September 2005

  • Enhanced Berkeley DB Conversions

    While I haven't done a ton of Berkeley DB conversions for Movable Type, I am certain that if you are still on Berkeley, you should get onto a SQL pacakge pronto. This isn't to say that BDB is a bad product. Just that SQL is so much easier…

  • The Science of Quicksand

    Apparently quicksand isn't as deadly as we have been led to believe. While we may be sucked in rather rapidly, humans are apparently not supposed to completely sink into the muck. Getting out, however, could very well be a difficult process, as the more you move the more…

  • Phone Booths on the Comeback

    So apparently at least one enterprising individual has decided to offer phone booths for public places. Not for pay phones, but for use by those on cell phones. While I think the idea has merit, how many people do you see getting up to go to a booth,…

  • Anna Nicole is Supreme

    Really. Anna Nicole Smith is taking her inheritance case to the supreme court (and they are going to hear it). Wow. Now I'm not against Anna Nicole getting her props and all, and I don't really know a thing about the whole spat other than the few details…

  • A Lack of Courtesy

    I had a drama teacher who initiated me to the concept of common courtesy. Mostly because she had this habit of saying "Common courtesy dictates…", which we, a bunch of high-schoolers, picked up on readily, saying it here and there and everywhere. I'm not actually sure we learned…

  • Purple Cow

    The subtitle of this book is "Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable"….

  • FCKeditor and Movable Type

    A client recently asked if I could install FCKeditor into Movable Type. Thanks to some detailed instructions, it was surprisingly easy….

  • Some Things are Slower

    In 1961 (I hear), President John F. Kennedy said he wanted to put men on the moon. Something around 8 years later, in July of 1969, men landed on the moon for the first time. Now, President George W. Bush has said he wants men on the moon….

  • Business by the Book

    I just finished reading Larry Burkett's Business by the Book….

  • A Little Light

    After hearing about Renee Zellweger and Kenny Chesney splitting up after just four months of being married, it's refreshing to see just the opposite – a celebrity couple who is actually working to stay together. The really interesting thing is that it's a couple that involves Charlie Sheen…