Archive for June, 2005

Microsoft Haters (2005-6-28)

Why is it that any time you attend a Microsoft-hosted event, inevitably you will find in the crowd a couple of hugely obnoxious folks who can’t keep to themselves their petty little rants and raves about how Microsoft hasn’t measured up to whatever yardstick they use to measure software companies by? Today, I attended a [...]

Sweet Like Sugar (2005-6-25)

A friend turned me on to SugarCRM yesterday.  What a fantastic app!  This is a “CRM” (or Customer Relationship Management) application that runs entirely on a web server.  There's a free version of Sugar available, too, if you've got the know-how to install it.  It's a relatively painless install on a LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP) server.  I'm [...]

Arrgh! Scumbags! (2005-6-21)

A couple of months ago, hacker scumbags broke in to one of our servers in order to post Warez (that is, illegal software) for download.  They used an unbelievable amount of bandwidth before we discovered the intrusion, shut them down, and cleaned the servers. Today, the scumbags are at it again.  This time they’re signing [...]

Journeys of Faith (2005-6-18)

Attached is a document that has the readings from Sunday, June 12 and the text of the sermon I preached.  If you didn't make it, here's another opportunity to hear read what I had to say.  Just don't judge it too harshly…it was my first sermon!

This Sunday…the big day (2005-6-8)

You’re cordially invited to Loving Shepherd Lutheran Church on Sunday, June 12.  The church elders will be conducting the worship service,  with a sermon preached by Eric Longman entitled “Journeys of Faith”.  Be there at 9:14am for my bible study class; I’m starting a new series on Great People in the Old Testament. 

SQL Server Permissions – Fixing Orphaned Users (2005-6-8)

If you move a SQL Server database to another server, you frequently bump into problems with users and security.  The most common scenario is that you’ve created the user under Security, and the user of course exists within the database that you moved, but when you try to apply user permissions, you get an error [...]

Free Obedience Training (for Dogs) (2005-6-3)

A good reference for how to teach your dog basic commands:  DOG TRICKS, TIPS & INSIGHTS, free obedience training & natural care.