Stuff that only geeks would be interested in. Of course when I say “geeks” I really mean the cool guys because geeks are actually cool and cool guys are actually dipshits.

How to auto ftp to your Amazon s3 Cloudfront Bucket using TNT Drive

August 6 2011 Update: I'm now using another amazon s3 / cloudfront sync app in place of this app because I'm still running xp sp2 and I have some weird windows permission problems that are now preventing TNTDrive from running. I'd prefer to use TNTDrive if I didn't have these xp permissions issues. Here is a quick video I made showing how I use Amazon cloud front. The problem with cloud front is that you have to manually upload your files or use some other more sophisticated synchronization stuff that I don't know how to do... so I found this workaround that allows me to automatically FTP upload my files directly to my Amazon bucket. If you're not using cloud [...]

How to auto ftp to your Amazon s3 Cloudfront Bucket using TNT Drive2020-01-28T15:51:54-07:00

Solution: Get passive ftp working with filezilla server on windows server 2008 on rackspace

After installing filezilla on my windows 2008 server hosted with rackspace I had issues getting connected with passive ftp. Active ftp worked fine using WinSCP but my favorite little Fling ftp app didn't work. It would hang up on the "getting directory listing" point and compain about passive connections. Rackspace was no help on the phone and they had nothing in their kb. So I google for "filezilla server on rackspace passive" and ended up reading the filezilla network configuration. Duh. ... RTFM. If found these instructions and followed them to fix the issue: Setting up FileZilla Server with Windows Firewall If you are having problems with setting up FileZilla Server to run behind Windows Firewall (specifically, it [...]

Solution: Get passive ftp working with filezilla server on windows server 2008 on rackspace2020-01-28T15:51:54-07:00

Daily photoshop …Vignettes ( vin-yet ), define pattern,

Went through this tutorial today while working on a new project… fun getting back into photoshop. Of course it’s been fun getting into jquery, javascript, and regular expressions too. If there was enough time in the day I could start playing with python or php. hmm. So I’d like to remember this technique so I’m posting the hightlights from this tutorial here. Original tutorial http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/tutorials/complete-websites/design-an-innovative-portfolio-site-using-alternative-uiux/   Step 11 …Making Vignettes.. ( an engraving, drawing, photograph, or the like that is shaded off gradually at the edges so as to leave no definite line at the border. ) . . Example: Make a solid layer above the image  you want to fade…. make a selection…. Select > Feather > 60px > [...]

Daily photoshop …Vignettes ( vin-yet ), define pattern,2020-01-28T15:51:54-07:00

Planning to try Rackspace Cloud hosting with banmanpro

After having some mssql sizing issues with appliedi hosting ( shared ) we're going to give Rackspace cloud hosting a go for our banner serving app ( banmanpro ) .... will report back on how it goes.  Here are the rates we were given: Windows: 2 GB RAM/80 GB Disk space = $116.80/Month (Unmanaged) Windows: 2 GB RAM/80 GB Disk space = $304.40/Month (Managed)

Planning to try Rackspace Cloud hosting with banmanpro2020-01-28T15:51:54-07:00
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