A little of everything professional. This site contains the largest online collection of electronic signature laws and research, my views on Time Management & GTD life hacks for improving productivity, and my After Thoughts on bad decisions and business improvements. Personal thoughts and casual comments are pushed to my SEO project, The World's Greatest Guy.
Turning off register_globals for Drupal on 1and1 Hosting
I have several sites running on Drupal and occasionally I come across this issue - usually after I upgrade and I forgot to copy all of the custom commands into the new directory. How do you disable register_globals when running on 1and1 hosting?
Backing Up and Restoring 1and1 SQL Database for Drupal
I am sure there are tons of you out there that know exactly how this works but I had to figure it out and unfortunately there wasn't one single article on how this would work with Drupal, SQL and 1and1.
AT&T Launching Whole Home DVR
I have been using AT&T for TV and Internet for about a year and the service has been great. I consistantly get 5.7MB down and it is always on. Cable and even DSL often have issues with storms, rain and will bump my VPN off, but not UVerse from AT&T. I have been very happy. But they promised whole house DVR months and months ago.
TSA new Laptop Bag Guidelines
So the TSA finally figured out that xrays do in fact see through bags and that its not really necessary to remove your protected laptop and throw it into a bin. But oh it was so entertaining while it lasted.
Microsoft Abandons Internet Explorer 8 Development for Firefox 3
Well... not yet. It spun out as a humor piece late last night and built rather quickly. Even I was excited, but delayed the mass email until I knew it for sure.
Setting Up Drupal in 10 minutes - 5.7
This is a step by step setup guide for installing and setting up Drupal 5.7 in under 10 minutes. Now there is always something that comes up along the way that may take longer, but about 10 mintues is all it takes.
I put this together because the Drupal documentation assumes that you already know almost everything before you read it. If you are looking to setup a multisite version of Drupal check out my article: Installing a Multi-Site Drupal System. It allows you to run multiple sites on a sinlge code base of Drupal.
Free Mobile Software for Blackberries, iPhone and other Smart phones
Posted April 27th, 2008 by isaacHere is a list of my favorite software that I use for my Blackberry 8310 Curve. And yes it is all free. These are not mobile websites but actual applications that run on the device. This is way faster and definately cooler. Most of it will run on other mobile devices but please check with your device maker first. As a business traveler I look for productivity apps more then free games but your useage may vary.
Department of Housing Guidelines for Electronic Signatures
Posted January 1st, 2008 by isaacDEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)
HUD's mission is to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination. To fulfill this mission, HUD will embrace high standards of ethics, management and accountability and forge new partnerships--particularly with faith-based and community organizations--that leverage resources and improve HUD's ability to be effective on the community level.
Health and Human Services (HHS) Guidelines for Electronic Signatures
Posted January 1st, 2008 by isaacDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS)
HHS is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. It administers more grant dollars than all other federal agencies combined. HHS' Medicare program is the nation's largest health insurer, handling more than 1 billion claims per year. Medicare and Medicaid together provide health care insurance for one in four Americans.
Department of Energy Guidelines for Electronic Signatures
Posted January 1st, 2008 by isaacDEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
The Department of Energy's overarching mission is to advance the national, economic, and energy security of the United States; to promote scientific and technological innovation in support of that mission; and to ensure the environmental cleanup of the national nuclear weapons complex. The Department has four strategic goals toward achieving the mission.