Author: spierzchala

Yesterday, I received some major kudos on a project that I developed for my personal Web site about 2 years ago. It sucked about 3 weeks of my time during a lull at work, and I got to learn a lot of very cool things.
When I was contacted yesterday, there was also some discussion that this little side-project helped resolve a large roadblock that this person was encountering in a project that they were working on with a tight deadline. The writer also could not believe that I was giving this information away for free, given the amount of time and resources that this very knowledgeable person had invested in finding the information, before he found my site.
It is always good to get positive feedback on something you have done out of personal interest. It motivated me to go back and re-examine this project and see how I could improve it further.
THank you.

Learn how to do this on your servers. You will:

1. Have faster loading pages
2. Reduce your bandwidth costs

Who’s against that?

I have been trying to fight through a block I have had regarding a strategic survey I am working on. I can’t plough through the wall, so I think I will take my notes home and try and brainstorm when I have some peace and solitude. Get up early, and spend some quiet time in the attic and watch the snow fall, and try and put myself in the customers shoes and understand the kind of questions they might…or might not…have.
How do other people with busy families and small children do this? How do they get the time to be creative and strategic, will not short-changing the other vital aspects of their lives?
Help?

Server is now running Apache 2.0.53…fresh and hot this morning. [here]

I am throwing the glove down.
I want your best takes on Louie Louie, that song that every band has played at least once. Versions that make the original pale and run screaming.
Some rules.

1. Has to be recognizable as Louie, Louie
2. Has to be available somewhere
3. No reggae

My contender — The Sonics. In comparison, the “seminal” version by Black Flag version is wussy and weak. And given that The Sonics recorded theirs in 1966, it just proves that this band was the genesis of driving, power garage punk.
Bring them on.

…so posting will be lighter than today. Have a few things to clean up….ugh!

I am heading out to meet with clients in the Seattle area on February 23 and 24. Will be a good time and I get to talk to a lot of cool companies while I am there.

Why, oh why, does Windows suck?
I wish I knew…
Off to install my 87 new critical security patches…still haven’t gotten an offer from anyone to ship me a WiFi enabled Linux Laptop, or a PowerBook for testing and “paid” blogging purposes…

If I had a cube (Note to self — never work for a company with an OPEN floor plan again), this would be the show I would watch.
My work area, no matter where it is, always has that post-apocalyptic je ne sais quoi to it…

Wil Wheaton. We all made fun of him when he was Wesley.
Now, he is an Adult. About my age (Ok, same age as my corporate VP younger brother). Same concerns, habits, pets, job interviews, hobbies and clubs we all have.
And he writes very well.
Read this to make your day.