posted in General Links, Tips, Web, Web Design on Sun. December 21, 2008 by Dan - 488 views
This article saved me a lot of headaches when trying to upgrade my WordPress blog database from MySQL4 to MySQL5:
Restore your WordPress Database From MySQL4 to MySQL5
Follow these easy-to-implement, non-destructive instructions and your blog's posts and pages will load faster than ever. Bye-bye pokey MySQL4! » More...
posted in News on Thu. December 18, 2008 by Dan - 233 views
Hopefully, this is the final change in plans...
Samai and I needed to cut some wedding costs, so we decided to cancel the reception at the Dockside in York, ME, and change it to the Great Bay Gallery in Somersworth.
The wedding will be at St. Joseph's Church in Dover at 11:00 AM on Saturday, May 23, 2009, with a reception following at the Great Bay Gallery. We have reserved half of the hall for the whole day so timing shouldn't be an issue, plus it is much closer to the church than York for all travelers.
Hopefully this option will cost us about half as much as originally planned, but will be as much, if not more fun... 
Here are the church and function hall web sites and driving directions links:
posted in Ramblings, Web Design on Wed. December 3, 2008 by Dan - 179 views
I was pretty disappointed when the 'Snowball Fight' video that I had created was found to be corrupted on the Jib Jab web site. That was one of my all-time favorites...
It's no substitute, but 'tis the Season once again and here goes for 2008:
Update 16Dec08: Changed to make post/video load faster using the Hana-Flv-Player plugin for WordPress...
You can still Download an MPEG formatted copy of this for the time-being... » More...
posted in News on Tue. December 2, 2008 by Dan - 246 views
Happy 10th Birthday, Michael!
Woo-hoo! Today my oldest nephew turns 10 years old. Yes, that's double-digits, folks, and there's no going back.
So to my favorite* pre-teen nephew:
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to Michael,
Happy Birthday to you!
Congratulations on becoming a pre-teen! We're all looking forward to your party on Saturday... » More...
posted in Consumers, General Links, Tips on Tue. November 25, 2008 by Dan - 2,644 views
NTIA DTV coupon program
UPDATE: The DTV Coupon Program officially ended on July 31, 2009. Further information regarding background and statistics can be found at at the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) web site.
On February 17, 2009, the television stations that broadcast analog signals over the air will be required to switch to digital. You don't need to worry about this unless you currently use a roof antenna or "rabbit ears" on your television to view TV.
If this is how you receive television signals in your home, then you will no longer be able to do so without a converter box to convert the new digital signal into the older analog format so your TV can understand it.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has been issuing coupons for DTV converter boxes since early 2008. They have set up a program to help people with the cost of a converter box. You can apply for up to 2 $40 coupons towards up to 2 converter boxes per household. » More...
