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MacHeist Loot

Daniel Smith — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:58:54 +0000

So I am posting to my WordPress blog from MacJournal which is one of the products I received when I purchased MacHeist Nano 2. Pretty cool product, and it can post directly to my blog. It is awesome! Pretty cool products in this run of MacHeist. Tweetie 2 for Mac is actually bundled into it, when the alpha is released I will be getting a copy!

Wisdom Teeth

Daniel Smith — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:37:39 +0000

Wisdom teeth come out tomorrow. I am for sure not looking forward to it.

In better news Zend Framework 1.10 was released today.

Ubuntu Karmic Koala

Daniel Smith — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:03:38 +0000

Thanks to the Rackspace Cloud Team, I have upgraded my server to Ubuntu 9.10. Didn’t realize however that doing the upgrade wouldn’t work without their help. They need to do the kernel upgrade. Oh well, it works now!

Back from SEMA Show

Daniel Smith — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:22:51 +0000

I am back from the SEMA Show, check out the album when you get a chance! I will post some details on the latest projects that I am involved with for SEMA when I get a chance!

A salute to good technology

Daniel Smith — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:28:42 +0000

Sorry, but I had to post this:

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Back from Keys Vacation

Daniel Smith — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:05:05 +0000

I am back from my Florida Keys Vacation with the family and ready to get back to my usual! Posts to come include posts on: Technical Debt, Cloud Hosting and Zend Framework.

Can’t to write them and put them out there. Also can’t wait to post pictures from the vacation and post some pretty cool stories!

Where did you get my profile image?

Daniel Smith — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:55:46 +0000

I have been asked numerous times how after a person posts a comment on my blog, do I have a profile picture for them. If you are really into social media or blogs you probably already know the answer, but if you don’t, I will be glad to explain it to you.

The answer is a service called Gravatar or a “globally recognized avatar”. It is a service that allows you to associate an image of yourself (or anything else for that matter) to your email address (or multiples). So when a site like mine sees your email address on a comment we can get your current image from Gravatar.

Gravatar was created by the fine people at Automattic who also contribute to WordPress (the greatest blog engine, ever!)

So if you are into social media, or even if you are not, go ahead and sign up for Gravatar and make sure that your profile images are your own.

Time for a New Phone

Daniel Smith — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:37:30 +0000

As I am growing weary of Sprint and their lack of customer support, and the lack of speed my Blackberry Curve 8330 produces, I am now in search for a new cell phone. I really want an iPhone, but that would involve breaking my contract with Sprint (at a cost) and moving to AT&T. So I have a poll here with two phones from Sprint and the iPhone from AT&T. Help me decide which one to get. Please also comment with opinions on customer service, reception in the Central Florida area, pricing, etc.

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Personal Branding Helps With Energy

Daniel Smith — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:41:42 +0000

I know I haven’t posted a lot of content lately, just pictures. I promise I will be getting back to that.

Awesome! WOOT

Daniel Smith — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:15:22 +0000