Don't Back Down

  • VLC Media Player

    VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a pretty full-featured media client that offers a ton of features, including one really useful one: Being able to play protected AAC files without the need for iTunes. Yes, you have to have your keys, but you don't have to have iTunes. Find…

  • Please Wait While Domain List is Created

    You may see this error message pop up in a dialog box while trying to login, specifically when you try and change the domain. To get the box to go away, press CTRL-ALT-DEL. To remove the problem entirely, make sure that your DNS is configured properly, by pointing…

  • The DNS Entries for This DC are not Registered Correctly

    This error message comes from an incorrect DNS configuration. I think it was because my DNS was pointing to my ISP's DNS server (techncally, to my router, which pointed to my ISP). By configuring my domain controller (DC) with DNS, which in turn forwarded requests to the ISP,…

  • Multi-user Small Business Accounting

    As I play more with Small Business Accounting (SBA), I actually like it more and more. It has a ways to go, but I like it. However, I want to do some testing with the multi-user settings. Unfortunately, somewhere along the way, the multi-user settings have broken. While…

  • Our Armor or No Armor

    In the latest twist of the Iraq saga, Army officials have apparently banned the use of any armor other than that issued by the military. That's just stupid. I appreciate that you don't want someone to feel that they are safe when they are not. I appreciate that…

  • United vs. US Airways

    We took a whirlwind trip to Chicago over the weekend, stopping in for a few bites to eat, to take in a show and to visit the two of the three tallest buildings in the city. We made our plans last Wednesday, having planned well in advance to…

  • Tony n' Tina's Wedding

    Since we didn't make it out to any shows the night before, we decided to try and find something to do on our last night before heading home, and since we didn't want to stay out too late, we found the 5pm showing of Tony n' Tina's Wedding…

  • France to the Rescue

    While the ruling out of France that Apple must open iTunes continues to rumble, and some celebrate, you just have to wonder – how much is France worth, anyway? Will it even matter? Just what happens if Apple doesn't comply? They aren't allowed to offer a French version…

  • No Postage Necessary

    I'm sick of getting mail that I don't want. Sure, I've signed up at the DMA. It helped. I've told the credit bureaus that we don't want unsolicited offers. But we still get them. Three in the last two days. So I have a new idea. I'm just…

  • The Exploding Baking Dish

    Last night, as I was preparing dinner, I – very intelligently, as you will find out shortly – sat the baking dish to hold the casserole on the range. I likely wouldn't have done this previously, since we didn't have a flat range, and the range that we…

  • What happened to Kenny Rogers?

    Watching Good Morning America, and Kenny Rogers is singing now. I realize he can't be the Santa Clause-looking guy he was in the 80s (in fact, I winced when that picture came on earlier). But wow – he looks like he's had a lot of work done, he…

  • List Your Subcategories in Order

    If you use subcategories in Movable Type, you know that you need to think of them in alphabetical order. Otherwise when you add them, they won't be in order. How do you get them to look right?…