tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606981Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:28:11 +0000fryspermalinkGoogle+mathorionoverchargesNPMcellphonefinancedrive failureapplesolarwindsdilbertmonitoringcringelytechnology planstevejobsghostmultisitesystems managementwordpressATTNCMSEOweirdaltelecommutespamoutragevideoemailproductivitysearch engine optimizationsocial mediaclonezillatextingnetflowFacebooklaptopweb designSome of my technical ramblingshttp://leonadato.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Leon)Blogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606981.post-5745535813399750479Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +00002011-10-20T08:00:18.884-04:00permalinkwordpressmultisiteOne of my customers alerted me to the fact that permalinks (such as the "recent posts" section on the sidebar) weren't working on a sub-blog on their multisite installation. Instead they got a "Page not found" error. I did a quick bit of poking around and found that none of the permalinks on any of the sub-blogs were working. If I hard-coded a non-permalink URL (http://www.thesite.com/sub-blog1/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeonsLog/~3/vYutM3f8Z5g/fun-with-wordpress-multisite-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leon)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iBbVS5WkhdvDzXMxtS5ZtZr8rEA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iBbVS5WkhdvDzXMxtS5ZtZr8rEA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iBbVS5WkhdvDzXMxtS5ZtZr8rEA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iBbVS5WkhdvDzXMxtS5ZtZr8rEA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeonsLog/~4/vYutM3f8Z5g" height="1" width="1"/>http://leonadato.blogspot.com/2011/10/fun-with-wordpress-multisite-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606981.post-2672855790454304809Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:31:00 +00002011-10-17T15:31:59.811-04:00dilberttechnology planI have never, ever understood the concept of a 5-year plan, nor the need for a certain level of management to spend 1-3 months tuning said plan each and every year. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeonsLog/~3/6yPpElHuVfY/thats-35-in-dog-years.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leon)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SezHsDSrEMAIzHGYhyKyAuKzCx0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SezHsDSrEMAIzHGYhyKyAuKzCx0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SezHsDSrEMAIzHGYhyKyAuKzCx0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SezHsDSrEMAIzHGYhyKyAuKzCx0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeonsLog/~4/6yPpElHuVfY" height="1" width="1"/>http://leonadato.blogspot.com/2011/10/thats-35-in-dog-years.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606981.post-4594732781212182137Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:00:00 +00002011-09-28T10:00:11.146-04:00orionsolarwindsnetflowIf you are using SolarWinds' NetFlow Analyzer modle (NTA) then you might have run into the confusion about all the different settings. Most people keep them at the default but if you are experiencing performance hits, you will want to see where a tweak here or there might be beneficial. The problem is (and no disrespect meant to the hard working tech writers at Solarwinds), the options don't http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeonsLog/~3/-vLf2n2uXIg/going-with-netflow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leon)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0R4IXt0DfOLBLQl3DEJUtwAlBro/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0R4IXt0DfOLBLQl3DEJUtwAlBro/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0R4IXt0DfOLBLQl3DEJUtwAlBro/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0R4IXt0DfOLBLQl3DEJUtwAlBro/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeonsLog/~4/-vLf2n2uXIg" height="1" width="1"/>http://leonadato.blogspot.com/2011/09/going-with-netflow.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606981.post-4956511210499302024Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:21:00 +00002011-09-27T11:21:48.308-04:00videoemailspamweirdalThere's disaster recovery, and then there's how you recover from a disaster. No, I'm not talking about Irene. I'm talking about the perfect storm of travel, customer visits, and a crashing hard disk. It's a familiar story. I mean, hard drives gotta die sometime. That's what the MTBF (mean time between failures) rating IS. And since I use my laptop (yes, the big one) almost constantly,  it was http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeonsLog/~3/599c-9W1Bz4/self-reliance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leon)2<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qdN31PRTMsc5L5ddXGbnwF7eu1k/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qdN31PRTMsc5L5ddXGbnwF7eu1k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qdN31PRTMsc5L5ddXGbnwF7eu1k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qdN31PRTMsc5L5ddXGbnwF7eu1k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeonsLog/~4/599c-9W1Bz4" height="1" width="1"/>http://leonadato.blogspot.com/2011/09/self-reliance.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606981.post-691206736296207138Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +00002011-09-06T08:00:02.852-04:00orionsolarwindsNCMNPMThis is an enhancement to a thread that originally started on thwack: Since NPM 10.1.x, everyone has enjoyed the ability to use AD groups rather than individual user accounts. Yay for NPM. But now in NCM, we have to somehow validate all these "new" users in NCM. Users who might not even have logged in yet, because you added an AD GROUP rather than a single account. To do that, in NPM you have http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeonsLog/~3/w6ZLSmBkaY4/solarwinds-giving-rights-to-ncm-without.