# All Writing URL: /writing --- 72 posts by Geilt, newest first. - [This is Fine – Data Room Edition](/blog/this-is-fine-data-room-edition.md) (2025-05-21) - I made this with ChatGPT and a little touchup in Photoshop. It’s the This is Fine Dog with his Coffee Mug replaced by a Laptop and he is sitting in a Dataroom that is on fire. Figured I upload it here so it gets picked up by search engines for others looking for a meme like this. - [2022 Ford F350 Lariat – Service Issues](/blog/2022-ford-f350-lariat-service-issues.md) (2023-07-27) - Gas Engine “Godzilla” – 8 ft Bed with Tow Package On Tuesday July 11th, 4:05pm, my fiancé was driving down the highway not towing anything, around 80 mph heading home and the car started to decelerate on it’s own. The accelerator was floored and it still would not accelerate. The air conditioner and electrical / audio systems were still working. The Check Engine Light came on. The car was pulled over and turned off. An attempt to turn the car on and accelerate was done 3 times and the car would only slowly roll forward. The Check engine light was… - [Deep Stone Crypt](/gaming/destiny-2/deep-stone-crypt-maps-and-guides.md) (2020-12-02) - A quick reference for Destiny 2’s Deep Stone Crypt Raid maps and secrets. - [How to Setup Google Wifi with AT&T uVerse BGW210-700 Modem](/technology/setup-google-wifi-att-uverse-bgw210-700-modem.md) (2018-07-23) - On the Modem, Leave DHCP Mode On Under IP Passthrough, set DHCPS Fixed Choose the Local IP / Mac of your Router Disable Firewall Features IP Passthrough will only work when DHCP Enabled. After the internet is back you can compare life insurance online. - [Strategy: Politics and People](/blog/politics/strategy-politics-people.md) (2016-11-09) - Trump appealed to the lowest common denominator. He went after the misogynists, the bigots, xenophobes, homophobes and pretty much any group that is judged harshly in the public eye as being in the wrong due to their prejudices. He appealed to them because he knew they were there, and he knew many of them were hiding so as to avoid public backlash and outrage. He also knew they were a lot bigger than they seemed. The effects of these prejudiced groups on the country, even when hidden, is great. It mostly shows itself violently in our domestic life. We love… - [Apparently, I am a Google #GlassExplorer](/blog/apparently-i-am-a-google-glassexplorer.md) (2013-04-03) - I entered Google’s Glass Explorer program knowing full well the cost, and the opportunity. I put my two cents in as to how I would use Glass: while coding to monitor console logs. I imagined having a tiny SSH screen I could read using tail -f /error_log while saving and uploading PHP code to my remote development servers. Little did I know I would actually be one of the few chosen. I am more active on Google+ than I am on Twitter so you could imagine my surprise during my daily (sometimes hourly) rounds of social media check ins when… - [Update: @CopyApp, Copy: New DropBox, Box & Google Drive’s Competitor](/technology/reviews/copyapp-dropbox-google-drives-upcoming-serious-competition.md) (2013-03-26) - Updated: 5/10/2013 My company Esotech and I have moved to copy.com‘s @copyapp. Click this link to get 5 GB free on top of the base 5 GB (10GB) you get when signing up. Their sharing features are excellent, the speed of the app is excellent, it syncs fast. It basically has every feature Dropbox has, a better web menu, more sharing features that are on par with Google Drive, and a non pooled storage for sharing folders and files with clients, employees and friends. It lets you reduce the bandwidth usage (unlike Google Drive), and is cross platform compatible (Linux,… - [Freedom Comes with a Price](/blog/thoughts/freedom-comes-with-a-price.md) (2012-11-26) - My mothers Dog, Poochie passed away the day after Thanksgiving. The dog was very well loved and taken care of to his final day. He ended up with congestive heart disease toward the end and was slowly choking to death. It took a lot for them to finally put him down. He was a high maintenance dog; Toward the end he was very stubborn, could not participate with much and would often urinate or defecate at random times. His quality of life quickly deteriorated, as did my mothers, having to deal with this day to day. My mother is now… - [Responsible Business is Respectable Business](/blog/thoughts/responsible-business-is-respectable-business.md) (2012-11-12) - What ever happened to responsible business? Call me crazy but as a young business owner I dream of the day where I can hire masses of people for what they’re worth and help provide them healthcare and other benefits to measure with that worth. When I look around at many businessmen, especially those seen in the media, bottom line seems to be more important than anything else, if you are a business man check the vinylcuttingmachineguide.com/ to find a great product for your company A company that grows should reward those who helped it grow and inspire those people to… - [Windows 8 Won’t Boot after Windows Update](/technology/windows-technology/windows-8-wont-boot-after-windows-update.md) (2012-10-28) - I am currently investigating an issue that deals with Windows 8 Updates. When I run Windows Update, and Reboot, the system hangs at the black screen with the blue logo and white spinning circle. If I turn off the machine, and reboot, it tries to go into Automatic Repair mode, which also hangs. Luckily I had the 1 to 7 USB duplicator plugged in while I was performing an important task. It automatically transferred a few files and saved them on a backup drive. After much frustration, I tried a Windows Refresh, which also didn’t work, it wouldn’t even try… - [How to Create a User Hostile Installation Experience: Windows 8 Pro](/technology/reviews/how-to-create-a-user-hostile-installation-experience-windows-8-pro.md) (2012-10-27) - Ask any of your tech buddies and they may tell you that you can get Windows 8 Pro for 39.99. Wow! you say, that’s pretty good considering Windows 7 Ultimate was in the ~$400.00 price