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PLEASE NOTE: Effective Sunday, February 25, 2007, I have moved my news postings to a more convenient and easier to manage place. The links below will still reference the old news bits (I don't intend to remove them from here), but please go to the URL below for the most current information about my life:

http://zaskem.blogspot.com

Thanks for reading (I know there are a few of you out there)! Hopefully you;ll find the new format easier to read and manage yourself!

-- MattZaske - 25 Feb 2007

Random bits of Matt's News, in reverse chronological order ending February 24, 2007.

26 Feb 2007 - 03:27: NewsPriorToMarch603: Random bits of Matt's News, in reverse chronological order (most recent first). 2/22/03: The TWiki Upgrade is complete. Only took about four hours of time ...
24 Feb 2007 - 20:07: NewsFebruary2407: And I thought a month without a post was bad?!? Well, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that I've not made a post or update here since November 20, ...
21 Nov 2006 - 02:55: NewsNovember2006: A Busy Week Indeed It tuns out that I was correct in my guess that I would get little accomplished in the past week. The week started out fairly benign, with regular ...
13 Nov 2006 - 19:51: NewsNovember1306: Weekend Project Update Well, I ended up having a fairly productive weekend, although it wasn't quite as productive in the way I'd originally anticipated. I did manage ...
10 Nov 2006 - 16:00: NewsNovember1006: Post Election Debriefing I am always glad when the election season is finally over. The constant battle (in more ways than one) gets really old after a while (a few ...
06 Nov 2006 - 21:50: NewsNovember606: Sound Update Since the last post about miscellaneous musings, we were able to install and test a microphone preamp device to assist with the church sound system. ...
06 Nov 2006 - 21:16: NewsOctober2606: The Baby It Kicks! Okay, so I don't really have much to note here today aside from the fact that I was actually able to feel the baby moving around. Not a whole ...
25 Oct 2006 - 20:28: NewsOctober2506: So It's Been A Week And A Half... ...since my last post here. That's not too bad, all things considered. It always seems to stay busy, no matter how many projects ...
14 Oct 2006 - 14:55: NewsOctober1406: Snow! Well, it snowed this week for the first time since the spring. It started on Wednesday evening, and when it was all said and done left us with about 3/4" of ...
10 Oct 2006 - 23:23: NewsOctober1006: A Little More Than A Week... Well, this time I wasn't as good about getting a 'weekly' update in, but things have been quite busy in the last two weeks... $1.99 Gasoline ...
27 Sep 2006 - 23:55: NewsSeptember2706: Weekly Update I have got some time to burn right now, so I figured I'd spend it wisely and perhaps write something up. There have been some things on my mind lately ...
20 Sep 2006 - 01:36: NewsSeptember1906: Miscellaneous Stuff Well, it's only been a bit more than a week since the last post, which isn't too bad if you ask me. There wasn't much happening last week...aside ...
11 Sep 2006 - 00:10: NewsSeptember1006: Only a few days this time... I'm in one of those modes today, where I've got some time to kill and feel a little verbose. Lots of stuff has transpired in the last ...
07 Sep 2006 - 01:54: NewsSeptember606: This time...OVER a Month... Well, things have been busy during the month of August it seems. But, now that the labor day weekend has passed, things should return ...
29 Jul 2006 - 02:49: NewsJuly2806: EESH! Another Month! Well, as the 'title' implies, it's been over a month since the last post. I know, my bad. Things have been busy but quiet around here. It's ...
22 Jun 2006 - 01:37: NewsJune2106: A Month, AGAIN! Yeah, I guess time flies, right? Okay, thanks. Things have finally started to slow down; the only bad thing about that is when I'm home, I tend to ...
24 May 2006 - 04:19: NewsMay2306: A Month and Some! Well, as it turns out, things have continued in their busy grandeur. While that generally keeps one out of 'trouble,' it doesn't do much for keeping ...
11 Apr 2006 - 04:21: NewsApril1006: Two posts in as many days!?! Yeah, I made it around to another post tonight, just as promised. I'm not feeling completely verbose tonight, so it'll likely not be ...
10 Apr 2006 - 04:56: NewsApril906: Another Month Down It's been a while since the last post, and much has happened. I'm at this point in time intending to post more about that stuff tomorrow (April ...
10 Mar 2006 - 23:53: NewsMarch1006: Another Day Bites The Dust Well, it seems as though yet another two weeks has gone by since my last post here. I should start referring to this as more of a bimonthly ...
24 Feb 2006 - 03:22: NewsFebruary2306: Only Two Weeks... Well, I managed to make it just over two weeks since my last post here things are getting better in that respect. Things have finally started ...
