LMB^Box: Blog

Go Live!

LordMontie — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:47:19 +0000

It’s offical, www.lmbbox.com is live! I’ve moved all project work from here (blog.lmbbox.com) to www.lmbbox.com. I’ve setup redirection for the main plugin pages to the new Projects section of www.lmbbox.com. I’ve deleted most posts and all pages that solely related to project work since it’s been moved. What is to happen with blog.lmbbox.com? Well, it will be used as it was originally setup for, personal blogging!

A Much Needed Vacation

LordMontie — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 11:35:54 +0000

Well, I just got back from a much needed vacation at Virgina Beach, Va. A good time was had by all!

Now it’s time to get ready for work tomorrow but before that, I’m going to work on uploading some photos.

Finally a new post!

LordMontie — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:54:34 +0000

Yes! This is not a weird dream, you do see a new post on my site. It sure has been quite a while since I’ve posted anything except comments. I’ve just gotten the desire to finally finish my work on my main site www.lmbbox.com. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks, I’ll have my PHP Development and Technical Services site so that I can start using this blog for the original purpose of blogging! Then maybe I’ll have time to continue working on my plugins / code that’s just fallen completely off the map over the last year. I’m really looking forward to completing my site and to start posting on a more regular basis about my life and everyday things. Let’s see where this goes …

To take the Apple or not? That is the question!

LordMontie — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:52:15 +0000

For the past 2-3 weeks I have had the pleasure to work with a PowerBook G4 that was given to the contact at the client I’m working for. In fact, right now I’m writing this post on the laptop! I’m debating if I should go with a PC or Mac when I buy a new laptop for me. I was originally looking at buying an Alienware laptop because of the power and what I would be doing with the laptop. Now, I’m REALLY hooked on Macs! I’m loving the current OS, the way the system preforms and the fact that the OS is based on Unix. Since I have started using the system, I have not had a single crash or frozen screen.

I took a look at apple.com and found the new version of the Mac laptop, the MacBook and MacBook Pro. If I were to get a Mac system, I’d go with a MacBook Pro 17″ system. The power behind the system before I even customize it is just amazing! The 17″ model has this as the default system setup:

* 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 1680 x 1050 pixels
* 2GB memory
* 160GB hard drive
* 8x double-layer SuperDrive
* ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics with 256MB SDRAM

WOW, what a setup! I’ll just have to wait and see how I feel a little later on after working with this PowerBook G4 for a while more. I’ve been able to get just about every piece of software that I need in a Mac version and have found new software out there that is for the Mac to do the same thing that software on the PC does. I’ll post an update later on as to what step I take …

New Job, First Apartment; Finally Moving On!

LordMontie — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:25:02 +0000

So as the title of this post states, I have a new job which is exactly what I have been looking for about two+ years now! It’s a full time salary job with benefits with no end in sight. I’ll be working for a company called Evolution in Columbia, MD and Annapolis, MD. I will be getting my first apartment also and along with that the joy of HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESS! I start Monday the 21st which is not that far away and I’m working on moving into the apartment Friday the 18th. I just heard back today from the apartment guy today letting me know that my application was declined because I didn’t have 3 or more years of credit. Well duh, I’m 20 years old (birth day in March) so I only have 2 and a half years credit right now. So I’ve had to get a co-signer to fill out an application to see if that will work, I’ll find out by noon tomorrow.

On another note, because of the new job and the move I won’t really be able to put alot of time into anything code or website related. Hopefully after everything settles down and I get into the hang of things, I’ll be able to finish what I started!

Finally Joined The Bandwagon!

LordMontie — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 12:39:17 +0000

Today after getting MORE spam that got through Bad Behavior 2.0.2, I decided to get my API Key for Akismet and activate the plugin. I created a WordPress.com account and blog a long time ago, but never used it. So I’ve just deleted my blog there but my account still remains with my API Key! The first thing Akismet did (well not the first thing) was to show me on my Manage page that I had 2300+ comments MARKED as spam. WHAT!? I thought I had deleted all the spam comment! I guess not, marking a comment as spam saves the comment in the database but just marks it as spam and doesn’t display it. So Akismet showed me all of them and offered to delete them for me. Why should I argue with that , Delete All please … click … all gone, YAY! Do you want to know what that did for my database? Sure you do … my wp_comments table was at ~4.2MB BEFORE I deleted all the comments marked as spam … now it’s at a nice 255.2KB! HOLY SH*T, talk about taking out the trash! That alone makes me happy that I finally did activate Akismet!

WordPress Upgraded

LordMontie — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:20:31 +0000

I’ve just finished upgrading my WordPress install from 2.0.3 to 2.0.4. Everything’s looking good and I’m trying out the WP Tiger Admin Theme. Something that I noticed during this upgrade, when you go to write/edit a Page, you don’t have the option to choose the Page’s Template File like WordPress version 1.5. This maybe a bug with the option left out of the AJAX code.

On another note, I’ve completely moved servers to DreamHost now. I’ve started to learn to use their Control Panel and things are moving more smoothly now. I’ve got many projects / ideas that I need to work on, so I’m going to have to put some updates on hold for the time being. I hope to have some new things poping up soon.

Site Moved!

LordMontie — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 02:17:27 +0000

I’ve done it again! I’ve moved from another web hosting to a new server. I just could not pass this up! One year of hosting for only $10, well actually $9 and some change. I’m now with DreamHost and so far it’s looking good. I’ve had to play around with their control panel, but that hasn’t been too hard. It’s just amazing that I get shell access and unlimited domains hosted! It’s late so I’ll updated on more of the news in the morning …

Call For Tech Support!

LordMontie — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:41:54 +0000

A while ago, I had signed up to Beta test Ether and I never got around to publish my service. So I just added a button to my Contact Me Page so that you can call/email me for Tech Support. If you view my Ether listing you will see what exactly I can help with. It is a pay service and the rate is $10 for 30 minutes.

Updated Theme And Layout

LordMontie — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:42:09 +0000

Today I’ve been working on fixing a few things that were funky with this new theme. For some reason the theme didn’t have comments enabled for Pages, so I’ve taken care of that. Also the comments section has been modifed from the theme’s original. Basicly I’ve moved all the Trackbacks / Pingbacks to below the Comment Form Area. I still want to modify how all the dates are formed though.

I have setup and enabled Text Link Ads on this site. Once ad space is bought, they will be displayed along the left hand side of the pages. This looks like a really good thing and I’m enjoying the system right now. Let’s just see how well they work!