Off Site Backups

I spend a fair amount of time and money working to do all I can to preserve my large and rapidly growing image collection. How large and how fast? 4 years ago, when … Read more

MovableType 3.32

I was on quite a roll this week at work and decided that now would be a good time to upgrade the software that powers this site. I remembered that a major new … Read more

Nails in Their Tires

would be a very light punishment compared to what I’m thinking of when it comes to SPAMMERS. Once again I’ve been forced to put up barriers to legitimate posters to this site, all … Read more

Four Years Already!

I just thought it worth noting that this blog turned four years old today! It’s been an interesting exercise, chronicling good times and bad, and though my posting frequency has always been intermittent, … Read more

Buddy Guy, Cotillion Ballroom

A KVM That Works

Finally! Over the years I’ve tried 3 different KVM (Keyboard/Video/Mouse) switches and have finally found one that works! And by works, I mean it simply works. Not some of the time, not sort … Read more

Two Kinds of People

There’s a saying among computer folks that rang true again last week: There’s two kinds of people, those who do backups, and those who’ve never lost data (usually due to a hard disk … Read more

Monochrome Mike

Beginning CSS

Occasionally I’m called upon for advice and tips related to using CSS to style web pages. The use of CSS, short for Cascading Style Sheets, is a modern and powerful design technique used … Read more