07 Feb 2006 - 02:50: NewsFebruary606: Well Over A Month... ...since my last post here, and to anyone who might happen to stop by here periodically my apologies. The month of January literally flew ...
31 Dec 2005 - 23:28: NewsDecember3105: Happy New Year's Eve! Since I won't likely write anything here tomorrow, I'll take the opportunity to write something here today, and wish everyone who happens to ...
28 Nov 2005 - 03:53: NewsNovember2705: Eesh, a Month...again!?! Well, I guess I've been slacking off here...because I've not updated this more frequently in the last month. We've been pretty busy with Thanksgiving ...
31 Oct 2005 - 02:22: NewsOctober3005: A Clean Datacenter A Happy Datacenter Okay, so it may not be a real datacenter, but it's my home datacenter. And as of this afternoon, it's clean. Last weekend ...
26 Oct 2005 - 02:58: NewsOctober2505: Computer Parts! I put in a pretty large order for about three people early last week and had parts in hand on Thursday/Friday of last week. This meant that I got ...
17 Oct 2005 - 03:14: NewsOctober1605: The Last Partial Lawnmowing I took the opportunity today (Sunday) to go over the bits of lawn (namely where we filled in and raised the backyard) where it has been ...
11 Oct 2005 - 02:00: NewsOctober1005: Not Quite a Month... ...since the last post, which is a Good Thing. Much has transpired in the last few weeks since the September 24 post. I'm very happy to report ...
25 Sep 2005 - 01:31: NewsSeptember2405: So it's been more than a month... ...since my last post, which is not exactly what I'd like to say. But, such is life, I guess. Anyway, much has transpired since ...
15 Aug 2005 - 04:19: NewsAugust1405: Week End Project Update Well, it turns out that, if given enough time and determination, things do actually get accomplished. Granted, not completely...but.. ...
11 Aug 2005 - 03:27: NewsAugust1005: Project Progress! Well, last week while driving home from work (my normal 'think wind down' time) I decided to take the better part of this week off from work (use ...
25 Jul 2005 - 04:40: NewsJuly2405: Stormy Weekend Well, we definitely got a little shot of rain according to my gauge, just over 1.5 inches...although with the wind, it's very difficult to actually ...
20 Jul 2005 - 03:54: NewsJuly1905: Feelin' hot, Hot, HOT! We've had an unusual (compared to recent years) hot spell here in July, with (I believe) 11 straight days of 90 degree (F) temperatures. If ...
08 Jul 2005 - 02:07: NewsJuly705: Slowing Down? It's hit that odd time of the summer where Independence Day has passed, which generally means things should slow down some? Yeah, right. It seems as ...
22 Jun 2005 - 02:47: NewsJune2105: A Busy Month! Well, I have to say that I've been meaning to write up some more stuff here, but I've just been overwhelmed by things going on in the last three weeks ...
31 May 2005 - 03:14: NewsMay3005: Brief Hiatus Well, I managed to take a nearly two week hiatus from these musings, but I'm very happy to report that much has taken place in this time: Bathroom Status ...
18 May 2005 - 03:52: NewsMay1705: Not quite so long this time... Yes, I managed to get a news entry in here in just over a week from the last one not bad, but I actually have things to mention as ...
10 May 2005 - 00:38: NewsMay905: A Busy Month Well, as time would seem to imply, I've taken yet another month long hiatus from writing these news items. It's an odd phenomenon, that time thing ...
11 Apr 2005 - 00:02: NewsApril1005: Dog Antics Well, due to my workload at work and the dog issues, not much has taken place this last week on the order of getting work accomplished on the bathroom project ...
03 Apr 2005 - 21:34: NewsApril305: More of the Same As far as the bathroom project goes, much more progress has been made, but not quite as much as I'd hope. However, as of yesterday (April 2), the ...
07 Mar 2005 - 04:23: NewsMarch605: State of the Bathroom Address I'm happy to report that, while not as much progress as I'd hoped was made, much progress has been made in the bathroom project this ...
07 Mar 2005 - 03:50: NewsMarch405: A Sad Day At Work That's my title for this little bit of news A Sad Day. Today marked the end of my coworker Rod's employment for the company. The short of it is ...
07 Mar 2005 - 03:40: NewsMarch305: Thought for the day Today I had the fortune (although that doesn't sound quite right in the context) to witness a very unique community event. Staff Sgt. David Day ...
02 Mar 2005 - 03:29: NewsMarch105: Welcome to...March? Damn, it's been a long time (again) since I posted any news here. My bad. Anyway, much has transpired in the last month and a half or so, briefly ...