range. So you decide find whereabouts this purchase can be made. Turns out, Microsoft sells it direct! Not only do they sell it, but they sell it through an app you download which tells you what version of the software you should buy, charge you for it, and let you download and install it immediately. Sweet! I bust out the credit card, charge $40.00 and off… - [Don’t Kill the Manager (Messenger)](/blog/thoughts/dont-kill-the-manager-messenger.md) (2012-09-01) - Often times a single person is assigned as the bringer of bad news, the one who gives us all the work that we don’t want to do. This person may have even been assigned by you to play this role; it could be a friend, family member, personal assistant or just an office or project manager. There is a psychological tendency to pair the person bringing your assignments with the negative feelings often felt about the task. Some requests seem very ridiculous or tedious, but this isn’t due to the manager. The key is to separate this feeling from the person who brought it The… - [Personal Responsibility](/blog/thoughts/personal-responsibility.md) (2012-08-20) - Often we find ourselves in situations where everyone around us seems to be failing. The tasks we set forth just don’t seem to work out. If your team is struggling and suffering through a project or a task, it may not be the team that is struggling, it may be you. If you try to micromanage every aspect of a task, or command, step by step, your team members through every minute detail, you may be setting up both you and your team, to fail. You can’t possibly fulfill everyone’s role, nor be their every step of the way for them. You… - [Digital Paranoia: Fear Mongering for Freedom of Speech as Cyberterrorism](/technology/digital-paranoia-fear-mongering-for-freedom-of-speech-as-cyberterrorism.md) (2012-02-23) - There is an Article on Forbes that discusses the CyberSecurity act of 2012, yet another Bill in the battle for Internet Censorship. We won’t go into detail here about how this Power Grid shutdown theory is more than likely not true, for if it was true, something would have been done about it already (When bugs in programs are found they are patched, not left open for abuse. Phishing Test determines the vulnerability level of your network and certain action is taken to improve it.). Not to mention that Anonymous has never harbored any ill will against the general people, only… - [The Beginning of the End of the Internet: Fear of File Sharing](/technology/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-internet-fear-of-the-file-sharing.md) (2012-01-23) - Two days ago I wrote a blog on the new Age of Digital Paranoia …and here it begins… http://www.filesonic.com now only allows Downloading of files personally uploaded, all sharing has been disabled. There is no reason why. More than likely it is either because the company feels they are at risk of a MegaUpload style shutdown, or they are already currently being forced into this decision. The US Government is succeeding in spreading fear in the corporate cloud world. Who is next? Dropbox ? SOPA and PIPA are the equivalent of the government demolishing a street because I was standing on it… - [MegaUpload Takedown Heralds New Age of Digital Paranoia](/technology/megaupload-takedown-heralds-new-age-of-digital-paranoia.md) (2012-01-20) - Today heralds a new information age, not one of expansion and freedom, but one of fear and contraction. MegaUpload was taken down today by the FBI. Not only is MegaUpload not based on the United States ( It had only 2 servers in VA, allowing the US to claim jurisdiction over the whole site), but it was one of the top 10 to 15 websites visited daily in the world. Over 50 million people used MegaUpload daily. It is generally known that MegaUpload is a haven for pirated content, as users are not restricted when they post. MegaUpload complies with… - [The Plot: Why Take Down MegaUpload a Day After SOPA Protests?](/technology/the-plot-why-take-down-mega-upload-a-day-after-sopa-protests.md) (2012-01-20) - If you have been paying attention to the internets today, you would notice that Anonymous launched an all out attack against the music industry and any copyright related websites including the justice.gov, fbi.gov, copyright.gov, mpaa.com, riaa.com, wmg.com, bmi.com and more. You can see pictures with timestamps in my Google+ Album here. Over 5600 Hackers gathered together to choreograph this attack after a very prominent website, Megaupload, was taken down for copyright infringement. No details of the copyright infringement have easily surfaced, but Megaupload is a relatively simple channel to trade pirated virtual goods, knowingly or unknowingly. Just a day ago, protests broke… - [Legend of Zelda – Navi Android / Droid Notification Theme](/technology/android/legend-of-zelda-navi-android-droid-notification-theme.md) (2011-12-27) - Hey! Listen! I am an avid Android / Droid fan but struggled with putting together a notifications theme. One of my favorite video game series, as for most, is the Legend of Zelda. I’ve only had the fortune to keep up with it through the Ocarina of Time. Although I did play and complete Twilight Princess; it doesn’t hold as much memory for me as Ocarina and a Link to the Past did, probably because I was so much younger at the time. Although at times annoying, Navi is one of my favorite characters from Ocarina of Time. She is… - [Confidence and Skill: Tip Toe Past your Boundaries](/blog/thoughts/confidence-and-skill-tip-toe-past-your-boundaries.md) (2011-11-23) - The best way to grow is to keep your confidence level slightly above your skill level. Why do I say this? Because it pushes you past your boundaries without breaking them. As a technician, manager or even business owner, if you remain within the comforts of what you know how to do, you stay there. I am not saying if you are a IT geek, go get a job as a cook, no. I mean, as the IT person who is used to a certain way of programming, or language…step out of those bounds and start working at something you… - [What is