All, My apologies if you visited this blog and found posts missing images making them look ugly. The Media Library for WordPress became corrupted. I spent this morning on-line with BlueHost chat support getting them to fix the image path. That got some back. Thankfully a copy of the blog had been created in a wordpressold directory tree some time around migration so I could use their not-too-user-friendly File Manager to copy entire directory trees … Apologies If Posts Were Missing ImagesRead more
Thank You Sir May I Have Another
Tales that just make you want to scream and other humiliating kicks to the crotch.
Posted inInformation Technology / Thank You Sir May I Have Another
Another Reason AGILE Sucks
I don’t have a Twitter account, nor do I want one. Interesting Authors Blog has a Twitter feed so once in a blue moon I click the box at the right on that blog and verify things look okay. Today I found out there is yet another bug in this “Social Media Auto Publish” plug-in from xyzscripts.com. Never get anything from these people. It is just untested shit. Shiny examples of why AGILE Methodology is … Another Reason AGILE SucksRead more
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Marketing Means Don’t Be an Asshole
Over the past few weeks emails like this one have been circling around. ==== Subject: Do You Want MORE Reviews For Your Newest Book? Hello, I saw on Goodreads that you are interested in getting more reviews for your newly published book. I am offering an inexpensive book review tour service whereby your book will be promoted to a) 14,000+ book readers, targeted by genre b) 2,000+ active book bloggers c) Thousands of readers across … Marketing Means Don’t Be an AssholeRead more
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Do You Really Think Any of the On-line Services Keep Your Identity Information Safe?
Maybe the TJ MAXX breach didn’t scare you because you don’t shop there. Maybe the Target breach didn’t scare you because you don’t shop there. Maybe the Yahoo breach didn’t scare you because you never opened an account. The RNC data breach probably didn’t scare you, even though Time and other outlets report the information contained date of birth along with your address and an RNC ID, simply because you never heard of it, but, … Do You Really Think Any of the On-line Services Keep Your Identity Information Safe?Read more
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Why 1099?
Some pieces of this content have been in other posts by me. I’m going to put it all in one post so I can just send recruiters here rather than have the same conversation for the 32,767th time. Why 1099 instead of W-2 or Corp-Corp? I started in IT consulting well before we had the infamous 20 questions. I believe it was even before we had the sub-chapter S corporation as well. The options available … Why 1099?Read more