Flooding!

So…Cedar Rapids is currently experiencing record flooding. And it isn’t done yet. The Cedar River at Cedar Rapids has a flood stage of 12 feet. Meaning, once the river is above 12 feet, flooding is technically occurring. As I am writing this, the river is at 20 feet and rising. If  you’re interested, you can [...]

GoPHP5

The end of days for PHP 4 is fast approaching. I’m not sure how much longer the developers of PHP will continue to create releases for PHP 4.x, but I do know that there is a movement in place to move to PHP 5.2+. That movement is at GoPHP.org. The idea is that by February [...]

Garfield without Garfield

So…imagine the Garfield comics from the newspapers.
Now take out Garfield.

Ubuntu + Motorola PEBL U6

I have a Motorola PEBL and have been trying to get it to work with Ubuntu for quite some time. After a bit of searching, I discovered Moto4Lin which allows me to do all kinds of fun things to the phone.
In order to successfully get your Ubuntu system and PEBL playing together nicely, here is [...]

It is time…

I have finally decided it is time to take my leave from the services provided by Livejournal and move into my own webspace. I have been considering this for quite some time as there are definite pros and cons to the move…
Pros

Customization: I can make my blog my own.

Themes
Plugins
Widgets
URL

Control: I have full control over the [...]