Archive for August, 2007

Free Wireless Router

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

I was looking through the Slickdeals.net deals today and came upon this gem: TRENDNet 108Mbps Wireless Firewall Router, 802.11g, b They have other items for $5 after rebate if you're interested: TRENDNet 54Mbps Wireless Firewall Router, 802.11g, b $40 - $15 eRebate - $20 rebate = $5 TRENDNet 54Mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter, ...

Cool Boy Scouts Ads

Friday, August 17th, 2007

The president of my company has a longstanding relationship with the Boy Scouts. We are happy to present three new Boy Scouts ads (seen below). If you like these ads please vote on YouTube! Cub Scouts - Leaf Rubbing Cub Scouts - Model Plane Cub Scouts - Cookies No ...

Installing OpenVPN (Trying To)

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Over the past two days I've spent hours trying to figure out how to configure my OpenVPN virtual appliance. These are the best resources I've found so far. TinyServers SSL/VPN Creating VPN users Redirect all traffic through the VPN For some reason I can only get connected on UDP 1194 (the default). ...

Retrieving Text Data from SQL Server 2000 Using PHP

Monday, August 13th, 2007

The default values limit all text retrieved from text and image fields to 4096 characters (bytes). The workaround for this is as follows. ini_set("mssql.textsize", 536870912); ini_set("mssql.textlimit", 536870912); mssql_connect(...); mssql_select_db(...); mssql_query("SET TEXTSIZE 536870912"); Please note that you must call the ini_sets before you connect to the database. Related posts:Connecting to Microsoft SQL Server with PHPInstall SSH Server ...

The Power of Terro

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

Rating: 5/5 Around April this year I got tired of our ant problem and decided that I wanted to eradicate every single ant on the premises. Taking Derek's advice, I went to Lowe's and purchased a six-pack of Terro Ant Baits. Within the hour all the baits had ants ...

Our Night Flower

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

Every night I let Copper out before I go to bed. One night I noticed a beautiful flower. The next morning it was all shriveled up. I didn't give it much thought until I saw it blooming again the next night. Apparently it only comes out ...

Breakfast of Champions

Saturday, August 11th, 2007

Week-old Angel Food Cake Strawberries in Sugar Syrup Razzmatazz Milk - To Dilute the Razzmatazz Dark Chocolate Chips   Related posts:My DietThe Dixie Classic FairBest Cake Ever

WoW - Level 38!

Friday, August 10th, 2007

Only two levels to go until I can get a mount! I just need about 45 more gold to be able to afford the 100 gold price tag.   Related posts:WoW - Level 42!

I iz blogginz

Friday, August 10th, 2007

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Stupid Apple (and Fidelity)

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

Every morning, I got to work and heard, "I made another hundred dollars on Apple today." After feeling left out I decided it was time to take advantage of Apple and make some money for myself. So I signed up for a Fidelity account and waited...and waited...and waited. ...