22 Jan 2005 - 04:32: NewsJanuary2105: It's...a BLIZZARD!!! Well, we've finally made it back to the land of snow! We've had snow a little here and there, off and on since around Christmastime...but it ...
16 Jan 2005 - 00:56: NewsJanuary1505: Nearly a two month hiatus? Yes, that's correct. Matt essentially took a two month hiatus from posting news bits here. It's a Sad Thing, but since the month of ...
16 Jan 2005 - 00:40: NewsDecember3104: 2004, The Year In Review Well, I'm just going to leave this a bit brief and highlight some of the things which took place during the year 2004: January : One ...
16 Jan 2005 - 00:00: NewsDecember3004: Eesh! December in Review, I guess! Well, the month of December has come and gone...with little time to spare for writing. In general as an overview: One Act ...
29 Nov 2004 - 01:51: NewsNovember2804: Happy Post Thanksgiving! Well, it's a little belated, but hopefully your holiday was a warm and festive one. One Act Forthcoming It seems weird that it's already ...
30 Oct 2004 - 21:51: NewsOctober3004: Happy Pre Halloween (or something like that) As I'm sure I'll not really have anything to write about tomorrow, I'll say it now Happy Halloween! Sadly, due to cloud ...
24 Oct 2004 - 23:11: NewsOctober2404: Yikes! Over a Month! Well, I've managed to get really behind in these posts over the last...umm...MONTH. Much has happened in the last month, and time really hasn ...
20 Sep 2004 - 04:12: NewsSeptember1904: More of the same! Well, things have fallen into a sort of routine now in the last few weeks which is to some degree a much welcomed ordeal to my life. I forgot ...
05 Sep 2004 - 01:51: NewsSeptember404: Welcome to September! Although it doesn't seem like it, it is actually September now. With labor day only a few dozen hours from now, the traditional 'end of summer ...
23 Aug 2004 - 00:18: NewsAugust2204: Busy Weekend Strangely enough, it doesn't feel like it, but we've managed to get a lot accomplished this weekend. I finally found the power supply unit for our ...
20 Aug 2004 - 02:53: NewsAugust1904: More of the same... Yeah, I've taken another mini vacation from posts...it tends to happen in the summer. The network revisited The network has been working ...
02 Aug 2004 - 03:04: NewsAugust104: Another mini vacation from posts... It's been a while since the last post I've made here; much has taken place in that time the things I can readily recall will ...
20 Jul 2004 - 01:59: NewsJuly1904: A Busy Month! Well, it's been nearly a month since the last post I've made here; much has taken place in that time. Of course, I'm not going to cover it all ...but ...
24 Jun 2004 - 03:38: NewsJune2304: Another Busy Week Well, even though it doesn't seem like it, it's been a fairly busy time around the old abode. We spent a portion of the weekend at my parents ...
16 Jun 2004 - 02:02: NewsJune1504: Boxes, and...Boxes... Well, the packing has taken a slightly more serious turn now. The problem now is simply real estate where to put all the damn boxes. Anyway ...
13 Jun 2004 - 21:31: NewsJune1304: Busy, yet Quiet The last week seemed to fly by due the busy schedule; yet it was relatively quiet as far as the events which took place (for the most part). The ...
06 Jun 2004 - 21:05: NewsJune604: Quiet Week It was a relatively quiet week compared to some in the recent past, yet it seemed busy regarding activities. I don't know if that makes any sense or not ...
31 May 2004 - 22:10: NewsMay3104: More on Server Updates... Well, of course I can't just leave the situation as is, even though it technically works. This morning, I decided to take yet another ...
31 May 2004 - 04:00: NewsMay3004: Upgrading Woes Well, having looked a little more into the Cyrus IMAP thing, I've decided that the upgrade sufficiently FUBARred the mail handing stuff. Sendmail is ...
30 May 2004 - 04:12: NewsMay2904: And There Was Fedora... ...Core 2, that is. After much downloading and waiting this week, I've managed to upgrade both servers ('ns' and 'www') from RedHat 9 to Fedora ...
28 May 2004 - 03:53: NewsMay2704: 43 Days... Well, that's how long it took before I restarted the old machine. Never would this have been feasible under my old configuration with Win98. So, with ...
24 May 2004 - 03:07: NewsMay2304: New Link Well, if you head over to my Links Page down in the Stupid/Funny section you'll notice a new link to Mini ITX, an operation which specializes in miniature ...
23 May 2004 - 00:23: NewsMay2204: To Upgrade...or not? Well, I finally got around to working on the server upgrades (to Fedora Core 1) at home here...only to discover something peculiar: They won ...
