Quotes
A Great Quote
I heard a great quote last night that I want to share: It is nice to be important, but more important to be nice.
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Chicago Winters
I have to say, I really love the rich tradition that Chicago has as a city and winters in Chicago are very interesting if nothing else. We do not usually get the lake effect snow like Buffalo because we are on the east side of Lake Michigan, but we do get the occasional flurry. What […]
Life
Happy Valentines Day
Nothing says Valentine’s Day like working on PHP homework all day! I have three days left of training and then I should be back to more regular blogging. Work + Homework + Work + Baby = Not much time left for anything else.
CSS Hints HOWTOs Web Development
vertical align trick.
Recently I needed a way to align the bottom of a graphic to the bottom of the text and found the solution: vertical-align:text-bottom; (More information on vertical alignment).
Web Development
PHP Training Update
I have to say I am enjoying the PHP Essentials training a lot more than I had originally thought. I am learning quite a bit and ended up working on my “homework” last night for a few hours. I have never had any formal training so it is nice to have someone start from the […]
Hints Web Development
Who is Linking to Me?
If you own a domain name or maintain a web site you have, at one time or another, wondered who is currently linking your web site. Wonder no more. If you have a Google account, you can log into the Webmaster Tools, add your site and view (and download) a table full of incoming links […]
Web Development
php training.
Today was my first day of PHP Training offered by PHP Architect. I am looking forward to having some formal training so I can improve on what I already know and use on a daily basis. I am hoping that by the end of this training session which will be completed by the end of […]
Hints
MySQL Tips
After several days of researching and reading about how to solve a MySQL replication problem, I found a great resource on MySQL I thought I would share: MySQL Tips.
Web Development WordPress
why wordpress?
I get a number of inquiries from people who want to know what content management system (CMS) or blog software I would recommend. After working with XOOPS, Plone, and of course WordPress my first thought is to make sure the CMS is a good fit. Although some people and companies benefit from more complicated systems, […]
Hints HOWTOs UNIX
whereis and locate.
A few simple commands to help make your life working with UNIX a little easier: If you are looking for a certain programs, use:whereis. Example. You want to find out where ipfw is located. In the command line type whereis ipfw and whereis will spit out the location (/sbin/ipfw). If you need to find a […]
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Help is Not Always at the Help Desk
Wow. I recently received an email concerning an account creation for a particular company I have never had to call. In the email, the technician gave me a temporary account, email address, but no password, but gave me a number to call to have a helpdesk technician “reset” my password so I could use it […]