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leon)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/j3KeQktFRBMh4Kw1ID7v9hQvlLU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/j3KeQktFRBMh4Kw1ID7v9hQvlLU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/j3KeQktFRBMh4Kw1ID7v9hQvlLU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/j3KeQktFRBMh4Kw1ID7v9hQvlLU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeonsLog/~4/w6ZLSmBkaY4" height="1" width="1"/>http://leonadato.blogspot.com/2011/09/solarwinds-giving-rights-to-ncm-without.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606981.post-2636118425597361395Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +00002011-08-30T08:00:10.046-04:00orionsolarwindssystems managementmonitoringNPM(Originally posted on www.thwack.com here) This is the third in a series of posts where, in the name of giving back to the community, I'm going to share some of the customizations that make SolarWinds a little more robust for us and our customers. First, a little background about my company and how we use SolarWinds. Sentinel is an IT solutions provider that focuses on communications http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeonsLog/~3/z6ljUcyZikE/third-and-final-post-on-solarwinds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leon)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0cOGp7PQHJaOXc0MjIYNglzXFtY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0cOGp7PQHJaOXc0MjIYNglzXFtY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0cOGp7PQHJaOXc0MjIYNglzXFtY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0cOGp7PQHJaOXc0MjIYNglzXFtY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeonsLog/~4/z6ljUcyZikE" height="1" width="1"/>http://leonadato.blogspot.com/2011/08/third-and-final-post-on-solarwinds.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606981.post-138638701516316672Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:16:00 +00002011-08-25T10:16:50.619-04:00cringelystevejobsapple...isn't even my own words. I've been a big fan of Robert X. Cringely - not his real name, and a name used elsewhere in the IT industry by someone else. But this is the REAL Robert X. The one who used to write the back page of InfoWorld and gave us "Accidental Empires" (the book, the movie!). Cringely is IT's answer to House. He's not always right, but he's always eventually right. And he's gothttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeonsLog/~3/dgYtywj9QTI/first-and-maybe-last-thing-ill-say.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leon)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bPzwhFTo7W7QZdCRi6C0Ixn9hBg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bPzwhFTo7W7QZdCRi6C0Ixn9hBg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bPzwhFTo7W7QZdCRi6C0Ixn9hBg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bPzwhFTo7W7QZdCRi6C0Ixn9hBg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeonsLog/~4/dgYtywj9QTI" height="1" width="1"/>http://leonadato.blogspot.com/2011/08/first-and-maybe-last-thing-ill-say.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606981.post-5780494553370008021Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +00002011-08-25T08:00:12.218-04:00The Problem I've got a client with a multi-site installation of Wordpress, who decided they needed to email both newsletters and individual blog posts not only from the main site, but from each sub-site as well. MailPress seemed like the best choice, so I went with it. Installing and (Network) activating the plugin went fine. Setting up the main site went fine. Activating the customized http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeonsLog/~3/ffGiy1IRnAI/mailpress-and-wordpress-multi-site.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leon)2<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QYRbFTCdm6o4eYSibJ_qh82MOhU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QYRbFTCdm6o4eYSibJ_qh82MOhU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QYRbFTCdm6o4eYSibJ_qh82MOhU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QYRbFTCdm6o4eYSibJ_qh82MOhU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeonsLog/~4/ffGiy1IRnAI" height="1" width="1"/>http://leonadato.blogspot.com/2011/08/mailpress-and-wordpress-multi-site.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606981.post-5841184205255565125Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +00002011-08-23T08:00:15.067-04:00search engine optimizationweb designSEOIn the first first post of this series, I pointed out that SEO companies sell features that can be done easily by most people, thus avoiding cost. As a reminder, those 4 simple, easy-to-accomplish techniques are: Having a descriptive domain name Creating and submitting a sitemap Descriptive titles and meaningful content Getting other websites to link to you In this post I want to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeonsLog/~3/TF7fK1dP2qQ/seo-lies-and-video-tape-part-5.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leon)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jX5CHk7WnybdtRs2bHyua4kTIrI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jX5CHk7WnybdtRs2bHyua4kTIrI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jX5CHk7WnybdtRs2bHyua4kTIrI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jX5CHk7WnybdtRs2bHyua4kTIrI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeonsLog/~4/TF7fK1dP2qQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://leonadato.blogspot.com/2011/08/seo-lies-and-video-tape-part-5.