20 May 2004 - 03:59: NewsMay1904: Web Work! Well, it would seem as though my 'work web project' is coming along (and going) better than anticipated. After all, had you told me this time a week ago ...
16 May 2004 - 20:18: NewsMay1604: Twice in as many days? Yes, it's true. I go through this news bit in streaks...it's just that some times are better than others. Today's news is pretty mild, actually ...
15 May 2004 - 23:55: NewsMay1504: A Flippin Month!?!?! Yikes, I knew it'd been a while, but I didn't think it'd been that long. Much has happened in the last month or so, so I'll just highlight the ...
16 Apr 2004 - 00:39: NewsApril1504: Happy Tax Day! Well, I guess not...really. I did ours in early February and have long since finished that process for the year. But, for anyone who waited until ...
03 Apr 2004 - 03:02: NewsApril204: Weekly Events! Well, I've not yet had a chance to put together the Mock Bus Crash Pictures, but at this rate it would appear as though either tomorrow (Saturday) or ...
30 Mar 2004 - 03:26: NewsMarch2904: Exciting Sunday Well, as it turned out, we went to see the mock Bus Crash scenario which was used as a county wide emergency drill down in Renville on Sunday (28 March ...
28 Mar 2004 - 02:13: NewsMarch2704: Web Update Project! Well, after trying to decide what to do today, I decided that (to be low key and not too involved) I would take on the conversion from HTML (anywhere ...
27 Mar 2004 - 19:55: NewsMarch2604: Another Week Down... ...and more projects complete. This week (at work) entailed a web host move from a local ISP who was 'overcharging' for services (compared to ...
23 Mar 2004 - 02:53: NewsMarch2204: Cleaning House... Well, once in a while I find it necessary to go through my bookmarks in Netscape (particularly brought on by the size of the Personal Toolbar Folder ...
19 Mar 2004 - 04:47: NewsMarch1804: I like to SAMBA! Well, something like that... As it turns out, I was finally able to do something with Samba that I haven't been able to (of course, I hadn't tried ...
14 Mar 2004 - 23:40: NewsMarch1404: AND...IT WORKS! Well, after some tinkering last night (namely just starting the machine for short ( Back to MattNews or AllNews
14 Mar 2004 - 04:38: NewsMarch1304: Dishwasher Update Part Deux Well, as anticipated, the parts for the dishwasher arrived earlier in the week. And, as anticipated, I didn't have any time to mess with ...
06 Mar 2004 - 21:27: NewsMarch604: Dishwasher Update... Well, it turns out the problem wasn't as difficult as I'd anticipated. Although I found some service outlets for the unit, I contacted the manufacturer ...
03 Mar 2004 - 03:40: NewsMarch204: Damn The Dishwasher! Well, it's finally happened. I've been expecting this for some time, actually. The dishwasher is dying. Now just about two years ago (actually ...
01 Mar 2004 - 03:31: NewsFebruary2904: Happy Leap Year Well, it's not very often when I have to manually change the dates on my watches...but this is one of those times. Happy Leap Year everyone! One ...
27 Feb 2004 - 03:47: NewsFebruary2604: Scrapbooks Are DONE! Well, due to some 'mistakes' in printing, the preparations for the scrapbooks took a little longer than expected. But, with the exception of ...
20 Feb 2004 - 03:16: NewsFebruary1904: One Act is almost over... Well, we've given our last performance, the bills either have been or will shortly all be paid, and the set/costumes put into storage. ...
15 Feb 2004 - 04:45: NewsFebruary1404: Back Home...For A While, Anyway... Well, another year of 'sponsoring' the student trip to the State One Act Play Festival has come and gone. Again this year I would ...
15 Feb 2004 - 04:23: NewsFebruary1104: Bandwidth SAVED! Well, I don't know if the guy got my email or not, but since changing the file info and such...it would appear as though he's changed his reference ...
10 Feb 2004 - 01:17: NewsFebruary904: More Bandwidth...GONE! Well, as I do once or twice a week (more often just once per week over the last month), I checked out the access statistics and logs for the ...
10 Feb 2004 - 01:01: NewsFebruary804: Not Quite As Victorious... Well, much to the disappointment of all involved, the RCW One Act didn't do quite as well at competition as we'd hoped. They did, however ...
02 Feb 2004 - 05:31: NewsFebruary104: We Are The Champions! Well, I'm very happy to report that our performance at the Sub Section One Act Play Competition this past Saturday (yesterday) went very well ...
