New gallery added: June 23, 2007

• June 24, 2007
• James Skemp

Instead of putting things into folders based upon the subject of the photo, I've decided to switch back to dates, with an explanation of what kinds of pictures I took.

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Don't let my recent posts confuse you

• June 18, 2007
• James Skemp

... I'm not an Ubuntu-only user yet (unlike some people I know).  Granted, I like using it, since I've believed, for some time, that if you want to run Apache, you can't really run it on Windows ... (Granted, I'm having a really difficult time trying to stick to my guns with Apache, versus IIS, but ... well, more on that in the future.) I will probably blow this current box away and re-install Ubuntu, without the Windows partition, and doing a lot more building from source, for example, for Firefox.

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Eclipse SDK 3.2.2 to Ubuntu 7.04

• June 12, 2007
• James Skemp

Having already installed JDK 5.0 on Ubuntu, it's time to install what I really wanted in the first place - Eclipse.

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Review of Brian J. Robb's Counterfeit Worlds

• May 26, 2007
• James Skemp

This is the review that I wrote for Amazon.com for the book Counterfeit Worlds by Brian J. Robb.

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Gallery updates: Capitol - Madison WI

• May 23, 2007
• James Skemp

I've added four new photos to the Capitol - Madison WI gallery at http://strivinglife.net/gallery/.

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New gallery posted

• May 21, 2007
• James Skemp

After a bit of looking around, for the best gallery application, I've settled on SlideShowPro. While it does require Flash (version 7 or higher, but I'm requiring version 8 or higher for mine), and it did cost some money, it's a great little application.

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Upgrading my digital camera

• May 18, 2007
• James Skemp

On April 6, 2005, I bought my very first digital camera. On May 18, 2007, I bought my very second digital camera.

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Birthday greetings

• May 14, 2007
• James Skemp

It's my birthday today. Originally, I had planned on writing about what today was like, as well as where I thought I'd be in a year and in 10 years. However, I'm afraid I'm rather under the weather, so that's all out.

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ASP.NET - really not that horrible and Fiala the philosopher

• May 13, 2007
• James Skemp

No posts since April - ouch. But, I've been a busy guy.

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2001?

• April 15, 2007
• James Skemp

Unlike most sites that use blogging software, I use mine simply because it's the easiest way to post the content I write (even if upgrading is a pain in the neck). Ditto for Gavin's The Framing Business.

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