For the past week, I've been on a mission to come up with a proof of concept to demonstrate that I could convert an organization's site from Joomla! to WordPress and simplify the site's back-end. I plugged away and got everything pretty comparable on the front-end. One of the sticking points that I came across, however, was Joomla's Docman plugin, a very thoroughly integrated … [Read more...]
Ask 404TS: Why are photos from a digital camera always in a folder called DCIM?
If you've connected your phone or camera to your computer as a mass storage device, you've probably seen this: There are probably additional files and folders shown as well but after enough searching, you probably noticed that the pictures were buried in a folder called DCIM. Why and what does it stand for? Can it be changed to something more logical like … [Read more...]
Stephen Colbert’s Take On The Anonymous-HBGary-WikiLeaks Story
You can see a good synopsis from Stephen Colbert of the HBGary Federal screw-up that rings with truthiness. Update: HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr, the center of this circus, has announced he is stepping down. … [Read more...]
F.lux – More Natural Monitor Lighting With Rising To Setting Sun
The theory behind F.lux is simple and the execution, in its simplicity, is beautiful. F.lux is designed with the thought "maybe we shouldn't be staring at the blinding sun all day and night." It adjusts the brightness of your monitor automatically according to the time of day. So during the day, it reaches full brightness at noon and after it crosses 6PM the light starts to get … [Read more...]
How Do IT Professionals Deal With The Career Threat of SaaS (aka The Cloud)?
I followed a recommendation from CompTIA to visit their website CompTIA Software CEO. The first article I found there was titled How to Start a Company Without an IT Professional. I hope I'm not the only one who finds the title alone to be inflammatory. Go ahead and read the article, then I'll see you after the jump so we can have a discussion about the article. … [Read more...]