28 Jan 2004 - 16:29: NewsJanuary2804: A Busy, Busy Time... Well, it's been a busy, busy last week...and continues to be that way. Of course, most of this is related to One Act. The weekend was primarily ...
20 Jan 2004 - 18:42: NewsJanuary2004: More One Act! One Act is going on, and progressing about as expected. It's going to be quite a production, and I'm excited to be working with as talented a group ...
12 Jan 2004 - 05:17: NewsJanuary1104: Memory problems revisited Well, after some trials with the memory management software, it's apparent that it's not correcting the problem. There's still a GDI resource ...
05 Jan 2004 - 02:56: NewsJanuary404: Memory You're MINE!! I don't recall if I've rambled about this subject in the past or not, but I'm going to do it again. I run Win98SE...and I have memory leaks. ...
04 Jan 2004 - 20:53: NewsJanuary204: It's ALIVE!!! Well, it's complete. At least to the point where it's safe to make it public. The root MZ Online Services website is now active! After much work in ...
01 Jan 2004 - 20:52: NewsMarch2003: I've added several pictures (about 1MB worth) to the GeorgePictures page. Hooray for me. These are mostly pictures of him over the last four months. In addition ...
01 Jan 2004 - 06:48: NewsDecember3103: Another Year Bites The Dust! Well, after another mini sabbatical over the Christmas holiday, I'm back and at it all again. And have been for a few days, actually ...
23 Dec 2003 - 05:28: NewsDecember2203: Major changes coming! In a sort of mini epiphany I had earlier today regarding the forthcoming upgrade of the old MZ Online site, I did some research and have designed ...
22 Dec 2003 - 03:54: NewsDecember2103: Progress, in many ways! Well, as anticipated/expected, I've pretty much finished version two of my invoicing system. Most of the changes I had left to make were copies ...
19 Dec 2003 - 21:21: NewsDecember1903: Been a long week? Although it can't seem like it's already Friday, it is. Much has transpired over the course of the week, as I'll outline below. With now only five ...
16 Dec 2003 - 02:27: NewsDecember1503: Snow and Ice? Well, as it turns out, I cancelled my day activities to head for Renville for our first One Act meeting post auditionus (note the latin influence ...
15 Dec 2003 - 06:22: NewsDecember1403: Auditions Are Good! I'm very pleased to report that One Act Auditions went over quite well. Not the best turnout I've seen, but there were new faces in the crowd ...
15 Dec 2003 - 05:39: NewsDecember803: And it's on to... ...One Act! After some looking around at various scripts, I've chosen a One Act play to do this year. It's entitled 'The Diary of Adam and Eve ...
15 Dec 2003 - 00:23: NewsDecember103: Another Matt Sabbatical? Yeah, it's been another long time since I updated this Web News thing my apologies for anyone who reads this with regularity. Main reason ...
09 Nov 2003 - 02:37: NewsNovember803: Matt Fell Off The Face Of The Planet... Well, maybe not quite that bad, but I've definitely been busy. Sadly, too busy to take any time to write. I am still ...
21 Sep 2003 - 04:19: NewsSeptember2003: Not Quite As Long... ...since the last update. I'm getting better at it. Not a whole lot new since the last post. Still occasionally working on the database ...
16 Sep 2003 - 22:23: NewsSeptember1603: My, My, How Time Flies! Well, here we are again, another week and something since the last news post. It's my fault...but life has again been quite busy. I will ...
07 Sep 2003 - 19:13: NewsSeptember703: Yikes, it's...SEPTEMBER? Okay, okay...so a week into September I finally get around to writing another news post. Ah well, my apologies. Business...or BUSY ness ...
30 Aug 2003 - 23:30: NewsAugust3003: More Play Stuff As expected, the perusal score for the show arrived on Thursday...so I've been looking at that off and on throughout the last few days. I also managed ...
28 Aug 2003 - 02:15: NewsAugust2703: Yikes, almost a week... ...since my last news posting. Well, as I think I mentioned in every other news post this month, things have been busy...and this isn't stopping ...
22 Aug 2003 - 03:45: NewsAugust2103: Computer Parts! I received the bulk of the internal parts (including case) of my latest computer build a big one. This is a beast of a machine going together, and ...
16 Aug 2003 - 23:12: NewsAugust1603: More...of the...same. Not much has been happening around here, minus the perpetual business of life. But, I have selected a finalist for production as RCW Three Act ...
13 Aug 2003 - 01:05: NewsAugust1203: Long time, no see... Yeah, I know I've been gone for some time away from here. But, things have been busy... The Hills Are Alive... ...with The Sound of Music! ...
