July 2008

  • Displaying Related Entries on your Movable Type Site

    From time to time, I am asked how to display related entries on a Movable Type-powered site (and I frequently have to look it up myself), so I figured that I'd document it here. While there are plugins that do the work, they typically depend on another value…

  • Windjammer Dumped Us in Costa Rica

    For just about as long as I can remember, I have wanted to take a Windjammer cruise, which was odd because I really don't care for cruises in general, and I'm not even a huge fan of sailing. I think the thing that I dislike about cruises -…

  • A Disney Rewards Card (With Free Bambi DVD)!

    I don't get a lot of junk mail. I have the warning message on my credit report, I've used as many pre-screenings as possible, and I'll opt out as often as I can. I've even tried to get out of the Valassis list (they are the ones who…

  • What's Up With the Department of Motor Vehicles?

    The laughingstock of nearly every state, the DMV is the place where just about everything goes to die. Your morning is wasted. Don't even think about a lunch hour. Try and go in the afternoon and you'll be lucky to get home before the evening news. Reports in…

  • Windows was Unable to Save All the Data for the File

    Anyone who has been reading for any length of time knows that I'm a bit of a stickler when it comes to keeping track of data, so a message like The Data has Been Lost is a killer. Some people might even call this behavior anal, but it…

  • Do We Really Need All This Enhancement?

    Throughout the course of my life, I find that I read different parts of the paper. When I first started, I think I probably only read the comics (they were probably called the "funny papers" back then). One day I started reading the sports section, because there was…

  • Goodbye WS_FTP, Hello WinSCP!

    It's been a long time coming, but I've finally decided to give up on WS_FTP. It started when I kept running into the Failed to Load OpenPGP Keys from Keyrings message last year. It isn't a bad message, it's just one of those things that really irritates me….