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606981.post-9016354309902458125Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +00002011-08-22T08:00:20.583-04:00orionsolarwindssystems managementmonitoringNPMhttp://leonadato.blogspot.com/2011/05/i-posted-this-over-on-thwack.htmlThis is the second part of a 3 part series I posted over on www.thwack.com about ways to make their premier toolset - Solarwinds Orion network performance manager (NPM) jump through hoops. You can find the first post here (or on Thwack, here) This is the second in a series of posts where, in the name of giving back to the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeonsLog/~3/EDpXDoNhnaM/second-post-on-solarwinds-tricks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leon)2<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hKLVXQyvPpP3Y7mlVP9ueah18Wg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hKLVXQyvPpP3Y7mlVP9ueah18Wg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hKLVXQyvPpP3Y7mlVP9ueah18Wg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hKLVXQyvPpP3Y7mlVP9ueah18Wg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeonsLog/~4/EDpXDoNhnaM" height="1" width="1"/>http://leonadato.blogspot.com/2011/08/second-post-on-solarwinds-tricks.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606981.post-8546344897446661092Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:22:00 +00002011-08-19T13:22:37.503-04:00cellphonetextingoutrageoverchargesfinanceATTmathAs exemplified by this article on Gizmodo (AT&T's New Text Plan Overcharges You By 10,000,000 Percent), a good grasp of math - even relatively simple number sense - is never a bad thing to have. The key part of that article: "AT&T charges $25 for 2 gigabytes of mobile data, which states how much they think their bits and bytes are worth. That comes out to 80 megabytes per dollar. 80 megabytes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeonsLog/~3/6oq8Rx8wO-k/why-you-should-pay-attention-in-math.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leon)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/If_cwT2coKUZBx-huYkgk3HJ2kU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/If_cwT2coKUZBx-huYkgk3HJ2kU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/If_cwT2coKUZBx-huYkgk3HJ2kU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/If_cwT2coKUZBx-huYkgk3HJ2kU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeonsLog/~4/6oq8Rx8wO-k" height="1" width="1"/>http://leonadato.blogspot.com/2011/08/why-you-should-pay-attention-in-math.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606981.post-1176681831925791011Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +00002011-08-18T08:00:02.996-04:00search engine optimizationweb designSEOIn the first first post of this series, I pointed out that SEO companies sell features that can be done easily by most people, thus avoiding cost. As a reminder, those 4 simple, easy-to-accomplish techniques are: Having a descriptive domain name Creating and submitting a sitemap Descriptive titles and meaningful content Getting other websites to link to you In this post I want to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeonsLog/~3/3IdKcUeXrfc/seo-lies-and-video-tape-part-4.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leon)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VGL4EqbQD7WRdQTEd8yD8vqpEC4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VGL4EqbQD7WRdQTEd8yD8vqpEC4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VGL4EqbQD7WRdQTEd8yD8vqpEC4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VGL4EqbQD7WRdQTEd8yD8vqpEC4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeonsLog/~4/3IdKcUeXrfc" height="1" width="1"/>http://leonadato.blogspot.com/2011/08/seo-lies-and-video-tape-part-4.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606981.post-3091512392027021681Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:42:00 +00002011-08-16T21:42:45.026-04:00...although I (along with my good friend Doug) have to wonder where Pandora is. http://blog.favo.rs/periodic-table-social-web/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeonsLog/~3/pHR0ibTjD88/another-great-use-for-periodic-table.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leon)1<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QRcTHCqQ_V84Pxw4Dipel0viY04/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QRcTHCqQ_V84Pxw4Dipel0viY04/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QRcTHCqQ_V84Pxw4Dipel0viY04/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QRcTHCqQ_V84Pxw4Dipel0viY04/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeonsLog/~4/pHR0ibTjD88" height="1" width="1"/>http://leonadato.blogspot.com/2011/08/another-great-use-for-periodic-table.