Comments for Scrumptious Word Morsels http://mattjacob.com Shinier than a stainless steel kitchen sink buffed with brillo pads around the clock for 30 days Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:10:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Ping.fm WordPress Plugin by Network Stretching | WebEnK http://mattjacob.com/pingfm-wordpress-plugin/#comment-14188 Network Stretching | WebEnK Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:10:22 +0000 http://mattjacob.com/journal/?page_id=273#comment-14188 [...] PingFM by Matt Jacob is a a bit wonky because it looks like the world is solved for me.  But after a half dozen attempts, it doesn’t feed the Ping.FM either. [...] [...] PingFM by Matt Jacob is a a bit wonky because it looks like the world is solved for me.  But after a half dozen attempts, it doesn’t feed the Ping.FM either. [...]

]]> Comment on Good image hosting is hard to find by Matt Jacob http://mattjacob.com/2010/good-image-hosting-is-hard-to-find/#comment-14181 Matt Jacob Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:50:55 +0000 http://mattjacob.com/?p=1543#comment-14181 Cool! I wasn't even aware that an API existed for Picasa Web Albums. They have a Java client library available, which is perfect. I might have to get hacking on this. Cool! I wasn’t even aware that an API existed for Picasa Web Albums. They have a Java client library available, which is perfect. I might have to get hacking on this.

]]> Comment on Good image hosting is hard to find by Jesse Allen http://mattjacob.com/2010/good-image-hosting-is-hard-to-find/#comment-14180 Jesse Allen Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:26:42 +0000 http://mattjacob.com/?p=1543#comment-14180 You could always roll something yourself… http://code.google.com/apis/picasaweb/overview.html You could always roll something yourself… http://code.google.com/apis/picasaweb/overview.html

]]> Comment on An uphill battle: Rainbow sandals and me by Dr. Brad Taylor http://mattjacob.com/2008/an-uphill-battle-rainbow-sandals-and-me/#comment-14155 Dr. Brad Taylor Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:23:15 +0000 http://mattjacob.com/journal/?p=228#comment-14155 You obviously don't understand how business works. What do you propose that the shop owner do? Sell them to you for cost price and foot the bill for express shipping? The internet will always yield lower pricing because there are significantly lower overhead costs. The guy sounds like he gave you good customer service to me. He offered to special order whatever you wanted just so you would be satisfied. You sound like a douche to me. You obviously don’t understand how business works. What do you propose that the shop owner do? Sell them to you for cost price and foot the bill for express shipping? The internet will always yield lower pricing because there are significantly lower overhead costs. The guy sounds like he gave you good customer service to me. He offered to special order whatever you wanted just so you would be satisfied. You sound like a douche to me.

]]> Comment on Google Apps: impressions after 14 months by Daniel http://mattjacob.com/2010/google-apps-impressions-after-14-months/#comment-13927 Daniel Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:45:46 +0000 http://mattjacob.com/?p=602#comment-13927 Completely agree with everything that has been said above. This problem becomes even more apparant (in my case at least) when you toss in the notion of having two separate Google Apps accounts (i.e. DomainA.com & DomainB.com). I have a personal account that has been with Google Apps since nearly the inception, as well as a Gmail account since early on. Recently, I've started my own business (which would not have worked well under the older domain) and decided that I would host that as well on Google Apps....What a disaster that has become! 3 address books 3 docs sites 3 email accounts and logins... I would love to re-hash it all, but as I've been fighting with trying to tie all of it together tonight, I am a little baked on the subject :D Just hit home and felt the need to get one more B session out! Completely agree with everything that has been said above.
This problem becomes even more apparant (in my case at least) when you toss in the notion of having two separate Google Apps accounts (i.e. DomainA.com & DomainB.com). I have a personal account that has been with Google Apps since nearly the inception, as well as a Gmail account since early on. Recently, I’ve started my own business (which would not have worked well under the older domain) and decided that I would host that as well on Google Apps….What a disaster that has become!
3 address books
3 docs sites
3 email accounts and logins…
I would love to re-hash it all, but as I’ve been fighting with trying to tie all of it together tonight, I am a little baked on the subject :D Just hit home and felt the need to get one more B session out!

