If you're not in Google, you're probably dead

July 29, 2007
James Skemp

A few weeks ago, I believe, a coworker and I were talking about Google, in particular, how he happens to search for people, he once knew, online. Of course, I don't think I know anyone who hasn't at least done this once (even if that individual they searched for happened to be themselves). The question is, is it true that, if someone can't find a record of you online, that you're dead?

July 29, 2007
James Skemp

Year’s ago, Microsoft released Log Parser 2.2, which is a tool for analyzing IIS log files, event viewer exports, and etcetera. There’s a Professor Windows article from May 2005 which covers Log Parser, to some extent, and the download is available from Microsoft. Unfortunately, it’s all command line, but it seems interesting enough, nonetheless. I would have liked to have used AWStats (and probably still will), but I just didn’t want to bother with the config file today.

July 28, 2007
James Skemp

I had occasion today to read The Hospice, by Robert Aickman (1914-1980). This story was in the collection Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural (selected by Marvin Kaye). Unfortunately, I had to go to Google to try to make sense of the story, since Kaye himself suggests that the meaning is rather obscure. A simple G search turned up a result at some site, which itself is rather odd .

July 27, 2007
James Skemp

While I've been able to create an account, and upload an image to that account, I can't seem to be able to associate that image with my Gravatar account. Somewhat troubling, especially since support doesn't seem to want to get back to me ... A couple of days ago I decided to sign up, but if this is what I can expect, I'm glad it's a) free and b) that I've turned it off for my site.

July 25, 2007
James Skemp

Updated for BlogEngine.NET 1.3! Update 8/16/2008: This theme should work fine on BlogEngine.NET 1.4.5 or lower, using the 1.3 link. I'm proud to present a theme for BlogEngine.NET (tested with 1.1) called Swan Dive. This theme is based upon the template of the same name by Homefront Studios, and made available on Open Source Web Design. While this is technically my third theme for BlogEngine.NET, it's the first for public consumption.

July 24, 2007
James Skemp

Over the past couple of days I've noticed issues with the Inbox view of Gmail being extremely slow on Firefox (2.0.0.5, the current version). Disabling JavaScript makes the load much faster (naturally), but even switching to Internet Explorer (7) works (with JS on). With Firefox 2.0.0.5 already having a security issue, I wonder if updating was a good decision in this case. Perhaps 2.0.0.5 was released a bit too quickly?

July 21, 2007
James Skemp

My GitS: 2nd Gig knowledge is a bit rusty, so Solid State Society is definitely going to be one of those 'need to watch it at least twice' movies. It seems the movie takes place after 2nd Gig, and therefore, outside of the realm of the other two movies. For two years the Major has been working outside of Section 9, which seems a bit off, since I was under the understanding (perhaps just from the movies) that if they quit, they forfeit pretty much everything .

July 21, 2007
James Skemp

While looking for posts, in the App_Data/posts directory, I needed a find and replace for the title of the posts. It's a simple query, and here it is: <title>[\s\S]*</title> Note: This post is probably more for me than anyone else ;)

July 18, 2007
James Skemp

I had the 'opportunity' today to import a WordPress blog from one server to another. While WordPress 2.2.x no comes with built-in functionality to export, and then import, an XML file, I've found that it's anything but simple and trustworthy. It seems that there may be a built-in limit to the amount of posts that can be imported. For me, I had to do an initial import (the XML file was approximately 2.

July 17, 2007
James Skemp

I'm at work, just finishing up my lunch period, and I'm really wishing I had access to my Ubuntu machine right now. The reason? I just put in a CD of 200 images - one of my backup CDs - and was hoping to get a quick glance at what images were contained on the CD. However, Windows was crawling through the thumbnail generation. Adobe Bridge isn't much faster (but is what I ended up going with).

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If you're not in Google, you're probably dead

Microsoft's Log Parser 2.2

Initial thoughts on The Hospice

Still having problems adding a photo to my gravatar account

BlogEngine.NET 1.1 Theme - Swan Dive

Gmail and Firefox 2.0.0.5 - issues with JavaScript?

Mini-review of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society

Helpful Dreamweaver regular expressions for BlogEngine.NET

WordPress 2.2.1 Import/Export function problems

Image thumbnails - blindingly fast on Ubuntu (vs. Windows)?

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