Mike and Ploy

Sometimes I get blank stares.  Usually it’s a conversation ender.   Some people don’t understand.  Often it’s a “that’s nice” head nod and smile.   People simply have nothing to say….   all because I play video games. (continue reading…)

“Cleanliness is next to Godliness”

That quote was by the sink at my mom’s house.  Whenever I was assigned the dreadful chore of washing dishes – a daily assignment I might add,  I would read that quote and wonder why the cartoon in the picture was so happy dancing around this kitchen with a mop in his hands.   I never did that.  Have you ever tried to dance while mopping? Besides getting the muddy water everywhere (gross….), the pure friction of a mop on vinyl floor prohibits any quick movements, let alone reenacting a triple-toe, double axle combo.  You’re more likely to slip on the wet floor and bang your head on the kitchen counter, resulting in a concussion. (continue reading…)

Everyone loves saving money – that’s why we love sales.  I mean, who wouldn’t want to pay less for something that you were going to buy anyway?  The issue arises, however, when you purchase more than you originally planned or budgeted for. (continue reading…)

So, while perusing the great interweb, I found a little gem for beginning photographers: http://www.berniecode.com/writing/photography/beginners/

Covers all of the good stuff – Shutter Speed, Focal Length, Aperture, ISO settings and the always cool “bokeh”.  Just trying saying that word 5 times dramatically……….bo–keh……bo-keh, bo-keh…….bo…..keh  Woohoo.  Even has sections for accessories, like making the case for a tripod and filters.

Other stuff – signed up for new car insurance.  By the way……Don’t ever let me say that my wife isn’t gracious.  Because she is – and she puts up with me.  That is all.

July 3 – Dear Diary,

Today the unthinkable happened.  In an instant – cut down in half by chance.  Damaged & wounded beyond repair, I thought this would bring an end to all…..but it was not meant to be.

The sharp drop to the floor left a gash across your emanating visage, distorted by colors that should not be shown, and a pale white where once was life.  You still contained vital information though, so a suitable substitute was made – the little EEPC performed duties in your stead in the coming day while Master scoured the expanse known as “Craig’s List” searching for a solution. (continue reading…)

Just a few edits.  The engagement and honeymoon albums are back online – they’re at the gallery!

The wedding slideshow is back online!!!  http://wedding.mikeandploy.com/slideshow

Other than that….more stuff is coming.

A few short updates today.   First – the wedding page went back up.  It’s visible here as a reminder of where this started such a short time ago.  Unfortunately, I don’t have the wiki or the admin side of our sites, but that’s ok.  Not everything has to be archived.  It’s probably better that way.

Working on the gallery too.  Kimber and Anthony’s wedding is up.  Still figuring out the differences or tweaks of the system.  It seems like whenever I upload a picture, the converter takes up 100% of the CPU and slows everything down.  I’ll have to look into this a little more – maybe JW’s limited me?

Then there’s the issue with the DNS.  Hrm..  every so often, from home or from work, one of the subdomains will go down.  It’s still active on the server, but for some reason, I won’t be able to get to the address, or ping it.  It won’t even resolve.  I tried changing the timings – we’ll see what happens.

First gallery went up tonight - Engagement Pictures

Woohoo!  I think I’m taxing the server though – it really lags when I’m uploading files.  I’ll have to look if there’s a way to optimize that, or maybe JW has me capped.   Hrmm….

Anyway, cuz I’m bored, I’m testing a video too.  I’ll have to see if this will work.  It’s also a preview of the honeymoon album to come….. stay tuned.

So I finally figured it out… how apache is configured with both serveralias and severname.  Duh – can’t set them both to the same thing.  Severname is the actual name of the server, while ALIASES are additional names that you want the server to respond to.  I was confused cuz I thought they were interchangeable and was putting the same thing in both. Note: Apache doesn’t work if you have the same thing in both fields.

Now that is all sorted out gallery.mikeandploy.com and wiki.mikeandploy.com are all setup.  It’s just the content that needs work now…..  uhahahahwahaaaaahahwhaaaaa.  That’s a lot of typing to do…..

TABLE TENNIS!!!!!!! and Rock Band!!!!! (gotta wait for JW). ‘Nuff Said