Jan
23
2009

Major Slowdown with MS Visual Studio 2008 Install

I recently upgraded to Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Pro, as I’m attempting to expand my programming base out to other languages (C#, C++, more VB, etc). Boy… did this puppy bring my computer to a screeching halt.
I should mention that I’m very anal about my computer; I have a ghost of a clean XP install [...]

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Nov
07
2008

My Experiences with OpenOffice (3.0)

About a month ago I decided to install OpenOffice for the first time. Why? Not particular reason…just figured I would give it a try and see how I liked it.
For those unfamiliar, OpenOffice is and open source (read: FREE) alternative to Microsoft Office. It has many of the same programs and features, albeit by [...]

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Apr
04
2008

Working with SATA and RAID

Five years ago, most editing stations used SCSI hard drives. SCSI drives are extremely fast and designed to be run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Their speed and reliability made them a perfect fit for anyone who works with a lot of data, especially video editors. The biggest drawback to SCSI, however, [...]

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Mar
06
2008

I’m alive!

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But feeling fat and lazy….have had a lot of computer work lately…my normal excuse for not working out, and thus, not posting.
I promise to get better!

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Jan
31
2008

I hate CSS

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I consider myself a fairly decent programmer with PHP/MySQL. IF you need something written, or an existing system debugged or added onto, I’m your man.
However, I absolutely suck at CSS. For some reason I can never, ever, ever get things to look the same in IE6, IE7, and Firefox. That’s why I love pure code [...]

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