a Geilt?](/spirituality/what-is-a-geilt.md) (2011-10-26) - Being in SEO, I often search for my own name to see how its ranking, making sure I dominate the first page. I also go by a pseudoname “geilt”, that I picked up during my adventures into spirituality, and research into Celtic mythology and spirituality then later used in MMO‘s and Online Gaming. It is an old Gaelic term that means “one who has gone mad from terror”. Searching for it I found this lovely article by Erynn Rowan Laurie on her blog about Geiltadecht. She describes a geilt as: It is translated as “one who goes mad from terror, a… - [Amazon Kindle Fire and Silk’s Cloud Browsing Evolution](/technology/amazon-kindle-fire-and-silks-cloud-browsing-evolution.md) (2011-10-01) - On September 28th, Amazon.com announced the Kindle Fire. a $200 Android Based tablet that is plugged into all of Amazon’s services. This will be the first device that supports Amazon Prime‘s new Netflix Streaming Video Competitor. It will also become the most dangerous competitor Apple has ever seen. Amazon markets to the masses, they make their money by having you buy lots and lots of their stuff. I myself use an Amazon.com Visa card as my primary method of payment for everything, because I get a minimum of 1% back in gift cards (2500 points was $25.00 gift card.) Happy as… - [ADT Alarm Service and Installation Review: Overpriced Liars and Unskilled Technicians](/technology/adt-alarm-service-and-installation-review-overpriced-liars-and-unskilled-technicians.md) (2011-09-06) - My house was ransacked 4 weeks ago. I usually work from my home office and the one day I left home I came back to find all my valuables gone…they went through everything. So I decided it was time to activate the alarm that I had neglected to worry about for so long. My house was not secure at all and I accept it was my fault. I called ADT, had a salesperson come to the house to give me a quote; $700.00 to install, and they would use the already equipped system that was in the house, the screens… - [The Egotistical Problem of Past Life Regression](/spirituality/the-egotistical-problem-of-past-life-regression.md) (2011-08-17) - Past Life Regression is used by many spiritual practitioners to seek wisdom from “those” whom they believe “they” once where. “Those who they once were” can mean the chain of events and information that has led them to their current wisdom, as well as a coarse interpretation as the physical entities that their “soul” inhabited. Aside from the metaphysical ramifications, and belief system altering experience that this can be, there is a unspoken effect of both believing and communicating with ones past life, that is the problem of Egotism. The self importance, pride, and majesty that comes from believing one was even… - [On the Multiplicity of Reality and Unity of the Godhead](/spirituality/on-the-multiplicity-of-reality-and-unity-of-the-godhead.md) (2011-08-15) - Concepts of the Oneness of the Godhead are universal and at the root of every mystical tradition, God as a verb, and as a noun, no-thing, and all. One cannot escape from what it is within, when within that which is everything. Oneness being nothingness…and why? Because all the effort and all the importance we give to something so fundamental as reality and God is in the end fruitless, for it cannot be any greater than it already is being supreme, requiring nothing, requiring of us nothing. In its most coarse form, God is purely entertainment of the mind. In… - [Social Music Review: TurnTable, Google Music, and Spotify](/technology/social-media/social-music-review-turntable-google-music-and-spotify.md) (2011-07-27) - In the past 4 months or so, Social Music has been at the forefront of my day. Honestly, most of it is spent in TurnTable.fm, and with good reason! The latest wave in music apps have focused on organizing and playing music in the cloud, detaching us the tethers of the wire as well as introducing us to music we have never heard. For all you iTunes fanboys out there, this is serious competition. Gone may be the days of “syncing” your iPod to your PC. (and having to erase and restore all your device data if you reformat your PC.) - [Google+ in Gmail = Gmail+ A Match Made in Heaven](/technology/social-media/google-plus-in-gmail-gmailplus-a-match-made-in-heaven.md) (2011-07-08) - Gmail+, that’s what it is! An amazing mashup of services. Now I can check my social media updates from Google+ while in my Gmail inbox, which is where I always am anyways. I can even read a comment and reply to it without leaving the inbox. So what do I have now? E-mail, Voice, Chat, Video Chat, Calendar, Docs, Contacts, Task List AND Social Network all on one screen? Amazing. *Clap* for Google. The integration is Seamless, albeit in order to use it you have to use Gmails newest theme (Preview). I highly recommend it. It transforms Gmail to look similar to… - [Google+ “Nearby”, What Latitude + Buzz Should Have Been](/technology/social-media/google-nearby-what-latitude-buzz-should-have-been.md) (2011-07-08) - Google+ on Android is amazing. It has a feature called “Nearby” that lets you see a public stream of messages that are occuring near your GPS Location. I haven’t been able to find this feature on the web version (for obvious reasons I am guessing). Google Latitude used Google Buzz to pull this off, but it was much more difficult to do. You could only do it from Google Maps, and for a while only from your phone, and you would have to navigate over chat bubbles on the map to click and see them. There was also no real… - [How to Move Your Website without Losing SEO Rankings: A Records, 301’s and Not Taking BS From Your Designer](/technology/seo/how-to-move-your-website-without-losing-seo-rankings-a-records-301s-and-not-taking-bs-from-your-designer.md) (2011-06-27) - Recently in a twitter conversation with @Rocktique and @Own_Your_Future. It was brought to my attention that her website was being transfered between hosts, and that during this time there is a 30 day wait period…in which her site would be