have a new server by the middle of next week. We never did get a working 1655mc server, even after another batch of parts. So dell is now sending a new servers to replace our broken ones. I hope this works. I can only give Dell credit. Their support staff is great. I …

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Blade Server UPdate

Well last night, Friday night we tried all new parts again in our server. We have a each and every part of that server as new. And it will not POST… Nothing, it does not even error to the screen. So as a final resolve I have a new server coming one that has been assembled and tested by dell to …

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Dell 1655MC

Here is my story, it is 1:00 AM and a DHL delivery guy just parts for my Dell Blade Server. It is the second parts delivery, they ship right to your location in 4hrs. Dell has great service, however in cases like this service is not enough. You see I am still waiting, it is 2 days later. I have enough …

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Tourney Logic – NCAA Pool

For those of you out there who are NCAA basketball fans, don’t forget to get your copy of Tourney Logics March Madness Pool Manager. It is the best way to manage a pool in your office or neighborhood. There are a few version of the pool manager. One is an intranet version where you would run the program on an internal …

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Purchase of IPOD

Well I finally did it, I broke down and purchased an IPOD. I ended up with an IPOD mini. I decided to go with the 4 Gig, silver mini. You can see it here (apple.com) You may be wondering why I did this purchase when I already have a very capable mp3 player, my trusty IPAQ. Well, after some thought and …

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How has P2P changed your Music Tastes

I was reading slashdot and found an interesting “ASK Slashdot Question” the question was Has P2P influenced your music tastes. I got to thinking about this, and was stunned at my own response. I have to answer that is has changed my music tastes. I own, or did own a tone of cd’s. Once I got hooked on MP3 I converted …

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FireFox issues Continued

Well I have been having issues w/ a few of my sites and Firefox. Each site (including this one) uses CSS and did not have issues till a few days ago. Infact, I build most of my sites and test all of my sites in firefox. They were working correctly earlier and the files have not changed in over a month. …

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Correcting Site issues

My recent upgrade to Word Press 1.5 has destroyed the site when using Firefox. I am currently working on fixing that issue. Please be patient

GeoURL 2.0

Geo URL 2.o is finally out. I have been using geourl for a long time and went to check the site for some new information and noticed that it was down. The had taken geourl down to upgrade to 2.o. GeoURL is a location-to-URL reverse directory. This will allow you to find URLs by their proximity to a given location. Find …

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