]]> Comment on How I (might) roll: off-site backups by Matt Jacob http://mattjacob.com/2010/how-i-might-roll-off-site-backups/#comment-13380 Matt Jacob Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:37:25 +0000 http://mattjacob.com/?p=626#comment-13380 True. If Tucson were destroyed, all of my backups would be destroyed as well. Then again, since I'm in Tucson 98% of the time, I'd also be destroyed, and thus, probably wouldn't care too much about not having any remaining backups. ;-) My most critical files (up to 50GB of them, anyway) are encrypted and stored in my Dropbox account. My friend Vince pointed out that I should really have dual-redundancy backups since a 1TB drive could easily fail during a recovery operation. I think I'll add another drive to the set so that one disk at work is 1 week old and another is 2 weeks old. True. If Tucson were destroyed, all of my backups would be destroyed as well. Then again, since I’m in Tucson 98% of the time, I’d also be destroyed, and thus, probably wouldn’t care too much about not having any remaining backups. ;-) My most critical files (up to 50GB of them, anyway) are encrypted and stored in my Dropbox account.

My friend Vince pointed out that I should really have dual-redundancy backups since a 1TB drive could easily fail during a recovery operation. I think I’ll add another drive to the set so that one disk at work is 1 week old and another is 2 weeks old.

]]> Comment on Ping.fm WordPress Plugin by Andy Chimicles | Internet Marketing and Development » Blog Archive » 3 quick ways to post in WordPress via ping.fm and bookmarks http://mattjacob.com/pingfm-wordpress-plugin/#comment-13354 Andy Chimicles | Internet Marketing and Development » Blog Archive » 3 quick ways to post in WordPress via ping.fm and bookmarks Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:07:26 +0000 http://mattjacob.com/journal/?page_id=273#comment-13354 [...] interface. After you create your Ping profile just add “custom url” and then install this plugin on your WordPress blog. Setup is hassle-free and takes no more than 10min. So now along with [...] [...] interface. After you create your Ping profile just add “custom url” and then install this plugin on your WordPress blog. Setup is hassle-free and takes no more than 10min. So now along with [...]

]]> Comment on How I (might) roll: off-site backups by cowgod http://mattjacob.com/2010/how-i-might-roll-off-site-backups/#comment-13304 cowgod Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:20:09 +0000 http://mattjacob.com/?p=626#comment-13304 i think you have a sound strategy, provided no earthquakes, tornadoes or massive city fires happen to wipe out the whole city. i personally don't have offsite backups and it doesn't sit well with me. unfortunately, maintaining backups can be expensive. i already laid down a ton of cash for a windows home server and hard drives to fill it, so i don't really have any money left to buy more hard drives and enclosures. when i finally do, i'm pretty sure i'll be using sneakernet just like you. i think you have a sound strategy, provided no earthquakes, tornadoes or massive city fires happen to wipe out the whole city.

i personally don't have offsite backups and it doesn't sit well with me. unfortunately, maintaining backups can be expensive. i already laid down a ton of cash for a windows home server and hard drives to fill it, so i don't really have any money left to buy more hard drives and enclosures.

when i finally do, i'm pretty sure i'll be using sneakernet just like you.

]]> Comment on How my gun saved my life by Major E, USMC http://mattjacob.com/2008/how-my-gun-saved-my-life/#comment-12308 Major E, USMC Fri, 07 May 2010 16:55:24 +0000 http://mattjacob.com/journal/?p=236#comment-12308 George - do you put your seat belt on only some of the time? No, you don't know when you'll get into an accident so you put it on all the time. Same thing with your gun - the purpose of it is to save your life, just like your seatbelt. And like your seatbelt, it doesn't work if you don't have it on. If you're worried about people getting tense, then wear a cover shirt and get a concealed carry license. It's worth the hassle if it saves your life. Or your loved ones. George – do you put your seat belt on only some of the time?

No, you don't know when you'll get into an accident so you put it on all the time.

Same thing with your gun – the purpose of it is to save your life, just like your seatbelt. And like your seatbelt, it doesn't work if you don't have it on.

If you're worried about people getting tense, then wear a cover shirt and get a concealed carry license. It's worth the hassle if it saves your life. Or your loved ones.

]]> Comment on How my gun saved my life by George http://mattjacob.com/2008/how-my-gun-saved-my-life/#comment-11980 George Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:24:08 +0000 http://mattjacob.com/journal/?p=236#comment-11980 You think he was really aiming at you? What if he just needed directions and got scared of your gun? I know people get tense when I wear my Glock around, so I only carry it late at night. You think he was really aiming at you? What if he just needed directions and got scared of your gun?

I know people get tense when I wear my Glock around, so I only carry it late at night.

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