2008

Happy New Year to all!

MTS (moving on)

Hello all.  I’ve moved on to a new blog to write about technology.

Parental Controls

I had to help a youth pastor today with installing a copy of Safe Eyes software on his computer at the church. I am not really a fan of filtering software, but the board at the church insists that the ministers use some kind of pR0n blocking software on their computers. Anyway, the youth pastor was having a problem with the Safe Eyes. It was not working because it could not communicate with the remote servers. Finally I figured out the problem was that Norton Firewall was blocking the port on the computer that the program needed to call home. In Norton Firewall there is a section that controls your programs, and you can change it from “Deny All” to “Permit All”. I did that and it started working. Just a tip on something that you all probably already know how to figure out … but anyway … my 2 cent tip for the day.

Solarum: Tech Support For Everyone

There is a new tech support website online at www.solarum.com.

I have signed up on the forums and plan on making use of this site on a regular basis.   The person who started it, Laz, is an old friend of mine back when I worked at an ISP.  Laz knows his stuff when it comes to technology, and I’m sure a lot of folks will signing  up for this website soon to get in on the action. Tell your friends.

Back again

After taking a long break due to moving and what not, I’m back again to this blog to add tech content, helpful hints, howtos, and tech news.  Thanks for your patience.

After the Dust Settles

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Right now I’m in a big transition time. My wife and I moved to another state and are in the middle of job searching and interviewing and filling out applications. After the dust settles, I’ll be back to posting in this blog again on a more regular basis. Hang in there.

Test Post with TextMate and Markdown

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Getting Ruby On Rails installed on MacOSX

Not only did the tutorial from Dan Benjamin get RoR installed but also a lot of other goodies. If you are using a Mac for development, definitely check it out. So, as you can tell, I am still checking out Ruby. I’ve just finished following the tutorial and have an active install of Rails on my MacBook.

Email Security

Sometimes sensitive data needs to be sent via email and as it travels to its destination it can be intercepted by hackers, isps, the office i.t. geek or even a nosy government. In this tutorial, we’ll discuss how to use Apple’s Mail application to send secure emails that are signed and encrypted.
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TextMate Testing With WordPress

I’m testing to see if I can post thru TextMate to WordPress