Category: Miscellaneous

I ran into a slow performance issue running a WordPress site under IIS 7. I was in a hurry to get the site up and running, and used Microsoft’s Web Platform Installer to get the site set up. Everything worked right away, but every page took at least a half second to respond. After some…

Recently, Facebook asked me to fill out a survey regarding their privacy practices and features. Most of the questions were run-of-the-mill user experience modeling, but one in particular really stood out to me: Do you trust Facebook with your personal information? My response needed to be on a numeric scale from 1 to 5: 1…

While reviewing website traffic logs, I discovered a spike on April 10. After some digging, it turns out that most of the traffic was referred from Google by people searching for “scott hall arrested”.  I was most definitely not arrested, but I do happen to share the same name as a professional wrestler, formerly known…

This past weekend we took on the task of repainting our front bedroom. We had been renting the room out to a friend, but with boy #3 on the way, it was time to prepare it as a nursery. Little did I know when we began that it would turn into such a frustrating adventure. I…

A suspect has been arrested and may be connected to other recent fires at a Wal Mart and several residences. It was pretty impressive to watch. Thankfully, it doesn’t sound as if anyone has been injured, though there are probably multiple millions of dollars worth of damages to the mall and merchandise.

Firing up the blog and praising InMotion for their help and great service.