Normally I try not to post non-technical items here, but this is big enough news to warrant a post in anyone’s personal blog! I’m happy to announce that this last Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008 at 8:07pm, Sophia Felker entered the world at a healthy 7lbs 8ounces. Sophia and mom are doing great. The wife did such a kick butt job, I’m very proud of her. No drugs, all natural water birth. Way to go wifey! ...
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Yeah, seriously… My "old" host as I like to call them now decided to … umm… how do I say this nicely … "accidentally delete my account".I also have something to admit, I didnt follow through with my original back up strategy. The only reason this blog still exists is due to LUCK. Thats all I attribute it to. I downloaded a back up a week prior "just in case" for safe keeping.  Why? Who knows. When? Last Friday at 2pm.  I'm not up on a new host (Verio) who I'm quite happy with. It costs a few extra bucks a month,...
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   I was signing up for the ThoughtWorks Studio forum today and received this wonderful/insightful error. There has been tons of discussion around the interblogs about what to do with errors and how to notify the end user. Normally these posts end with commentary that says something like this:   “If a user gets an error, let the know through the UI. Let them know what they did wrong, or how they can help alleviate the situation. If all hell broke loose, just let them know something went wrong and give them an email or phone number to contact – or even...
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I was on my favorite travel pricing site today and I was looking up how much flights were from MPLS to Des Moines. Now I’d probably never-ever fly to Des Moines because I believe its only about 3.5 hours away via car. But with gas prices these days you have to check it out. When I used to live in Phoenix, a group of friends and I would always go to Vegas every year. We drove a couple of times but we eventually found out that flying was actually cheaper (back then – 6-7 years ago). A round trip ticket would cost us 80 dollars. Talk about DEAL!!!!  So, wondering if I could...
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Having a blog has its benefits, but sometimes people want to access your site via a mobile device and, well…. lets face it, rendering your site across many different mobile platforms, looks, well…. LIKE CRAP. Hell, half the time its unreadable. How to Enable Your Site For Mobile Viewing If you want to mobile enable your blog, its super-easy with the service provide by mofuse.com (no I’m not getting paid to write this). Literally its only a few steps and you’re done. Create an account Plug in your blog url that you want to “mobilize” Choose the url  you want You’re done!...
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