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Movable Type and Perl!

By brian on September 26, 2008 10:37 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Something to remember!
When installing Movabletype on a Windows server only use Perl 5.8.8! The newer version of Perl causes the final screen on installation to freeze. After a long install process you are left with a screen that says "Initializing Database..." that never changes. It is forever initializing.
I spent 30 minutes troubleshooting an install when I finally remembered the little Perl thing! Grrrr!
Now it's off to figure out why Yahoo pipes is aggregating a comments feed instead of post feeds!!! Computers sure can suck!!!!!

Medieval Festival in Gloucester, VA

By brian on June 27, 2008 2:27 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

I just came across the web site for a Medieval Festival in Gloucster, VA that will be happening July 19th. Sounds like it might be a lot of fun.

From the site...

"With one step you leave behind all that you have known and with the next step into a world where Myth and Legend are Reality. A place where Ladies walk hand in hand with Knights in shining armour, where Musicians sit under shaded tree and weave stories of lyrical wonder. A place where Merchants offer treasures from far away lands, and foods are offered that are both new to the eye and pleasing to the palette. Enjoy games and diversions of great merriment, while Performers entertain you with their cleverness and skill."

MMMMM.... Smoothies!....

By brian on June 20, 2008 11:52 AM | 3 Comments | No TrackBacks

What could be better than a smoothie on a hot day? A FREE ONE!!
That's right, FREE! Tropical Smoothie is giving away free Smoothies to anyone that comes in to their stores on June 21st wearing flip flops.

Lets see there is one on General Booth Blvd, from there I could head up to Great Neck Road, next, down to the one on Kempsville Road, then Princess Anne Road on the way back home.

Check it out:
National Flip Flop Day - Tropical Smoothie Café

Another cool music site...

By brian on April 25, 2008 12:39 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

I just across Songza.com by way of del.icio.us. So far it looks really cool. Look for a song or band and play it on the site.

Songza: The music search engine & internet jukebox. Listen. Now.

New Officials and GamJams.net...

By brian on February 7, 2008 8:23 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Ok... so does this make for a computer technology post or a cycling post? Seeing as this post is about a post at a cycling blog with a link to my site! Anywhooo... I thought it was pretty cool that this little old site got some linking from one of the coolest cycling blogs around gamjams.net.
On a cycling related note.... congratulations to all of the folks that made it through the Sunday officials training clinic and passed the test to become new officials. Josh Goyet (aka: Firebike) and his wife are new members of the officials world. And go figure his wife did better than him on the test.... Josh look out next you know she's going to be beating you on the road! My little sister also joined the ranks of officials, as did JB. I wonder if that means we'll be seeing less of him on the side of the course shooting pictures? Congrats again to everyone!

For all you new officials.... dont forget to sign up and accept the invitation to the VACA Officials Google Group and get your availability information in to "the boss".

http://www.gamjams.net/2008/02/keeping-tempo-1.html

LapDome....

By brian on February 6, 2008 7:47 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

It's a tent for your laptop... who would have thought?????
I think this is going to be a mandatory addition to the cycling officials kit to go along with our new Panasonic Camcorder and a laptop.

Check it out:
The Laptop Tent

It sure is cold.....

By brian on February 1, 2008 11:53 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

From Chickencrap.com

The Sixty One...

By brian on January 31, 2008 7:42 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

A while back I came across a cool site called Thesixtyone.com. The goal of the site is to help new artists get exposure. The way they do this is by using a points system in which site users earn points by "discovering" new music and "bumping" it. Initial bumps cost you points but then as the music is bumped by other people you start earning points. It's a fun way to find new stuff that hasn't made it in to music databases like Pandora.com. Some of the cool stuff I have come across on the site: Busbee, Lorelei Carlson, and Temple Scene. So take some time and check out the site.

Oh no, Pikachu on a rampage!!!

