LCM Research Blog

Why Entrepreneurs and (most) Startups fail

Admin — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:10:00 -0500

Just learned a new word ... "intrapreneur" when reading: http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/17/why-entrepreneurs-fail/ by Ashkan Karbasfrooshan .

Hard Delete in DNN

Admin — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 20:24:00 -0500

Nice tip by Chris Hammond on how to hard delete users in DotNetNuke ... still waiting for them to build this into the tool (as well as undelete). Go here: http://www.dnndaily.com/tips/itemId/31941/How-to-Hard-Delete-users-in-DotNetNuke.aspx ... run it the HOST SQL page.

SPAM Handling in Gmail For Domains

Admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:56:00 -0500

Gotta love it. Since migrating my domain over to Gmail for domains, I've caught over 90,000 spam messages ... much better than my old web-based email system.

As I type, Gmail is happily deleting my entire SPAM inbox ... wow!

Tennis Channel now on Uverse!

Admin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:50:00 -0500

Hurray!

And check out this exchange between James Blake and Pam Shriver ... Ouch! Go to: http://tennis.fanhouse.com/2010/06/22/bounced-james-blake-blasts-espns-pam-shriver-at-wimbledon/.

Tennis site of the day

Admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:42:00 -0500

Check out the following site for an interesting site discussing steroids and tennis: http://tennishasasteroidproblem.blogspot.com/.

More changes ...

Admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:12:00 -0500

Another change for LCM ... just made the move to U-verse and so far, so good! Had to nuke the old business line, but people can still reach me at 314-496-1645.

A change of scenery ...

Admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:53:00 -0500

While this isn't really breaking news ... wanted to let anyone in the St. Louis area know that I'm officially moving from self-employed to "employed". Thanks to all that have supported LCM Research for over 15 years ... basically, I just want to do the stuff I like (coding, troubleshooting), and have a bit more time left over for important stuff (family). Anyway, here is my "official" release:

I’m accepting a position with IT Architechs (www.itarchitechs.com), an IT consulting firm that services clients in MO and IL. I’ll be primarily doing some development work, and am excited to be able to concentrate on .NET development, as well as additional opportunities to learn Sharepoint Development. IT Architechs provides software and hardware services to multiple clients in the Metro St. Louis area.

Again, it has been fun ... on to new things!

(And yes, spammers, I'll probably be keeping this blog up, and periodically deleting your idiotic posts! <G>)

Loving the Wii's Grand Slam Tennis

Admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:01:00 -0500

This is a lot of fun, easy to play (but not easy to play WELL on higher difficulty settings), as well as possible to play while walking on the treadmill or riding the exercise bike.

Especially like the antics of the pros ... occassionally they'll start limping after hitting a bad shot, etc.

See it at: http://www.amazon.com/SPORTS-Grand-Slam-Tennis-Nintendo-Wii/dp/B001U2BMH2.

Iphone apps that are actually usefull ...

Admin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:39:00 -0500

Filing this away so I can revisit at a later date. See: http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/10-top-iphone-apps-it-pros-045?page=0,0&source=IFWNLE_nlt_mobilehdwr_2009-12-30 for a short list of usefull IT apps for the iPhone.

A fix for a Gotcha in Dynamic Registration for Dotnetnuke

Admin — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:12:00 -0500

Just came across this error ... had my portal's password settings setup in web.config, but Dynamic Registration was still expecting the default 7 character password. A quick search on Google yielded the following solution (Dyn Registration has a field for this variable): http://www.datasprings.com/Products/ProductForums/tabid/727/view/topic/postid/1189/Default.aspx.

More on implementing Captcha for blogengine.net

Admin — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:57:00 -0500

Instructions here! Very nice tutorial, implemented in about 15 minutes.

Karlovic vs Stepanek 2009 Davis Cup

Admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:49:00 -0500

78 Aces ... and he still loses the match ... unbelievable display from Ivo Karovic and Radek Stepanek.

Link to 21 things that became obsolete

Admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:57:00 -0500

Great hint on configuring BlogEngine.net to run within DNN portal

Admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:15:00 -0500

And it works for "regular" .net sites as well. See: http://www.metanous.be/boblog/post/Getting-BlogEngineNET-within-a-DotNetNuke-website.aspx for the complete text ... simple, add the code to the parent web.config, then configure the BE.net folder as an application in asp.net ... done!

BlogEngine.net AntiSpam Extension

Admin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:27:00 -0500

Check out Commentor (http://rtur.net/blog/post/2009/02/16/Commentor-e28093-new-version.aspx), an extension to help BlogEngine.net deal with the flood of comment spam that usually appears after one enables commenting for a site.