2002/12 on Brian P. Hogan

Busy

Tue, 31 Dec 2002 04:51:28 +0000

I’s been a few days since I’ve updated… things have been really busy around here. I was at my parents’ house for part of the weekend visiting with some friends from high-school, and then I was working on some projects. I have my portfolio cd almost finished, and I’ve been messing around with my digital camera.

Christmas

Thu, 26 Dec 2002 18:47:24 +0000

Christmas was fun. My parents and grandparents came into town and we made dinner for them. There was lots to eat and there were lots of presents to open up. I finally got a tripod for my digital video camera so I can start doing some different types of projects

Short Week

Mon, 23 Dec 2002 16:36:43 +0000

Another week begins, but it’s a short one. I’m working on Christmas Eve, but I get extra pay so that makes it worth it. I’ll be doing the same thing next week too, so that will be nice. I like short weeks!

Slow

Fri, 20 Dec 2002 21:24:31 +0000

What a slow day. I’ve spent more time reasearching than anything else today, and I’m really tired of reading a computer screen. I’m still steamed that I don’t get vacation days at this job, but at least I get time and-a-half for working Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. That will help

Links

Fri, 20 Dec 2002 16:11:03 +0000

Time to post some links. Nothing really new to talk about yet…. but I am sure I will think of something later.

NamesDirect

Fri, 20 Dec 2002 03:36:07 +0000

I just can’t friggin’ believe this! NamesDirect exposes users and credit card info BPHOGAN.COM is registered through these guys… they have a great service… but I don’t think I will renew my domains with them anymore.

Numb?

Fri, 20 Dec 2002 01:03:22 +0000

I don’t feel much like anything right now. My mom went to the doctor today… they said that chemo is not an option because it has not been shown to do anything to help this type of lymphoma. The only other alternative is antibodies which have been somewhat successful.

ElcomSoft found not Guilty!!!!!!!!

Wed, 18 Dec 2002 00:04:02 +0000

A San Jose, California jury on Tuesday cleared software firm ElcomSoft of charges it violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) with its program that cracks the copyright protections in Adobe Systems eBooks.

Almost Done Shopping

Mon, 16 Dec 2002 04:42:22 +0000

Almost all of my Christmas shopping is done! My mom, dad, wife, and I went out today and hit the mall, and I feel as though I bought everything in sight!. I got some pretty good stuff for my dad, which is cool because he is the hardest person I know to shop for.

Spam

Wed, 11 Dec 2002 13:43:45 +0000

I get so much spam now it’s really getting hard to keep up with my job. I get lots of requests for help, and it’s taking more and more time each morning to separate the legitimate messages from the junk mail.

WindowsXP.NU

Tue, 10 Dec 2002 03:48:28 +0000

Ohhhh MAN am I upset tonight. I just read this post on WinBeta.org about one of my favorite web sites, WindowsXP.NU and I am just steamed. Sure, the guy puts up some links to MS beta software sometimes, but he also explains how to make your own slipstreamed boot disks as well as a host of other useful Windows-related stuff. Microsoft is flexing its muscles again.

Parenting

Mon, 09 Dec 2002 02:39:09 +0000

What a weekend. I love my daughter…. but wow… what a handful. My wife had to work nights this weekend, so I watched the little one all day and all night. After this, work will seem like a vacation!

Contribute

Fri, 06 Dec 2002 01:45:24 +0000

Well, we played with Macromedia Contribute 1.0 today… and I can’t say it’s useful. It is supposed to be a content management solution, but it has no server components at all… which means others who are not using Contribute can still edit files you may be working on. It has a lot of shortcomings. For an NT shop, it’s useless because you still have to set up user permissions to the NT share you want to edit. It could be handy for FTP-based web hosts though. It’s really too bad because we did like the interface and the ease of editing.

File Browser

Sun, 01 Dec 2002 06:48:01 +0000

I’m working on a new program that is just going to be the coolest! It lets you read in a folder on your hard drive, and then attach a description for each file in that folder. You can then save this file / description pair as an XML file or an HTML file. I needed to write something like this so I could get some file downloads organized for this site.