offline…WHAT?! This is ludicrous! As someone who specializes in SEO and Internet Marketing Services, and especially knows the importance and sensitivity of domain transfers, hell, the sensitivity when changing your site toward a new structure, file extension per page, and the catastrophe that most people turn this into…I was appalled. Here goes another unmitigated disaster…sigh. Or you may address a real expert, like… - [Reset TCP/IP and Winsock in Windows – Fix your Broken Internet and Local Network Connections](/technology/repair/reset-tcpip-and-winsock-in-windows-fix-your-broken-internet-and-local-network-connections.md) (2011-06-26) - The following are two of the most handy commands I have come across for repairing PC’s: These are accessed by going to start, run typing in “cmd” and typing the following in the command prompt: Reset TCP/IP netsh int ip reset resetlog.txt Reset Winsock: netsh winsock reset Back in the day, I used to reset Winsock by a longer and more risky process which involved deleting the Winsock and Winsock2 registry folders and reinstalling TCP/IP by hand from a windows INF File; the above command is much much easier. Once you reboot your computer your network settings should have been… - [Tweet Share Like Plus One +1 Modified for Individual Networks](/technology/wordpress/tweet-share-like-plus-one-1-modified-for-individual-networks.md) (2011-06-22) - This Tweet, Like, Google +1 and Share Plugin for Wordpress by “Let Us Buzz” @letusbuzz came out, and its great! It shows Facebook Like, Facebook Send, Facebook Share, Twitter, and the new Google +1. It is very easy to install and implement with lots of options. What is frustrating is that Facebook doesnt show numbers by default for some of its icons without clicking it. This makes for an uneven and irritating look on your page, instead of having 3 or 4 nice blocks you get one or the other pushing its way out or being uneven. So what to do? Display… - [Who We Are](/spirituality/who-we-are.md) (2011-06-22) - Powerful quote given when discussing Buddhism with my Thesis Advisor and teacher Dr. Nathan Katz If we knew who we were, we wouldn’t be who we think we are. -Dr. Nathan Katz: http://www.indojudaic.com - [Esotech – Latest Developments](/blog/news/esotech-latest-developments.md) (2011-06-22) - Although it has been around for three or four years, since March of 2011, my company, Esotech Inc. has quickly accelerated into an amazing, and profitable business. We are growing in both revenue and staff at a rate both my partner and I are astounded by. Backed by quality work and results, we are beginning to pick up quite a portfolio of clients who have had their SEO “done right” by us. - [Updating WordPress on Fedora using SSH2 Protocol](/technology/wordpress/updating-wordpress-on-fedora-using-ssh2-protocol.md) (2011-04-22) - This is the missing link for you Fedora Users, without this package installed you will not even see the SSH2 Option in wordpress for updates. yum install php-pecl-ssh2 then restart apache httpd -k restart After installing that (and having SSH2 installed and all the other Apache / PHP Goodies) the SSH method opens up in WordPress. Note you do not need an authorized key, just username and password for SSH. Notice that the host can be anything from localhost to the IP Address of the domain, any way you would log into SSH. Also make sure to set the following in your… - [SEO Web Re Design and Re Development – Is It Always Needed?](/technology/sem/seo-web-re-design-and-re-development-is-it-always-needed.md) (2011-04-08) - An excellent Post by Search Engine Land writer Evan LaPointe: Stop Treating Your Website Like A Broken Old Boat Whenever I analyze a site, I look at the structure, CMS (if any) and design. Some of the time, the site is built well and has future expansion in mind. Usually, anything built on a community supported open source CMS will do well for years to come seeing as how popular they have become. This also means I probably wont recommend a site redesign. CMS’s like WordPress, Joomla and Drupal are excellent candidates for growth and are the easiest to perform SEO… - [Getting Wireless LAN Working in Linux using ifcfg and wpa_supplicant over WPA2_Personal with AES](/technology/servers/getting-wireless-lan-working-in-linux-using-ifcfg-and-wpa-supplicant-over-wpa2-personal-with-aes.md) (2011-03-05) - This took me almost a full day to figure out so I figure I write down what I did for reference and for others benefit, seeing as I optimized my titles, tags and content. Makes it easier to find this site when using the searches I did to get to the information. I had to piece this together from multiple posts and instructions as each one didn’t work exactly right. So, I recently got AT&T uVerse, and after configuring it accidentally with a WEP Open Shared Key, realized that not only is it not secure, but some devices have major problems connecting to it.… - [Manually Adding IP Address Range to Linux – Fedora and Redhat – Thanks @Softlayer](/technology/manually-adding-ip-address-range-to-linux-fedora-and-redhat-thanks-softlayer.md) (2011-01-13) - Thanks to Softlayer for this handy tutorial, worked like a charm adding my new IP Range. 1. Determine what existing range files exist: # cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ # ls ifcfg-eth1-range* You will see at least one file, possibly several. Find the highest number following the “range” and add one to it. This will be the new range number. For example, if you see ifcfg-eth1-range0 and ifcfg-eth1-range1, your new range number will be “2” ie: ifcfg-eth1-range2 . 