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606981.post-3165767926801873567Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +00002011-08-16T08:00:10.953-04:00search engine optimizationweb designIn the first first post of this series, I pointed out that SEO companies sell features that can be done easily by most people, thus avoiding cost. As a reminder, those 4 simple, easy-to-accomplish techniques are: Having a descriptive domain name Creating and submitting a sitemap Descriptive titles and meaningful content Getting other websites to link to you Last time I discussed domain http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeonsLog/~3/TW2LOfJE28U/seo-lies-and-video-tape-part-3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leon)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4oDn1Fgk_CSrVqeIgqGuQ__77Cg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4oDn1Fgk_CSrVqeIgqGuQ__77Cg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4oDn1Fgk_CSrVqeIgqGuQ__77Cg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4oDn1Fgk_CSrVqeIgqGuQ__77Cg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeonsLog/~4/TW2LOfJE28U" height="1" width="1"/>http://leonadato.blogspot.com/2011/08/seo-lies-and-video-tape-part-3.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606981.post-1759181215058978183Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:19:00 +00002011-08-14T11:19:47.397-04:00dilbertproductivitytelecommuteWell, except for the abject honesty of the boss. But as a self-described "telecommuting evangelist", this comes amazingly close to real-life discussions.  copyright Scott Adams, etc etc, blah blah. As if you couldn't tell.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeonsLog/~3/Ex9z1vm5eV8/telecommuting-i-have-had-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leon)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/i6z-th68AA8lAOprXwVhiAMvHj8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/i6z-th68AA8lAOprXwVhiAMvHj8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/i6z-th68AA8lAOprXwVhiAMvHj8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/i6z-th68AA8lAOprXwVhiAMvHj8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeonsLog/~4/Ex9z1vm5eV8" height="1" width="1"/>http://leonadato.blogspot.com/2011/08/telecommuting-i-have-had-this.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606981.post-2583371904139170342Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +00002011-08-12T08:00:01.455-04:00search engine optimizationweb designSEOIn my last post, I pointed out that SEO companies sell features that can be done easily by most people, thus avoiding cost. As a reminder, those 4 simple, easy-to-accomplish techniques are: Having a descriptive domain name Creating and submitting a sitemap Descriptive titles and meaningful content Getting other websites to link to you In this post I want to explore the first item: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeonsLog/~3/rBnpgfx98Ao/seo-lies-and-video-tape-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leon)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-kwqqQmFkLCc4MpwZDESioSy7y4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-kwqqQmFkLCc4MpwZDESioSy7y4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-kwqqQmFkLCc4MpwZDESioSy7y4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-kwqqQmFkLCc4MpwZDESioSy7y4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeonsLog/~4/rBnpgfx98Ao" height="1" width="1"/>http://leonadato.blogspot.com/2011/08/seo-lies-and-video-tape-part-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606981.post-762078519051811314Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:55:00 +00002011-08-10T10:55:25.020-04:00search engine optimizationweb designSEOSearch Engine Optimization (SEO) companies promise big money (for those using their services, naturally). They toss around figures about tens of millions of online searches every day that could be generating thousands of dollars in revenue, but only if your site ranks high enough on searches - only if you act now, no time to wait, operators are standing by! Page Rank - how http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeonsLog/~3/ohwriIn6Re8/seo-lies-and-video-tape.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leon)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/c4SIdZ7T2vgRorlZfQQOIDQrsfs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/c4SIdZ7T2vgRorlZfQQOIDQrsfs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/c4SIdZ7T2vgRorlZfQQOIDQrsfs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/c4SIdZ7T2vgRorlZfQQOIDQrsfs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeonsLog/~4/ohwriIn6Re8" height="1" width="1"/>http://leonadato.blogspot.com/2011/08/seo-lies-and-video-tape.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606981.post-5619495945849537287Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:57:00 +00002011-07-13T08:57:22.775-04:00Google+Facebooksocial mediaSomeone on Facebook just asked me what was the compelling reason to look at Google+. Here's my response: Seriously, it's less scattered than FB. It's easier to manage people you are associated with, and to decide which messages/posts/whatever each group sees on a post-by-post basis (if you want to get down to that level). There are NO ads. Right now my FB sidebar is telling me that 3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeonsLog/~3/hSsOJbrnZnM/google.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leon)3<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/caGnnF490h_NpFnm1QO9X5JiohY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/caGnnF490h_NpFnm1QO9X5JiohY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/caGnnF490h_NpFnm1QO9X5JiohY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/caGnnF490h_NpFnm1QO9X5JiohY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeonsLog/~4/hSsOJbrnZnM" height="1" width="1"/>http://leonadato.blogspot.com/2011/07/google.