Category: General
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Images from NTCA and Long Beach
The following is a brief slide show of some of the images from NTCA’s 2009 Annual Meeting and Convention. Especially interesting to me, are the images of the tropical islands off Long Beach. Any Viodi View reader wishing to guess what occurs on these isles, please comment below.
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In Memoriam: John P. Messmer
John Messmer had a passion for engineering. A Cal Tech graduate and someone 13 years my senior, I looked up to John. Messmer was never interested in money or material things. His passions were books and electronic device design. His seemingly contradictory anti-establishment and conservative viewpoints definitely provided me with a more nuanced view of…
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Old Batteries – Don’t Dump Them, Call Earth 911
CNET TV had a good idea for recycling those old batteries or just about anything else. Earth911 provides a good resource for finding local resources for recycling common and not so common things. http://earth911.com/
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Upgrading to WordPress 2.7 – What to Do If You Are Getting Error 500
Just spent all day figuring out why I had a Error 500 server problem when upgrading from WordPress 2.6.3 to 2.7. The site worked fine, but every time I clicked on the administratror panel link, I would receive a "Error 500" message. After hours of trying different things, including reinstalling WordPress 2.7, I stumbled upon…
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Brief Tribute to Frank Genochio
It was a bittersweet moment last week when I read of Frank Genochio’s passing. Frank was a prince of a man and provided a great example of how to lead an honorable life. A World War II veteran and member of the greatest generation, he never boasted about his successes but quietly helped others in…