2. Determine the next available interface number (clone number). # ifconfig | grep eth1 You will see a list of interfaces that looks like this eth1… - [Dedicated vs Virtual Servers – Softlayer vs MediaTemple Review](/technology/dedicated-virtual-servers-softlayer-vs-mediatemple-review.md) (2011-01-06) - Dedicated servers are amazing. I recently got one from softlayer.com. I have learned tons about Linux in the past few months (crash course basically, thanks Google) and setting up servers for web, as well as making sure they are PCI Compliant. A dedicated server is amazingly fast for hosting WordPress sites and other database intensive apps. I had a dedicated virtual server from MediaTemple, which after playing with SSH, suddenly rebooted itself at random one day when no one was using it and shut down. MediaTemple claims “updates” that I installed had not processed until the reboot…of which I had… - [Scams, Marketing Masters, Gurus, Self Help, Make Money Online Eating Chips and Soda on Your Couch – See! I can Stuff Keywords too!!!](/blog/thoughts/scams-marketing-masters-gurus-self-help-make-money-online-eating-chips-and-soda-on-your-couch-see-i-can-stuff-keywords-too.md) (2010-12-21) - So I was researching this guy XXXXXX XXXXXXXXX, looking for negative reviews to show this lady who asked me about him that hes just another Marketing “Guru” with nothing new to say. Surprisingly I cant find anything negative on Google after searching 40 pages, nothing that didn’t have huge retort to it. What was amazing is how bloated the internet was with keywords stuffed SEO Copy with the word “XXXXX XXXXX Scam” that was in fact explaining how it wasn’t a scam. This was crazy! I was shocked and appalled. Whatever little content and advice based on his system I… - [Spellcheck on Tests in Oregon and Thoughts on Effect of Technology in Daily Life](/blog/thoughts/spellcheck-on-tests-in-oregon-and-thoughts-on-effect-of-technology-in-daily-life.md) (2010-12-17) - This was a comment in response to a Gizmodo Post: Depresing Newz: Spelcheking During Exams Now OoKay Wit Oragan Schols Not sure if they have allowed me to comment there yet, they say you have to audition but I do not see anywhere to audition! Oh well, hopefully it will be up there sometime. If they teach spelling before a test then it doesn’t really matter if they can use spellcheck on the test, it just gives kids a greater of getting that important and state required “A” to pass their class. Using spellcheck allows the school system to pass… - [Cyberelitism and Social Networking Success](/blog/thoughts/cyberelitism-and-social-networking-success.md) (2010-12-11) - This was in response to an blog entitled: How building your online social network may affect your offline social life, which was based on an article study about Cyberoptimism and Cyberpessimism. My thoughts on the topic of wether I am a Cyber Optimist or Cyber Pessimist: As with anything else in “business” or “life”, it all comes down to strategy. Offline or online, building relationships one “friend” at a time or one “business card” at a time is really much the same thing. It all depends on what you are going to do with the relationships you maintain. It matters not… - [SMX a Huge Success! Great Speakers Vendors and Networking](/technology/smx-a-huge-success-great-speakers-vendors-and-networking.md) (2010-10-08) - Just got back from SMX East, which is still going on for those able to afford/take the day long workshops. For me it was a huge success. I went up with only an EXPO+ Pass, (the Free One) and ended up enjoying a lot more than I should have 😉 I’ll keep the details secret as not to oust anyone but I thoroughly enjoyed Tuesdays presentations and the AfterDark Party especially! I had the pleasure of meeting the very kind and friendly Emily Breeze and Karen DeWeese, of which I thoroughly impressed with my Dance Dance Revolution Skillz in the Mars 2112… - [WordPress Server Migration Gone Bad](/technology/wordpress/wordpress-server-migration-gone-bad.md) (2010-09-26) - Looks like my ever advancing PHP experience and knowledge is coming in handy. I was able to help a major entertainment news website: http://www.bloginity.com, get back on its feet. They use Godaddy, *shudder* and moved from a dedicated virtual, to a dedicated server. Sure, its cheap, but you get what you pay for. The migration did not go smooth ,Godaddy screwed them over. They had tons of problems. Godaddy should stick to domain names, of which they are, imho, the best to use. - [WordPress Problem: PHP mktime() Not Working/Broken – Wrong Timezone](/technology/wordpress/wordpress-problem-php-mktime-not-workingbroken-wrong-timezone.md) (2010-09-26) - Quick note for WordPress developers, this one had me scratching my head. If you use mktime() in your plugin code you will notice the timezone will always reflect GMT. There is a reason for this. Notice that in settings, WordPress asks you for your locale. It then tells you what the time is in GMT and then what the new locale time is. Somehow, WordPress overrides php.ini, system time, etc and thinks its GMT when using mktime(). You cant change it anywhere, not in .htaccess ,nothing. It’s probably embedded deep within the core of wordpress somewhere, and has something to… - [At The Office at 12 AM, Thinking About ReLiC](/blog/thoughts/at-the-office-at-12-am-thinking-about-relic.md) (2010-09-18) - So its 12 AM, and I am at the office waiting on the AT&T guy to fix the phones. The office is an hour and a half away from home. Sigh. There is some funny business going on across from the office. 4 cars are parked next to the train tracks…weird. People are getting out in the dark and talking to each other. We turned the lights off. Hmm… Valuable programming time is being lost, so I decided to blog on one of the Agent Computers. The boss (one of them) is here with me, just hanging out. Bored. Thinking… - [Fystemroot – Fix BITS for Windows Update after Virus Removal on Windows XP](/technology/repair/fystemroot-fix-bits-for-windows-update-after-virus-removal-on-windows-xp.md) (2010-08-29) - Biggest pain in the @$$ issue I have seen so far on Windows XP. You remove tons of viruses, get everything working, and then all the sudden Windows Update doesn’t work anymore, gives a dumb error. [Error number: 0x8024D007] The first issue is that windows wont update. The second is that you start getting locked out of all kinds of things due to system administrative policy issues. So I decide to download Microsoft’s Fix it tool for Windows Update Issues to have it fix it for