I posted an article here in RD about nine months ago saying I was looking into using Drupal7 for possibly building websites. Drupal is a CMS (Content Management System) software like WordPress (this website) and Joomla (many of my other websites). I built one trial site using Drupal and it still exists today. I think nine months is not very fast driving, but I have been playing there lately. I just realized the Drupal icon,...
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Hard Drive Crash
I have all my websites located at one ISP (Internet Service Provider) located in Columbus Ohio. Well, that is where the server farm is located and main offices. I understand they have support people working all over the world. That’s one nice thing about working with an ISP. However it is not so good when a huge chunk of your servers crash their hard drives all at the same time. That requires some hands on...
Continue reading...A Taste of Java
I have discovered some cool software is being produced using Java as the programming language. The reason for the use of the Java software platform is so it can run on multiple operating systems. The product is a 3D CAD/CAM jewelry design program called 3Design CAD produced in France. I am not endorsing this CAD product in any way, shape or form. I only know what I read in an advertising promotion. So take that...
Continue reading...A Mouse Tail (Lesson Learned)
A funny thing happened on the way to starting my computer. That paraphrase is so old (1960’s) most people don’t know it is one. Actually what happened to me wasn’t so funny until the end. Then I laughed at myself. I started my computer the day after I brought all my bookkeeping up to date on my computer. This was December 1st. The computer had been working flawlessly all of the previous day while I...
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