Author: Mike McBride

  • Update

    OK, seems that with the IP tweak blogger is working, and it also seems that the invalid character problem is fixed now too. (Note to self: be careful cutting and pasting quotes from other people’s blogs, sometimes they use funky characters!) Good, now I can finish up my work and get ready to head out…

  • XML feed

    The XML feed has a buggy character in it somewhere and isn’t working in amphetadesk, and maybe other aggregators. I’ll work on rooting it out sometime today, please be patient. Of course you’re not getting this update when I post it because blogger isn’t working either. Gonna be one of those days, isn’t it? Obviously,…

  • Database tweaks

    I just finished up some tweaks to our main database and I’m happy with myself. There’s something about making DB tweaks that just makes me happy. I think it’s sort of like solving a puzzle. Someone comes to you with information they want to start tracking, you ask them what type of information and what…

  • Reject letter

    Yesterday I emailed a resume and short questionnaire in response to a job posting to do desktop support. The job involved building, upgrading and maintaining PC’s at an office complex. One of the questions on the questionnaire was whether I had a college degree. (Not a CIS degree, just any college degree..) About 5 minutes…

  • Discussions..

    A few thoughts on what some others are saying.. Mike Chandler has some interesting stuff on advertising on blogs. I think some small advertising isn’t necessarily a bad thing. I go to a lot of blogs that have the little text ads and they don’t bother me at all. The real problem comes in when…

  • No more public domain?

    According to Lessig that’s exactly what may happen in Mexico: “The Mexican Congress is about to consider a revision to its copyright law. Among it many changes, the law will extend the term of copyright from life-plus-70 to life-plus-100. (And no doubt thus beginning yet another cycle of “harmonization” around the world.) Worse, at the…