Bennie Mosher v2.0

My first videocast. There will be more!

2008-08-26T01:57:10-04:00

My first videocast. There will be more!

Twitter was down again. Is it time to switch to something else? The...

2008-08-25T11:08:45-04:00

Twitter was down again. Is it time to switch to something else? The being down is getting annoying!

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and...

2008-08-12T00:02:55-04:00

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me. – Revelation 3:20

GMail is down!!!

2008-08-11T17:46:58-04:00

OMG! Google never breaks anything live! I got this image when attempting to log into GMail today. Is the world going to end?

A video devotional from my favorite rapper ever, KJ-52, not fifty-two,...

2008-08-06T02:39:53-04:00

A video devotional from my favorite rapper ever, KJ-52, not fifty-two, its five two. This was an amazing devotional, and I will be posting more!

Technorati Profile

2008-07-29T00:53:05-04:00

I have joined Technorati, and have claimed my blog. Click here to view my Technorati Profile.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid...

2008-07-26T20:56:28-04:00

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.

Steve Jobs

The Ten Commandments of Web Design

2008-07-09T09:36:02-04:00

Although the title may sound wrong, BusinessWeek got it all right with this article. Through my many searches and browsing, I found this article: The Ten Commandments of Web Design.

Business Week captures many rules, that just about every web developer follows day to day. How many of the commandments are you following? Which ones do you need to capitalize on? Leave me a comment and let me know!

Presidental Candidate

2008-06-26T23:30:12-04:00

Well, I can’t hold it back anymore. I am running for president this year. My town just recently did a news report on me. Check it out!

What will your suffix be?

2008-06-26T16:25:03-04:00

Through browsing the internet today, I ran across a very exciting article. Icann has decided to relax the rules on top-level domains. Which means, our domain names don’t have to follow the regular .com, .net, .org nothingness. Which also means that we can get domain names like bennie.mosher. You can use anything for the suffix of your domain. This is going to be nice, but in the end could turn out bad.

What if extensions become the suffix of the domain? What if someone uses name.exe? Is that going to launch an application? This is untold from the basic news article that I have read.

Not only will it get confusing, but there could be domain name bidding wars that pop up. What’s going to be next? Are our crimes going to start revolving around who has what domain? Will this bring forth the evil side of all web geeks? Will web geeks start wearing headbands and start to claim they are from .blog? Whats next? Let me know what you think of all this. Comment below!

New doors open!

2008-06-26T17:22:01-04:00

Doors have opened once again for great opportunities. I have met a outstanding couple of gentlemen, who are starting their own web development team. I have kindly been asked to jump on the wagon and help them out. The company will be called Website Ninjas – Custom Web Solutions. The website will be under going some heavy construction as I redo everything. We are also going to have an illustrator draw out some ninjas for us, to use such as a mascot. Things are really starting to shape up and I am so excited. Designing will be my main part of the business, as well as coding out the good old HTML/CSS. I am also picking up Ruby on Rails, and will be in charge of all Ruby on Rails projects. Things are going to go well and we are all excited! Stay tune for updates on the projects.

Google apps for you?

2008-06-18T10:26:17-04:00

So, yesterday I was freaking out because I could not get my domains to work on my slice. I was trying everything possible that I could. I logged into the Slicehost forum and posted a request for help. Within a half hour a kind young gentleman, IMed me and asked if I still needed assistance. We opened up iChat and began to screen share.

After about a half hour of troubleshooting, we decided we needed to reinstall the whole slice. We backed everything up, and my new best buddy began to work while I watched.

I had to run home from work, and couldn’t be on the laptop for awhile, but I soon got some alarming emails. One of them was stating that I had signed up for Google Apps? Umm, I didn’t. My buddy had installed these Google apps that I wasn’t even aware of. Now my domain has email and everything, and the best part is it’s free.

Now, when you go to http://mail.benniemosher.com, it looks like you are logging right into GMail. Wait a minute, thats not GMail, that’s Bennie Mosher Mail!

They are so many other cool apps that you get with this as well, such as Google Documents, Google Calendar, Google Talk and others! You get the privacy of your own domain, but the power of Google all in one! Thank you my friend, you have made me one happy camper!

Do you need email on your slice? Visit the link above and get yours today!

Firefox 3 is now out!

2008-07-08T02:46:34-04:00

So, today is the new release of Firefox 3! Mozilla is trying to break a Guiness World Record for 5 million downloads in one day. I wonder if they can beat it or not.

The download wasn’t actually released until 1PM EST. Which makes no sense. Why would you be trying to beat a world record and than not release it until 13 hours have passed in the particular day? Doesn’t make sense, but I am sure that they will still make it. Mozilla Firefox is probably the best browser that is out there, and there are alot of individuals that will agree with me. They allow you to write and have plug-ins to have a browser that does everything you need it to.

The only thing I am disappointed about is the fact plug-in yet. I will be looking for this update, since I use firebug for half of my problems at work. Firebug fixes all kinds of problems.

Well, if you wanna know where to download the browser, the link is below. Have fun!

Good is hard to come by…

2008-06-18T10:26:02-04:00

Good hosting is always hard to come by. You get someone who has good tech support, but won’t let you run .htaccess files. All kinds of different problems can arise and it’s hard to find a good hosting company. I have always always had problems with finding the right hosting company, and now think that I have found probably the perfect one.

Slicehost!

Slicehost is what is called a VPS hosting company. Basically you have a virtual server out at a datacenter somewhere. Slicehost uses the analogy of an orange, or a grapefruit if you will. They give you what is called a ‘slice’. This is basically your own private virtual server. When you first get your slice, there is nothing on your server but basic ssh. They have extensive tutorials on how to set everything up.

So, basically you are the root user of your server, and you can control everything through ssh. This allows you to run your server the way that you want to run it, instead of having to live by someone else’s rules.

So, you think you broke your server and the world is gonna end? No problem. Head on over to the Slicehost chat, and chat with live members of the Slicehost staff. They help you with everything from finding their logos, to helping you find out how to set up that stupid virtual host you can’t figure out.

If you are looking for hosting, Slicehost is your best choice!

Slicehost is by far the best hosting company that I have been on. I love them and will probably never move to another hosting company.

Status Updates

2008-06-15T18:47:45-04:00

Well I have been using Twitter for a long time, and I like it. Recently, I found Plurk, another version of Twitter. I used it for about three weeks. It was awesome and I liked it, but no one really supports it right now. I was going to try and write a module for Chyrp to tie it in, but there isn’t any API notes anywhere for Plurk. So, instead I shall use Twitter and wait for the Twitter module to come back out that will work with Chyrp. They had one for the first version of Chyrp, but now they are working on an updated version that will work with v2.0. Can’t wait to be able to get it, than I will be able to tell y’all what I am doing without logging into my admin panel.

First posts are due!

2008-06-15T18:47:20-04:00

Well with every blog there is always going to be an contrary introductory post. There is never really any content to these first posts, usually not done on purpose. Things just seem to pane out that way. Well I don’t really have much to say on this first post, except for to stay tuned. I have decided to move BAMJr. Designs to BennieMosher.com, so that people know its me and don’t ask, “What’s BAMJr. Designs?”. Stay tuned as I posts thoughts I have and other things as well.

Thought of the day:

“…love your neighbor as yourself.”
— Matthew 19:19