08 Aug 2003 - 04:25: NewsAugust703: Fair Days We made a quick trip to the Stevens County Fair tonight after work. Always a good (and free, which makes it all the better) time. Managed to pick up a ...
06 Aug 2003 - 02:35: NewsAugust503: And There Was...THREE ACT! Yes, it's official! Matt was appointed RCW Three Act director officially today. This is cool news, and I was quite stoked to hear about ...
05 Aug 2003 - 03:24: NewsAugust403: Wedding Bells Have Rung... Well, we returned yesterday afternoon from our trip to the cities. Overall, it was a fun time. We left on Friday morning and picked ...
01 Aug 2003 - 02:29: NewsJuly3103: And Here We Are... ...the end of July ... In a word, YiKeS! Much time has passed, and only a little bit of summer remains. I guess all good things must eventually ...
28 Jul 2003 - 03:28: NewsJuly2703: And We Were In Canada! Yes, it's happened! The Trip To Canada pictures from Matt Brian's 1999 adventure are back online! Also in a new format, the TWiki! Some ...
24 Jul 2003 - 03:07: NewsJuly2303: And George's Pictures Were...Thumbnailed? Yes, it's correct I have finally made it through the many, many pictures of our little demon cat. Make sure to check ...
23 Jul 2003 - 04:57: NewsJuly2203: Picture Update... Well, I've finally started working on converting GeorgePictures to the new thumbnail preview mode (as the rest of the MattPictures are). It's a ...
22 Jul 2003 - 02:19: NewsJuly2103: Reunion Time? Well, the magical 5 year has come and gone...and was actually a pretty decent time. I was somewhat hesitant as to what was going on/what would happen ...
17 Jul 2003 - 03:24: NewsJuly1603: Pictures...and MORE Pictures... I spent some time this evening going through a big paper grocery bag of pictures...several hundred in all. Needless to say, I need ...
16 Jul 2003 - 03:31: NewsJuly1503: Random Quotes! After browsing through the TWiki:Plugins web a week ago or so, I decided to install and implement a few new ones of interest. The first one was the ...
15 Jul 2003 - 03:23: NewsJuly1403: Let PDFs Reign! I ran across two very interesting links today, the first of which makes me very excited! It's a program called CutePDF, and (the basic version, which ...
13 Jul 2003 - 01:08: NewsJuly1203: Canada Revisited! After much time contemplating this move, I've decided to again re add the Canada trip pictures. They've been on a hiatus for at least three years ...
09 Jul 2003 - 22:36: NewsJuly903: Let Pictures Be Shown! Okay, the project is nearly complete. After doing the Perl stuff as mentioned in the last news post, I found and implemented a relatively easy ...
08 Jul 2003 - 04:00: NewsJuly703: New Stuff! Well, after a somewhat uneventful Sunday (after work, that is)...I've come back on Monday (today) to do some stuff. Of course it's website related. ...
06 Jul 2003 - 02:58: NewsJuly503: New Pictures! Well, as 'promised', I have added some storm pictures to the site. They're of not the greatest quality, but I took them through the windows of my pickup ...
05 Jul 2003 - 03:22: NewsJuly403: Happy Birthday! A Happy 4th of July to you all, in the case you happen to be reading this. Python Transition Complete I just finished the move to the TWiki for ...
03 Jul 2003 - 03:01: NewsJuly203PartDeux: And It Was Fixed! Okay, so it turns out that the aforementioned problem with Internet Explorer in testing the Python TWiki Conversion ended up being a server side ...
02 Jul 2003 - 19:52: NewsJuly203: Almost Complete! Well, the Monty Python TWikification Project is more or less complete! This is obviously a Good Thing! However, it's not all happy go lucky time ...
01 Jul 2003 - 22:02: NewsJuly103: More Progress! I'm approximately 62% complete with the Holy Grail Screenplay conversion (total progress of what was already online: ~75%). I'm trying something new ...
01 Jul 2003 - 03:03: NewsJune3003: Many Days Have Come And Gone... Well, things seem now to be slowing down...somewhat. After being gone for a few days, putting together a musical production, and just ...
25 Jun 2003 - 18:16: NewsJune2503: One Step Closer... The Monty Python TWiki Changeover has gone somewhat faster than I'd anticipated. Fortunately, the transfer from stock HTML to TWiki Style has been ...
24 Jun 2003 - 16:34: NewsJune2403: Rain, Rain, More Rain... This has been continually the case since about Saturday afternoon...very humid...and very rainy. Several (somewhat severe) storms have passed ...
