http://www.webboise.com Chris Hillman's random rants on IT stuff & life Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:53:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've used a lot of different broadband Internet service since 2000. In 2000 I got DSL from Micron.net at an apartment. I got Qwest DSL in 2000 when I bought my house. Switched to cable in 2004 when it became available at my house. Switched back to Qwest DSL in ... http://www.webboise.com/why-qwest-dsl-is-better-than-cableone-for-an-isp/ I was looking online to get some advice on methods to clean carboys and came across this. I built one using about $10 worth of parts and it worked great. http://www.webboise.com/build-a-carboy-washer/ I recently took a bunch of photos for an event that Paula's office put on, and needed to find a good script to display them on the web. I came across a really nice Javascript/CSS based script works really well. Check it out: Galleria. I did ... http://www.webboise.com/galleria-a-really-nice-javascriptcss-image-gallery-script/ Well, the 2008 election is coming to a close, and I feel really good. Though the electoral college was a landslide (more so than I predicted) - the popular vote appears to be Obama 52%, McCain 47%. I have been a lifelong Republican. I still believe in small government, low ... http://www.webboise.com/reflections-on-elections/ At my office we use a Microsoft ISA server for our firewall/VPN server. We have three discreet IP subnets within our private network. 192.168.5.0/24, 192.168.6.0/24, and 192.168.7/24. When I establish a VPN connection from the external network I get an IP address on the 192.168.6.0/24 network. I have ... http://www.webboise.com/windows-powershell-script-for-adding-ip-routes-across-a-vpn/ I thought I'd make a prediction on how this race will end up, mostly to see how close I call it on November 5th.  I really think it's shaping up to be a landslide.  The Obama campaign has been incredibly well organized and gaining ground in many swing states.  I ... http://www.webboise.com/my-official-prediction-obama-by-a-landslide/ Dear CNN, I watched the 2nd presidential debate on your network last night. I found the following graph to be distracting and annoying. It really added nothing to the debate, except to make me wonder how people were going from 'committed' to 'uncommitted' so rapidly. Please don't use this in ... http://www.webboise.com/dear-cnn-this-chart-is-useless/ I am determined to start posting again soon. I took this picture yesterday when I picked Kairi up from daycare. She just looked especially sweet. http://www.webboise.com/after-a-long-day-at-daycare/ Normally I'm an early adopter of new Windows operating systems, but with Vista I've been slow to take the plunge. After running various beta releases and release candidates I was hesitant to use it on my 'production' computers. Well, I finally took the plunge last weekend and my ... http://www.webboise.com/speed-up-vistas-start-menu/ It's that time of year again. Spending a week up in McCall with the family. We come up here the same week each year and frolic in the woods. Last year (I think) I posted about how hooked I am to the internet. Two years ago, we came ... http://www.webboise.com/vacation/