me. NO SUPRISE IT DIDN’T WORK, well sort of. It couldn’t initialize BITS, and… - [On Names](/blog/thoughts/on-names.md) (2010-08-16) - There is a lot to be said about a name, especially in SEM, SEO and most prominently in SM (Social Media). Why? Because it’s people who know how to work the machine, not the machines running themselves. On the internet, you are your name. Without a name, your just another random person on the street, no one cares, no one knows you. You drive by them every day on the highway. Nameless people. Names are either given to us, or chosen; and it is our duty, should we so choose, to make this name known. Your name is the one… - [Caring for the Machine](/technology/caring-for-the-machine.md) (2010-08-16) - Even my gaming friends don’t really know…or care…about the machine they are working on. I don’t just mean how cool the machine is; I meant the philosophical and psychological implications of our technology that drives one to learn and care more and more about them. It’s immense, the world is changing fast, media is changing, the internet, just born, is changing day to day. Just look around, how many Social networking sites now have API’s that connect with the most popular webmail clients to find others on their own networks? This has become standard; maybe a year or two ago… - [SMX East, I’m Attending, Are You?](/technology/smx-east-im-attending-are-you.md) (2010-08-11) - I missed the SMX East conference last year, so I am excited to go this year. I am going on my own budget so money will be tight, I can only afford the Free pass to the expo itself. It gives limited Access, but at least I’ll be able to show my face among the various SEO Vendors. I’d also like to be able to attend the SEOMoz conference, but there is no free pass and the minimum ticket cost is $649. At the moment it’s just not feasible. Not to mention it’s in Seattle, so the flight ticket cost… - [Bing Webmaster Tools Backlinks Gone – Why?](/technology/bing-webmaster-tools-backlinks-gone-why.md) (2010-07-26) - Why Bing Why? I have been tracking backlinks to my site daily / weekly. All the sudden you decide to redesign your webmaster tools interface and leave out one of the most important aspects…the backlinks. Now I have nothing but Google, Yahoo and SEOmoz Backlinks to compare too… Ah well, I guess it’s not major loss just annoying that it breaks the flow of my analysis. The new Bing Webmaster Tools is based off of Microsoft Silverlight, of which an update needs to be installed to work. I hate having to restart my browser to get a page to work! If you… - [MSConfig: Remove Disabled / Unchecked Program Items Manually](/technology/msconfig-remove-disabled-unchecked-program-items-manually.md) (2010-07-25) - It took a while to find this one. After accidentally installing a virus and cleaning it manually, I wanted to clean up the registry entries in MSConfig to not show the now defunct startup .dll’s and .exe’s The way to do this is quite simple actually. There are 3 locations in your registry where the information is held. The first two are: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run When you click on the folders you will find the names of the programs. Delete them and they are gone from MSConfig (Note: This does not actually delete the file). Make sure you browse too and… - [Should You Pay for E-mail and Cloud Storage?](/technology/should-you-pay-for-e-mail-and-cloud-storage.md) (2010-07-23) - One of the things I have been reviewing is pay for e-mail management and marketing tools. I have yet to decide if I want to go forth into this realm because of a few ethical issues I have. Mainly, the freeness of Google. I can teach people to use Google to manage their entire lives. I manage my entire life with Google. From Android to Google Docs, everything runs through my Google Account. Why? Because: It’s Free Storage Upgrades are Cheap! Reliable, large company, not going anywhere anytime soon. Free E-mail Forwarding. Mobile Sync! (Android) (New!) Full Mutliple E-mail Address… - [Metaweb and Freebase: Google Aquires More Data](/technology/metaweb-and-freebase-google-aquires-more-data.md) (2010-07-18) - As if they didn’t have enough Data already (They always say they don’t!) Google has acquired Metaweb, a company that maintains Freebase, a open database about over 12 million things in the world of varying topics. It’s a no brainer really. Google’s main purpose is to Index the web, if not the world. The more Data Google has access to, the better. Metaweb must be happy to work with such a worldwide conglomrate like Google. I Suppose this acquisition makes Metaweb employees Google employees? (How I wish I was a Google Employee). The more I think about Google and what… - [Gmail: Multiple Signatures by E-mail Address Now Integrated and Live!](/technology/gmail-multiple-signatures-by-e-mail-address-now-integrated-and-live.md) (2010-07-09) - One of the most sought after features of Gmail has been integrated Multiple E-mail Signatures. Many people use Gmail accounts with muliple domain name accounts and use forwarders and SMTP auth to send out e-mails…consolidating all their e-mails into one place. It’s great…but it just got even better! Now you can actually change yoru signature PER e-mail account name so you no longer will send out your long well written but incorrect signature when writing to people from different e-mail accounts. No more greasemonkey scripts or “canned” response workaround…it just works. Check your Settings -> General menu in Gmail to… - [Back Link Inflation in Google Webmaster Tools Real Why? Caffeine – Verified](/technology/back-link-inflation-in-google-webmaster-tools-real-why-caffeine-verified.md) (2010-07-09) - JohnMu of Google said in a Google Webmaster Help thread: “Yes, we revamped the data behind the backlinks feature in Webmaster Tools — it has started using more data from “Caffeine” for some sites and is planned to continue with a bit more data in the next week or so. The goal is to have more fresher & up-to-date data there.” All I can say is…it’s about freaking time. But