October 2010
July 2010
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WordPress Worries →
As you (should) know, I’m a pretty big WordPress fan. I’ve used WP for years, and know it inside and out. But recently on IndyGeek.net I’ve started running into a new problem that’s about made me…
WordPress, Thesis, and Thoughts on the GPL →
I didn’t really had time to sit down and write about this, so I suggested it to my friend Melanie for subject matter where she’s starting to blog about WordPress. I talked her into moving…
The iPhone + AT&T – Wired →
I was reading my Wired magazine last night, and thought I’d share an interesting and well written article from it about AT&T and Apple’s interesting relationship.
Enjoy!
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OS Reload Night →
Tonight, I reformat and reload between 3-5 machines. Anyone need a PC?
Impersonality →
If you haven’t noticed, I’m cutting way back on the amount of stuff I post here that’s personal. It’s mostly ranting and tech stuff. Eventually I’ll get into the pace of writing well thought out…
I Hate Slow Websites →
And you should too…
As a person who uses the web for many hours a day, every day, I’ve come to the point where slow loading web pages just drive me batty. And no, I don’t mean slow as in not…
Building a Beta – Update →
So we’ve been hard at work on the next iteration of IndyGeek.net. Unfortunately, in working on the new site we’ve become aware of some hosting issues. It seems IndyGeek has outgrown its britches on…
Current Status => Degraded →
Today has been off to a pretty rocky start. My Alarm clock didn’t go off for some reason (and I checked, it was set correctly), and I overslept about 20 minutes for work. Thank goodness there’s no…
New Work Schedule →
Starting today I have a new work schedule. I start my shift at 7:00 AM EDT, and finish up around 3:30 PM EDT, and my work days are Monday through Friday. During those time I prefer to communicate by…
Resume Updated →
Not for any special reason, but I’ve updated my Resume and put it on the Resume page. Feel free to check it out, and maybe even send me some feedback (or beg me to come work for you, lol).
gMail (finally) Gets Native HTML Signatures →
If you’re a gMail user that uses it for business or are a social networking power user, I’ve got some exciting news for you. It looks like gMail has finally added HTML Signatures, a feature that’s…
The Quest to get DSL →
Ok, so I’ve been having connectivity issues with Comcast so I’ve decided to give DSL another shot here at our house with a special ordering process. Our loop length is in the area of 19,000 feet, so…
Web Hosting Issues (Again) →
In my quest to find a decent web host that does some basic things I think would be fairly obvious, I’ve found yet another host that doesn’t fit the bill. I guess I’ll start this post out setting out…
iPhone 4 Order Update →
Guess what, my iPhone 4 shipped a few days ago from China and has made its way to the US. In fact, I just checked on it and it’s actually here in Indy now.
I guess when it gets here,…
Sorry for the Slowness →
My webhost for this site (JustHost) had some issues with the server and is still goofing off trying to sort them out, so until DNS does its thing, you’re gonna get this site. Hang tight though!
June 2010
@comcastcares – Or do they? Nope. →
Every month, over $100 goes from the Conner Family Finances to Comcast for two very basic services – digital starter cable and their standard 13/2 Mbps internet service. This is already too much to…
Spam => Filtered →
So, you probably know that I was fussing about spam a while back and really searching for something to help take the edge off of my Spam Intake. Well, after much deliberation I decided to upgrade my…
Apple, you Asshats! →
WARNING: If you didn’t guess from the title, this is a rant. It’s very ranty and probably not even something you should read.
So, if you keep up with me, you know that I ordered an iPhone 4 last…
iPad Owners want Flash →
Scribd: How in-ordinately difficult it is to do... →
Top Flash Misperceptions : H.264 Video is going to... →
Open Source and Free Development Tools for Flash →
Motorola, You’re Pushing Your Luck →
Back in March, my phone received an official update from Motorola. A lot of us were excited thinking maybe it was 2.1, but what we quickly found out was it was not only just a minor…
Font-Face FTW? →
There’s a lot of excitement going around, deservedly, about the gaining prevalence of the @font-face CSS tag. As a web developer, I’m intrigued myself. I think Typography is really important in…
Optimizing Flash for Mobile →
Building a Beta – Social Media Integration →
Let me share a little secret with you about IndyGeek… A huge chunk of our traffic comes from Twitter. Ok, so I guess that wasn’t much of a secret, but still…
Well, that bit of info gives us some…
IMMEDIATE OPENING: Marine Mechanic in Jamestown,... →
(i know this is unrelated to everything else I post, but hey, if you know someone feel free to share it. This is mostly for my reference though )
Bill’s Boat Barn, Inc…
Engineering Flash Player 10.1 →
Froyo Enhances Enterprise Adaptability for Android →
Raid 10 Performance Numbers →
Quick post to show the performance on the RAID 10 array. Not as good as I was expecting, but nothing to sneeze at…
I think there is some additional tuning needed, and remember this was…
Top Flash Misconceptions: Flash is a CPU Hog →
Optic Nerve Hypoplasia →
Yeah; that’s quite a title, and better yet I’m not even going to get to it for a decent amount of time .
The Eye Doctor
Alright, so I started at Support.com over a month ago, and one of the…
System Building Part 3b →
The Disk Subsystem
No, I haven’t made it to RAID 10 yet, because my fourth hard drive still hasn’t arrived… But, I wanted to share a bit about what’s going on. I just installed this…
System Building Part 3a →
The Disk Subsystem
Note, there is a big disk subsystem upgrade scheduled for this system in short order which should (better) cause a nice jump in disk performance.
Currently, my system is running a…
System Building – Part 2 →
Cooling it Down
The initial build was just too warm to run. The CPU would thermal after just a short time of usage. After much looking into, I discovered that a big chunk of the problem was that the…
Developing a Beta →
IndyGeek.net’s fast approaching the one-year mark and it’s time to start re-thinking some things. The website will be seeing some pretty hefty changes over the next month or so (depending on how…
System Building – Part One →
The Case, Motherboard and Power Supply
The thing that really pushed me to build a new system was a deal on TigerDirect on an EVGA Mobo and Ultra Power Supply and Case [link]. I really prefer to…
System Building →
So, recently I started having issues with my primary desktop computer. It wasn’t exactly new and it wasn’t well designed when I built it (primary goal of the system was to be cheap). It had some…
May 2010
Video Solution for HTML5
It’s sounding like Google’s VP8 Codec will become the de-facto standard for HTML5 video. And why not? Adobe pledges support for it inside of Flash player, so it could be available on all major browsers even if they browser maker decided not to support VP8 via fallback to a Flash player.
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HTML5 Pack for Dreamweaver CS5 →
HTML5 vs. Flash →
I thought this article did a great job of covering “the other side of the story” as far as HTML 5 goes…
