I woke up on time on Friday morning, the last day. I’ve got to get ready, pack up, and check out. My wife is Iming me over Skype with some technical support questions. She’s wanting to black out sensitive information in a contract before sending it to a client. She had […]

Gawd, is that my alarm? I get up. There I did it. Headed down for some breakfast. Scrambled egg tacos. Yummy. The OJ was super tasty too. I don’t know why but it really was.
I must once again comment on how cool RW attendees are. They’re such […]

So, I check in and drop my bag off in my room.  The bed calls my name beckoning me with a call … “Sleep, sleep, sleep.”  I will not be seduced.  I have technology also calling me and the promise of learning something is stronger than the short term satisfaction of REM sleep.
I go down […]

It seems as if my last few weeks, I’ve been pushing myself to the max. I normally don’t like to fill up my life that much.
Well, I’ve been looking forward to RW for a while now, and it has arrived before I knew it. I’ve been in Birmingham, AL on Monday and Tuesday […]

I’m working for a client doing ASP (Classic) with some COMs against a SQL Server back end. All of a sudden IE7 has a problem with the login page with javascript on one of the servers, but not the others.
I’m on a Linux laptop and I have left my Beyond Compare behind on my […]

I’ve been a happy Vonage customer for years.  This is not their fault.  They’ve provided me with good service, great features, for the same price for year after year.
The government, however, is killing me.
In 2005, I paid $4.20 in taxes and “fees” per month.
In 2006, I paid $4.20 in taxes and “fees” per month.
In 2007, […]