By brian on January 30, 2008 8:32 AM | 2 Comments | No TrackBacks

Pickachu has gone crazy!!

http://www.malrollo.net/pikachu.php

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Tech ARP - Task Killer In Windows XP

By brian on January 22, 2008 10:59 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

I came across a cool way to quickly close an application. It's even built in to WinXP. It's called taskkill. This little program can kill a running application by way of a batch file. Here's the scenario I wanted it for.... I wanted the ability to close Firefox quickly while I have multiple tabs open and have the option to restore those tabs the next time I opened up Firefox. With taskkill that's very simple.... create a batch file that contains the following:
@echo off
TASKKILL /F /IM "firefox.exe"

Then save it as a batch file. Double click the batch file and voila Firefox closes automatically without a prompt to close multiple tabs and the next time you open Firefox you have the option to reload the tabs from the last session.

Even faster.... setup a keyword in Keybreeze or Launchy so that you only have to enter the first couple letters of the batch file name to run it.

More detailed information can be found here:
http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=297

Gx5: UltimatePhone

By brian on January 17, 2008 1:52 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

GX5 has a very cool replacement for the clunky phone interface for Palm Devices. It's only been a little while since I started to use it but from what I have seen it's pretty sweet. It allows you to assign photos and icons to contacts as well as shortcuts for you most commonly used applications.

Here's the link:
http://www.gx-5.com/products/ultimatephone/

Army humor....

By brian on January 10, 2008 2:11 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

I came across this little bit of Army humor by way of

Stormyva’s blog - Vox

By brian on January 2, 2008 1:40 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

I am seriously considering killing this blog and only using the vox.com blog. The Vox blog is on someone else's server (so I dont have to worry about backups), I can instantly throw posts up with my Centro, and it's powered by what my blog has been using. Over the next few days there might be a redirect set up.

Here's the link.....
http://stormyva.vox.com/

A Radio.Blog Post

By brian on December 21, 2007 9:57 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

I came across this site called Radio Blog Club today and it looked
pretty cool. If all works properly the link below should have a player enable to listen to a song streamed from< /br>their site.

LOTS of "Secret" Recipes

By brian on December 20, 2007 8:57 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

I came across this somewhere on the net: http://texasamstaff.com/secret/ It's an open directory listing of 100's of recipes that mimic many of the chain restaurant foods. Check it out! Another similar listing can be found here: Top Secret Recipes on the Web

Keirin Racer: Roadie dictionary

By brian on December 19, 2007 8:05 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Gilbert found a link to a funny "Roadie Slang" dictionary here. Check it out it's funny.
http://keirinracer.blogspot.com/2007/12/roadie-dictionary.html

Pandora Stuff

By brian on December 14, 2007 10:22 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

A couple of cool things for Pandora.....
Instructions to open Pandora in Winamp:
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2006/05/listen-to-pandora-in-winamp.html

URL to open Pandora in the smaller size in a browser:
http://www.pandora.com?cmd=mini

Amazon shopping tips: Search only Amazon.com not affiliates

By brian on December 11, 2007 8:48 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Add "&emi=ATVPDKIKX0DER" to the end of a search result URL to display only Amazon.com and none of it's affiliate stores.

Found at: Probargainhunter.com

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Like Digg for music...

By brian on December 10, 2007 9:53 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Thesixtyone.com is a cool site that is great for discovering new artists and music.... and I am all about finding new stuff because the crap that's played on the radio is all crap.
Check it out.... Lorelei Carlson is an artist that I came across on the site.

Continue reading Like Digg for music....

hulu: Internet TV

By brian on December 10, 2007 7:18 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

A very cool online service called hulu.com offers content on demand. Right now it’s in beta testing and the site sent gave me the ability to log in and check it out today. From what I have seen it’s a great service and the couple of minutes of video I watched came in clear without lag. At full screen the video was not all that great quality, but hey, it’s free and it’s available anywhere you want to watch it. Check out the site and sign up for the beta testing….. hulu http://www.hulu.com/videos/views/thumbs/all/episode/all/all/today/1

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