also scary. After months and months of making backlinks for one of my sites and watching them slowly drip away, for some still unknown reason, all the sudden I end… - [Resilience](/blog/thoughts/resilience.md) (2010-06-15) - There is something to say about resilience. It is a borderline characteristic that can lead to great folly or great fortune. The question is, whether it is a part of you or not. Forced resilience (although resilience always takes a certain amount of force!) is a characteristic that is often mixed with heightened sense of pride and ego. It is difficult to part from a forced sense of resilience because of it’s tie to one’s mental and personal core . It is powerful and often becomes stubbornness. This type of resilience often leads to folly, as a person tries to… - [The Friar and the Muslim](/blog/thoughts/the-friar-and-the-muslim.md) (2010-06-14) - Watching Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (yes, I know, old movie) I couldn’t help but think about the encounter between his Muslim friend and the Friar. When the Friar realizes the error in his prejudice toward the “barbarian”, he makes amends. He offers a drink to the Muslim, who cannot accept. He exuberantly explains that he will drink and his new barbarian friend can talk. It must have been such an amazing conversation. The wisdom that the Muslim carried around from his knowledge of the Qu’ran, and the revelations the Friar would have at the similarity of their religions (Islam… - [Ocular Migrane: What is it? Food Poisoning? Genetics? Chocolate?](/blog/thoughts/ocular-migrane-what-is-it-food-poisoning-genetics-chocolate.md) (2010-06-07) - I’ve had a ocular migrane before. I didjn’t knwo what one was until recently, but it has definately happened. It used to happen very infrequently, maybe once every one or two years. However, in the past 3 to 4 months, they have occured maybe two or three times. They are terrible. They blur my entire vision. Mine is not exactly as others describe, it is more like a color full blur, like a bad Gaussian blur that eventually blocks out nearly all my sight. I just had one a few minutes ago, and it passed after 30 minutes of waiting… - [Multi-Browser User & Power](/blog/thoughts/multi-browser-user-power.md) (2010-06-03) - Does anyone else find themselves being a multi-browser user? I use all of them, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Internet Explorer (in that order too). I do this just to keep up with the amount of accounts I have to have open. I run probably 2 or 3 Gmail accounts at a time, and this is the primary reason that I need multi-browser functionality. True, Firefox has some features that will allow a person to use multiple accounts per browser, but with Google Docs, Calendar, etc. I find I just need to keep them separated to reduce confusion. Then there is… - [Patience Politics and Business](/blog/thoughts/patience-politics-and-business.md) (2010-06-02) - Sheesh! A week has gone by after commiting to write a blog a day and I haven’t been able to write anything! Memorial Day weekend was a blur, mostly spent gaming and relaxing with neighbors. I got to meet quite a few new people. So…even though I was not able to commit as I had originally planned, we will continue from here. One interesting fellow I met is a man named Harper Davidson. An early retiree, he made his career in life insurance sales working for New York Life Insurance company. He was an older man, visiting only for the… - [On Blogs and Blogging – taking percocet for pain](/blog/thoughts/on-blogs-and-blogging.md) (2010-05-24) - Do any of you ever feel your hiding behind a mask of transparency online? That you are allowing yourself to play roles that are you, but only halfheartedly you, since you always have that “ulterior” motive to make it do something for you or reinforce your online identity? Do you feel you actually care what others think of you and that’s why you “don’t” post this or that? Maybe it’s irrelevant, or no one will care, or it’ll make you look silly. I for one try to be sincere, while drawing the line at some personal issues that I choose… - [Chaos in Unity – Infinity – Life in Society as a Mental and Social Abberation](/blog/thoughts/chaos-in-unity-infinity-life-in-society-as-a-mental-and-social-abberation.md) (2010-01-14) - Just imagine a Circle that can’t have an edge because there is nothing outside of it (that’s infinity, i.e. God) then think, what’s that infinity doing there? Then think, if infinity is everything, which by definition it is, then what purpose does infinity serve other than to serve itself. Then think, we are in infinity at some point in “linear time”, and trained (socially) to worship and do deeds in the name of that infinity, serving infinity. Essentially, a part of infinity serving infinity, while infinity serves a part of itself by “granting” very existence. Meaningless in the end, redundant,… - [The Devil – A Concept Based on Human Judgement](/spirituality/religion/the-devil-a-concept-based-on-human-judgement.md) (2009-11-13) - In most Religions there are antagonist deities or demigods that harass and tempt man to do what he is not naturally supposed to do. The key word here is naturally. Man has created many unnatural concepts that reflect as unnatural behavior. Man has even gone so far as to personify this concept and use it as a method of explaining away the “evils” of the world. This Devil, Fallen Angel, Lucifer, etc. is quoted by many fundamentalists as the source of all human misery. But what are they really saying when they state this? Isn’t to blame the Devil for… - [Worship – Imposing Vanity on the Supreme Being](/spirituality/religion/worship-imposing-vanity-on-the-supreme-being.md) (2009-09-26) - Why does man feel such a need to worship? When I say worship I speak mainly of religious worship even though man does indeed worship many things. The worship I am speaking of however is the formal kind of traditional religious worship. It can be said that man worships money, power or God, however none are worshipped as formally