23 Jun 2003 - 00:53: NewsJune2203: Happy Anniversary! Well, it's the big #1 here. One year of marriage. An interesting concept, really. Fortunately, after a relatively strange (don't ask) end ...
19 Jun 2003 - 14:36: NewsJune1803: And There Was Bryce... After some minor prodding by some folks at one of the message boards where I reside, I was brought back to the land of Bryce a land where ...
17 Jun 2003 - 03:10: NewsJune1603: More configurations... After realizing that some configuration changes were still needed with certain services on the network (such as sendmail, which was 99% of the ...
15 Jun 2003 - 03:29: NewsJune1403: Server Upgrade Complete With the completion of the last minor tasks necessary to get things back up and running in a more permanent sense, the server split and upgrade ...
14 Jun 2003 - 04:19: NewsJune1303: Back to NORMAL!!! After taking some time to cut back the upper portion of the multi shelf unit (which used to hold the printers), I've turned it into something much ...
10 Jun 2003 - 02:15: NewsJune903: One Step Closer To Normal After some (more) tinkering with the server box (NS), I've managed to get some other weirdnesses fixed. Most of these are minor in nature ...
07 Jun 2003 - 20:55: NewsJune703: Unanticipated Performance Gain! After last night's posting about the NS server box going through its next phase of life, I was glad to be done. Now both machines ...
07 Jun 2003 - 05:14: NewsJune603: The Server LIVES! After taking far too long to get to this evening, I finally tackled the server conversion project. Ultimately with success, although the battle ...
06 Jun 2003 - 02:55: NewsJune503: Server Update! After some wrestling with FTP, NFS, SMB, and all other sorts of file transfer/sharing protocols, I managed to get the data I want to keep from the old ...
05 Jun 2003 - 03:32: NewsJune403: New Links! I've changed the MattLinks page somewhat to reflect some new things I've found and additions I figured appropriate. I added a hilarious reference (see ...
04 Jun 2003 - 02:29: NewsJune303: Firewall Rules... So, I've managed to do some serious research with formats in iptables and how it really differs from ipchains. I'm in the process now of deciding ...
02 Jun 2003 - 02:02: NewsJune103: And The Run Was Complete... At long last, day 7 of 7 at work has arrived. And there was much rejoicing! What am I planning on doing during my day off? That's ...
01 Jun 2003 - 02:41: NewsMay3103: And They Rotated! After my battle with the image linkers over the last few months, I've managed to get the situation under control even to the point where I have ...
31 May 2003 - 04:12: NewsMay3003: And there were Five... Day 5 of 7 consecutive work days is complete. Two to go... Woohoo!!! In other news... We went to see Bruce Almighty at the good ol' ...
29 May 2003 - 00:42: NewsMay2803: DICT Progress Is Made... I took some time last night while doing other things (offline away from the computer) to download all sorts of stuff (indicies and data ...
27 May 2003 - 23:27: NewsMay2703: Another year passes... Yup, another birthday has come and gone...and I'm as a result one year older than I was. Pretty slow and relaxing weekend, which was good ...
23 May 2003 - 20:40: NewsMay2303: Spare Parts? It's time for some housecleaning with regards to my stockpile of spare computer parts. I've got everything from older cases to motherboards, processors ...
23 May 2003 - 02:45: NewsMay2203: And Printing Was Good... I've managed to (albeit slowly) get most of the server's services running, including printer support. Granted, this was made considerably ...
20 May 2003 - 03:28: NewsMay1903: RedHat 9 And It Was Good. As you may guess by that title, progress is being made. I haven't had as much time to dedicate to this project as I'd like, but nonetheless ...
18 May 2003 - 04:01: NewsMay1703: It's ALIVE! You read correctly, grasshopper. The (new) server box lives...RedHat 9. And it was good! I'm pretty sure I figured out what the problem was with ...
16 May 2003 - 21:07: NewsMay1603: Major Change in Site Look! I started tinkering with it last night, and anyone who's been here in the last 24 hours or so would've definitely known I was up to something ...
16 May 2003 - 02:46: NewsMay1503: No DICT for you! For some strange reason, I've been unable to access dict.org for the last week or better. DNS queries are returning the correct information, but ...
15 May 2003 - 04:03: NewsMay1403: The WebSearch is over! Or something like that... This evening I made the aforementioned (previous news item) changes regarding the search skin for Matt's Home on the ...
14 May 2003 - 03:57: NewsMay1303: The Server Soon Will Live! The parts I'd ordered arrived today! What does this mean? Eventually I'll have a new server box. Upon beginning the installation of RedHat ...
