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April 2009

Testing Qumana for Mac

I’ve found myself wanting to find a decent blogging program out there that will allow me to manage the blogs that I currently have and write blog posts offline.  It’s helpful in that I am able to provide more review time to my blog posts while also having several pending.  …

Apple Web Tablet/Netbook Rumors

Since the suggestion back in 2000 that Apple would release a tablet like device that would be a PDA, I was excited to see what they had.  After years they released the iPhone and iPod Touch, and I’ve been very happy with my iPod Touch.  It does everything that I …

Autism Legislation Lost In Committee on the Hill

In case you haven’t heard, this month is National Autism Awareness Month, and as such our elected officials on Capitol Hill have been diligent in expressing their desire to support those families who deal with Autism on a daily basis.  Autism was even given some face time during the 2008 …

Teaching Writing Skills

My son is currently trying to learn how to write his name.  He is excited about this, because I have been trying to help him write his name since he was 2, and now he has the chance to show his teachers what he can do. There are two things …

Secure Login for Apple WebMail

This week I have been teaching my Mac OS X Server Essentials v10.5, and a question came up:  What is the use of having security on the directory if you have a clear text login to webmail?  It’s a good question as I have been pointing out default security policies …

Migration Failure: Blog is Back Up

Obviously, because you can read this, you know that my blog is back in service.  I tried migrating the blog to another host, and the old saying, “you get what you pay for” rung true.  The free host site, Hostrator.com, is completely down, taking my new blog location with it. …

Breakthrough: My Son and his Church Class

On Sunday a very special thing happened in my son’s primary class at church.  To date most of the other children have been either indifferent to my son, or have outright feared him.  One parent in particular seems to be rather fearful of him, or is at least using him …

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