Mozilla cache folder
Due to my UNIX background, I've found it helpful, for both security and performance reasons to relocate your 'cache' or…
Windows Remote Desktop (aka Terminal Services) Port Change
There often becomes a need to remotely access/administer a Windows machine. While I'd normally recommend using a different method such…
Windows file cleanup/housekeeping
Since I routinely run WAMP servers (see previous article) and develop primarily on Windows machines, I find that a lot…
WAMP Servers
I often find myself administering WAMP (Windows, Apache, PHP/Perl/Python, mySQL) servers.... usually this occurs because it is better 'supported' (or…
Places I’ve Lived…
I began my life as a "Navy Brat" as such, my family moved every few years... later I too spent…
Alpine Slide
After hearing about this for years, I finally got to try this exciting event/sport. The closest location to Chicago that…
CSS2 Colors
CSS Level 2 defines several additional color names that represent the special system-specific colors used by the operating system. These…
USS Helena (SSN-725)
I should add that I spent about 4.5 years of my life (from 1990-1995) living on a submarine. The 'boat'…
September 11th conspiracy?
Many of the events of this day have never felt quite right or even been 'believable' to me. The physics…
Auto focus ‘first visible’ form field on page…
Occassionally there comes a need to set the focus within a web page to the first 'visible' form field, here's…