13 May 2003 - 02:56: NewsMay1203: The Resistance: 2 The Enemy: 0 After some more (final) work on the picture display script (the bandwidth reducer problem fixer), I've added a (minor) security fix ...
09 May 2003 - 16:39: NewsMay903: The Resistance: 1 The Enemy: 0 Yeah, you read that correctly. If you've read enough of these news posts, you'd know that I'm referring to the image linking problem ...
08 May 2003 - 20:08: NewsMay803: It's Miller Time! Now that the Modern Functional Programming project is actually fully complete , it's time to break out the beers! Now it's time to work on some ...
07 May 2003 - 04:36: NewsMay603: I've made some changes to the News System. Namely the addition of "Events" in my life. In addition to the somewhat stagnant and always 'past' news () exclamation ...
03 May 2003 - 23:24: NewsMay303: Perl is my friend. With that said, if you read the last (NewsMay103) news entry, you should understand what I'm talking about. I took a few hours yesterday to permanently ...
02 May 2003 - 02:13: NewsMay103: I've decided on my major personal web projects for this summer. For a long time, mzonline.com has been in need of some serious work. It's got far too much verbage ...
25 Apr 2003 - 21:37: NewsApril2503: Woohoo! Our MFP project is nearing completion, and is actually going to be 'comfortably' done (meaning no last minute stay up until 5am type of work is necessary) ...
22 Apr 2003 - 20:12: NewsApril2203: May 10 is not all that far away, which is both good and bad. There's lots of stuff to do...and little to no time in which to do it. Fortunately, the Modern Functional ...
19 Apr 2003 - 03:22: NewsApril1803: I have decided that my extra machine (sitting off to the side currently) will be my test box for RedHat 9. I've secured my .ISOs and put them on CD...so all I need ...
16 Apr 2003 - 04:05: NewsApril1503: I made another major change in the site today it has to do with overall look (and some performance). One thing that I like a lot about TWiki in general is the ...
16 Apr 2003 - 03:39: NewsApril1303: Another server box? After picking up some relatively cheap replacement parts, I've managed to get another box online on the network. Well, not completely online ...
16 Apr 2003 - 03:38: NewsApril1103: Summer building projects announced! I've got a few major upcoming projects this summer that will hopefully be a good time. I've been itchin' to get out my saws ...
16 Apr 2003 - 03:37: NewsApril903: Oops! Well, the upgrade was mostly complete, minus one major thing: Internet Explorer I've never been much a fan of IE, ever. Sadly, most of the world uses it ...
16 Apr 2003 - 03:36: NewsApril803: Woohoo! The upgrade is complete! After some minor tinkering with the EMailMatt and CommentsQuestions forms and general testing, I decided to make the thing go live ...
16 Apr 2003 - 03:35: NewsApril603: The website upgrade is almost complete. I've made some major changes to the way the news system works and looks (if only on an 'internal' and structural basis) and ...
16 Apr 2003 - 03:34: NewsApril403: Two important news items to note for this post: 1 I've begun the official complete transition from stock .html pages to cool Wiki pages for the entire Matt's Home ...
16 Apr 2003 - 03:34: NewsApril303: I've had to do something today that I was hoping to never have to do ban access by default to an entire part of the mzonline.com site. Why? To give the in depth ...
16 Apr 2003 - 03:33: NewsApril203: The Rat Bastards Strike Back! For MFP (Modern Functional Programming), we were allowed to choose our own projects...and more importantly, our own groups. Of course ...
16 Apr 2003 - 03:32: NewsMarch3103: After about a week of strange behavior, I've decided to essentially discontinue the use of my AOL Instant Messenger presence. For the last week or so, it seems that ...
16 Apr 2003 - 03:32: NewsMarch2803: Major news! For some reason this wasn't overly obvious to me...until about a day ago. I've got this TWiki thing which can do so much...but yet I'm not using it to ...
16 Apr 2003 - 03:30: NewsMarch1803: Hooray! The piano got tuned again today! Not that it was in dire need of it, but it was good to get done...and get some random stuff fixed with it. Nice thing about ...
16 Apr 2003 - 03:29: NewsMarch1203: So, not much new. Got the One Act 2003 Scrapbooks completed. They look much nicer than last year, and turned out nice. Also got some Letter certificates completed ...
16 Apr 2003 - 03:28: NewsMarch903: Spring Break has sprung! Been working on getting the One Act 2003 Scrapbooks printed. They've been written now, and hopefully by Tuesday will have been printed. ...
16 Apr 2003 - 03:28: NewsMarch603: There are actually two news items on this post. The first one is also the more obvious (if you've ever been here before). The news system has gone live! This is ...
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