as God. Elaborate rituals, social taboos and powerful symbols shroud this figure in mystery as animal, incense and devotion is offered on the altar. Why do we as human beings have this driving desire to offer all of ourselves and personal… - [“Good” as a Principle](/spirituality/religion/good-as-a-principle.md) (2009-09-21) - A beautiful quote from a book I picked up out of my library and started reading. I found this book in San Diego at an antique book shop near the convention center while attending the American Academy of Religion. “We call good a principle, when it is only our way of estimating the phenomena of life. Think you there is any good where there is no sense to feel? So good and evil, being only our estimate, of that which we sense – it is our product and must belong to us-and we are the principle after all.” – F.B Dowd, The Temple of the Rosy Cross –… - [Purpose and Work](/blog/thoughts/purpose-and-work.md) (2009-06-25) - One of the hardest things to do is discover is purpose, especially in relation to one’s career. There are some who jump at every opportunity that comes toward them, and often get stuck with one or the other. Getting stuck only happens when the fear of change sets in and opportunity can no longer be recognized. I have had the opposite problem. I’ve been everywhere, studied so many different things. I have had opportunity smack me in the face multiple times, often by the same people. I have been stuck on the fear of change too, but the fear of… - [Wealth, God and Happiness](/blog/thoughts/wealth-god-and-happiness.md) (2009-06-17) - The following was a reply to a discussion about whether Christians Should be Wealthy or not on myLot Discussions: What do you need wealth for but to maintain your level of living? What are you going to save for? What are you going to spend on? What is the point of hoarding wealth instead of spreading it to others or into the economy (through purchasing, creating jobs, investing, etc.) Wealth does nothing. It is an insubstantial number in an insubstantial account somewhere…which surprisingly can be used to purchase substantial things. Until it is used it is just potential. Those who are… - [On Death and Memory – Birth and Death](/blog/thoughts/on-death-and-memory-birth-and-death.md) (2009-06-15) - When a person is born, it can be said that they have no memory whatsoever of anything before birth. Can this not be said then of death? Is there really that much of a difference between birth and death? If both are said to be oblivious states in which conscious does not yet, or ceases to exist, then they are one in the same. There is no difference, before or after, for something that doesn’t exist. Experience of consciousness happens during the living phase, which is the only phase. A state of non-existence is not a phase. This is an… - [Man as God, Man as Nature](/spirituality/religion/man-as-god-man-as-nature.md) (2009-06-02) - Man as God One of the most common mystical realizations in any religious tradition is the unity between Man and God. One does not, and cannot exist without the other. This is not a relationship of dependence, but of unity. Man cannot be separate from the whole of God, as the whole of God is everything. God cannot separate man from itself because this would imply that there would be something other than God, and a space in which Man could exist that is other than God. This is one of the reasons man tends to anthropomorphize God. Man describes… - [Progress](/blog/thoughts/progress.md) (2009-05-28) - Why do we need progress? What is it about feeling as if we are progressing, accomplishing something, that drives us forward? I know that whenever there is a huge project with a goal that I know will satisfy and lead to other things, that I become extremely motivated to do so, for example I was looking for a new house, so I found a website where comparing mortgage rates made easy , and it could be easy for you too. It’s why gaming works so well for me, that sense of progression is always fed. Often if i reach the… - [Why do we Fool Ourselves?](/spirituality/why-do-we-fool-ourselves.md) (2009-05-26) - We fancy ourselves compassionate, loving, sentimental creatures. This you could say is a product of evolution and technology. Compassion and love normally takes backseat when creature comforts aren’t around. There is more of a sense of urgency and survival. I don’t think the compassion and fanciness of the current New Age Movement is organic as much as it is an aberration. It could be a product of our technology advancing too fast, allowing creature comforts and hence spiritual fanciness to flourish. Old traditions took their religion very seriously. Most point out that ecstacy and oneness is not so much the… - [Transactional Relationships](/blog/thoughts/transactional-relationships.md) (2009-05-21) - There is a certain amount of effort that people put into individuals they meet. This effort is usually for a Return. The threat of that effort being removed creates anxiety and rashness. The loss of that effort creates depression, hate, malice and other negative affects towards the individual. What isn’t normally realized is that this effort was placed willingly, and with complete knowledge that it is a risk. Why do we treat our relationships as business transactions? If you don’t either follow a person’s lead or contribute to a person’s interest, there is no relationship. It makes me wonder if… - [Wonderings](/blog/thoughts/wonderings.md) (2009-05-21) - Sometimes I wonder if we are really ever meant to do anything. Are we fooling ourselves with purpose? Do we need it? What is the purpose of purpose seems to be a redundant question. One that leaves me in a state of silence, my mind doesn’t travel to an answer because…whats the point?? Life is strange, the way we mill about focused on numbers. In our western culture we are mostly preoccupied with two things, money and weight. Both can be measured, both are sought after. Statistics are appealing, I am not sure why. Even myself, I am drawn to… --- [Back to Index](/llms.md)