http://himerus.com/old a blog by Jake Strawn Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:54:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been mentioning here over the past several months that I'd like to start working on some jQuery tutorials, however, with the time involved in other projects for clients, and personal, I seem to have put them off to the point that those tutorials were never brought to fruition. A couple ... http://himerus.com/old/current-project-apress-book-on-jquery/85 I've personally been running into issues on my server lately that would for some still unknown reason crash Apache at some point during the night, and I'd have to find out when I first loaded up one of the sites on the server the next morning, then manually start Apache ... http://himerus.com/old/how-to-check-if-apache-is-running-restart-via-cron-job/84 I've been working on finishing up a personal drupal project at Poodle Breeder Source.com, and have been working with Drupal on this project. This will be one of many Drupal projects I've done over the past 6 months, and I really love the flexibility of Drupal, and the large amount ... http://himerus.com/old/drupal-5-e-commerce-setup-woes/83 Just wrapped up a new domain for the upcoming release of Stargate Worlds, a MMORPG based in the worlds of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis. Look for StargateGamer in the upcoming month or two for a launch to make sure it's out well before the game is due to give ... http://himerus.com/old/upcoming-project-stargategamercom/82 Well, as I get ready to head back home in the next few days hopefully, I've been looking over some things that will need to be done and trying to prioritize what I have left to do on a few projects, and how to tackle those when I get back ... http://himerus.com/old/upcoming-projects-work/81 I've failed to keep up on my Dallas Cowboys this season for fear my cowboy's blogging would somehow jinx their chances for a successful season. However, even on my hiatus down to TX to help settle the affairs of my grandfather, I was able to catch the last 3 quarters of ... http://himerus.com/old/final-cowboys-note-for-the-season/80 Well, It's been a rough couple of weeks to say the least. I'm back in the heartland for the time being & had to bury my grandfather this week who was always like a father to me. Now it's down to packing up belongings, and securing the house he lived in ... http://himerus.com/old/rough-couple-of-weeks/79 Well, it's been hectic getting back to the full-time at the home office grind, but finally back in full swing of productivity. Been making notes on current projects to organize my thoughts, and working on getting some ideas/notes laid out on the Himpressive theme that was lost a few months ... http://himerus.com/old/planning-and-more-planning/78 After lots of careful consideration, I've recently left the security of the last full-time position I was in, and have decided to move back into the unknown for a while, and take life as it comes. The daily stresses of the 9-5 were eating me alive, and I felt it ... http://himerus.com/old/familliar-road-to-travel-again/77 This is too funny to miss... Just like airport security in the old days, when you pay an 8-12$/hr employee, you get what you pay for. http://www.yougamers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=67332 http://himerus.com/old/xbox-360-returned-gutted/76 After a horribly failed attempt at getting Colorado Rockies tickets that I previously mentioned, we are now hoping based on a Rockies press release that the ticket sales will resume tomorrow at noon. After all the day's mess sorted out, and I was able to do some reading on the very ... http://himerus.com/old/colorado-rockies-fans-prepare-for-take-two/75 Well, for exactly 62 minutes now, I have refreshed the page hosted by evenue.net that has refused to load anything other than the ridiculous page saying again that tickets go on sale at 10a.m. And that splash/welcome page has only loaded about 15 times out of 300-400 page refreshes on ... http://himerus.com/old/rockies-ticket-conspiracy/74 I've been battling for a few weeks now up to my ears in building a new CMS for both my personal use, for my own clients, and for an alternative option for my current 9-5 design shop. I've finally got to the point where I'm about 80% complete with the core ... http://himerus.com/old/current-project-cmdr-pro/73 There are only two words I can use to describe the Monday Night Football game that just ended.... F***ing AMAZING... Never in my life have I witnessd a game in person or on TV that had me screaming, cheering, and almost crying all at the same time.... After a ridiculous 5 ... http://himerus.com/old/dallas-cowboys-miracle-comeback-in-buffalo/72 I've just wrapped up what was going to be a "quick" project, and ended up turning into a ton of content & touch-ups to make it "just right"... The site for the Vote Yes on 3A campaign in Park County Colorado was originally set up to be a brief informational site ... http://himerus.com/old/school-security-voteyeson3acom/71