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606981.post-1413590725857630696Tue, 17 May 2011 23:43:00 +00002011-05-17T19:43:22.983-04:00A couple of years ago, I had the opportunity to buy any laptop I wanted (within reason.) My thought was that I wanted something larger than a 15.x" screen, so that put me in the 17.x" camp. I work with a great VAR so I just bounced ideas off him, along with a few models I had found. He responded that he had a laptop that had 1Gb more than my choice, and 100Gb more disk. It was only $100 more. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeonsLog/~3/gVTnGRCesnc/yes-its-big-get-over-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leon)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LJF3r8DZVse-E-jWjIj9I_eUWrI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LJF3r8DZVse-E-jWjIj9I_eUWrI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LJF3r8DZVse-E-jWjIj9I_eUWrI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LJF3r8DZVse-E-jWjIj9I_eUWrI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeonsLog/~4/gVTnGRCesnc" height="1" width="1"/>http://leonadato.blogspot.com/2011/05/yes-its-big-get-over-it.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606981.post-1710866973936203775Wed, 11 May 2011 20:29:00 +00002011-05-13T16:41:02.509-04:00Seriously. Read this.  Come to think of it, I should probably print this and hand it out to certain members of my family, and stand over them to make sure they read it. And then show them the clue-by-four I'll smack them with if they violate the rules set therein. http://lifehacker.com/#!5798413/how-to-identify-and-avoid-spreading-misinformation-myths-and-urban-legends-on-the-internet How to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeonsLog/~3/FHlcH2VmgbA/required-reading-if-you-ever-want-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leon)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VGbf95FSocHTRv8Ykcas25vageI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VGbf95FSocHTRv8Ykcas25vageI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VGbf95FSocHTRv8Ykcas25vageI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VGbf95FSocHTRv8Ykcas25vageI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeonsLog/~4/FHlcH2VmgbA" height="1" width="1"/>http://leonadato.blogspot.com/2011/05/required-reading-if-you-ever-want-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606981.post-101518973453118193Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:19:00 +00002011-04-27T21:19:30.383-04:00One of my clients runs a modest sales site... (cough! shamlessly promoting bathroomonkey.com! cough!) ...and today was apparently upgraded Wednesday. Both Wordpress (3.1.2) and WP-ecommerce (3.8.2) needed to be updated. Problem 1: The Wordpress failed with "Fatal error: Allowed memory size of...". I tried the php.ini trick (it had worked for me in the past - you just make a file named http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeonsLog/~3/hBVY8PV4mqE/wordpress-wp-ecommerce-and-fatal-memory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leon)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oXQakIIDuV2371Zu7v-ZF1A_RgQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oXQakIIDuV2371Zu7v-ZF1A_RgQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oXQakIIDuV2371Zu7v-ZF1A_RgQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oXQakIIDuV2371Zu7v-ZF1A_RgQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeonsLog/~4/hBVY8PV4mqE" height="1" width="1"/>http://leonadato.blogspot.com/2011/04/wordpress-wp-ecommerce-and-fatal-memory.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606981.post-1230010629214737459Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:29:00 +00002011-04-04T09:29:49.435-04:00There are so many reasons why I like Indexed. Today's post is just another example.    Robert Fulgham wrote a great piece (OK, I happen to think he's written *a lot* of great pieces) on creativity and how limited we believe we are as we get older. You can find it here (not Mr. Fulgham's site, but the quickest link I could find), but here's one of the relevant parts: Ask a kindergarten class, “http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeonsLog/~3/bbMmjdC0YzI/write-sing-draw-dance-now-you-can-do-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leon)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xIiG1AiMjDUs_m-8c6unmi4o0Ng/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xIiG1AiMjDUs_m-8c6unmi4o0Ng/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xIiG1AiMjDUs_m-8c6unmi4o0Ng/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xIiG1AiMjDUs_m-8c6unmi4o0Ng/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeonsLog/~4/bbMmjdC0YzI" height="1" width="1"/>http://leonadato.blogspot.com/2011/04/write-sing-draw-dance-now-you-can-do-it.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606981.post-4772473378679859861Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:22:00 +00002011-03-23T08:22:09.248-04:00Not only do I feel like this sometimes, but there are so many elements of this I appreciate, from the "XKCD" logo on the guys t-shirt, to the CPAN statement in the first panel. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeonsLog/~3/e0DRgiIxJkw/coding-blues.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leon)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/llXRfAaLkc6YQC1DwGWzOAYT7DY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/llXRfAaLkc6YQC1DwGWzOAYT7DY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/llXRfAaLkc6YQC1DwGWzOAYT7DY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/llXRfAaLkc6YQC1DwGWzOAYT7DY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LeonsLog/~4/e0DRgiIxJkw" height="1" width="1"/>http://leonadato.blogspot.com/2011/03/coding-blues.html