Thoughts, rants and commentary from a husband, father of five and professional web geek

New blog theme - Dark Sky

Posted on June 16th, 2008 in Geek Stuff, This Blog, Web Development | No Comments »

As much as I loved my Chocolate Ocean theme that I developed a few months ago…

Chocolate Ocean theme by Robert Gonzalez

… I thought it was time for a change. So I changed.

My theme that is.
Continue reading »

Back to top

Deciding between the retro and turbo encabulator

Posted on June 13th, 2008 in Funnies | 2 Comments »

Of all the funny things that could have happened…

Wouldn’t you know it? I found myself in need of an encabulator. And not just any encabulator either.
Continue reading »

Back to top

Using Picasa on Ubuntu

Posted on June 5th, 2008 in Cool Finds, Linux | No Comments »

A few days ago I was working on some image stuff when I ran across a built-in Linux file system utility that allows you to sync images with Picasa. I used it to upload a few images then went about my other business.

A few days later I tried to find it again and was completely without luck. Not to be left unable to post pictures, I quickly began searching for a Linux Picasa app that would let me push my images to Picasa. At first all I found were pages that said “Google does not officially support Picasa on Linux”. Then I found something cool.

I am not sure where I got this link from but I found a Picasa for Linux app provided by Google. How cool is that? Now I can manage my Picasa photos right from my Linux desktop.

Now all I need is a way to sync my iPhone to iTunes on Linux without using Wine and I am golden. Anyone got any links?

Back to top

I might just make it as a ZCE

Posted on May 15th, 2008 in Geek Stuff, PHP, Personal Messages, Web Development | No Comments »

Today I took a sample Zend Certified Engineer test. I have wanted, for some time now, to get my ZCE and as part of an ongoing educational track set up at work, I was able to take the ZCE training course offered by PHP|Architect.

Part of the training course that I bought into was 10 free sample exams that I could take at me leisure prior to taking the actual exam. Wanting to move a little closer to being certified, I agreed with my coworker who decided it was time to take our first practice test.

The results?
Passing my first ZCE sample exam with a score of Excellent - Yes, I rock

Not too bad, eh? I am planning on taking several more of these (if not all 10) before taking the exam. I would say that I should be a ZCE before the end of summer. More than likely though I will be certified by the end of spring.

Let’s just see. And let’s hope that I don’t get too full of myself and end up borking the test altogether.

Back to top