Wyatt Preul

Being Rich Doesn’t Mean You Have Style

Renaissauce: Thoughts — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:03:00 GMT

My wife and I were watching HGTV the other day where they were showing off the best 10 kitchens. During this show we found that many of the kitchens had kitschy items and useless appliances. For example, fake grapes adorned a french colonial kitchen....(read more)

Security Tip: Require Original Password to Change Password

Renaissauce: Thoughts — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:24:00 GMT

I logged into my account at Wachovia with plans to change my password. It is a good idea, I believe, to periodically change your passwords, especially passwords related to financial accounts. When I went to the change password page, Wachovia didn't...(read more)

Google is blocking intitle: Design searches

Renaissauce: Thoughts — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:03:28 GMT

Wow, so I was looking for items related to web design last night and it was working just fine. Tonight google is blocking these same searches. what up with that? That is not the odd part, it looks like searches for items on web security work, just...(read more)

Convert Normal Photos to Retro Photos

Renaissauce: Thoughts — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:52:00 GMT

I really love the way that old photo's look, I am talking about photo's from the 60s and 70s. This is a look that is certainly lost with most modern digital photos that people are shooting. I think it is the color's of these old...(read more)

Infinite Loop Trying to Order Broadband

Renaissauce: Thoughts — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:24:00 GMT

My wife and I are moving shortly. As part of the move I have been trying to order broadband through Time Warner Cable(TWC) so that it is ready by the time we arrive at our new place of residence. TWC is not my first choice, but it is the only broadband...(read more)

New personal site, renaissauce.com, is now live!

Renaissauce: Thoughts — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:02:00 GMT

My new online identity is renaissauce.com. I wanted a site that would allow me to share all (or most) of the items that make me who I am. The name, therefore, had to express this. The renaissance was a time when people harnessed their wide range of talents...(read more)

MSI Wind, Eee PC, OLPC, Kindle, Something else?

Wyatt Preul - The Geek Cowboy — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:10:16 GMT

June seems super far away when I know that a large number of netbooks are going to be introduced. I call them netbooks, because they are small laptops designed for simple online use, much like a umpc, but mainly for email and that sort of thing. They...(read more)

Preorder EeePC 900 on Amazon

Wyatt Preul - The Geek Cowboy — Mon, 12 May 2008 04:27:55 GMT

Amazon just added the eee pc to their store here: http://www.amazon.com/Eee-PC-Screen-900-Preloaded/dp/B00191PKJK/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=pc&qid=1210562366&sr=1-13 One of the complaints about this new laptop is that it has a smaller battery...(read more)

Community Server 2008 - Overriding SiteUrls.config

Wyatt Preul - The Geek Cowboy — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:57:04 GMT

Overview When you are upgrading a site and have made changes to the siteurls.config or a similar configuration file, you will often need to merge your changes with the updated copy. Since 2007 this is no longer necessary when you use an override file...(read more)

Community Server 2008 - Undersanding SiteUrls.config

Wyatt Preul - The Geek Cowboy — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:10:47 GMT

Overview The siteurls.config has not changed drastically throughout the past couple of years. Regardless, it still remains a somewhat daunting file to understand. The step in this understanding it to realize that siteurls.config contains the data used...(read more)

Community Server 2008 - Migrating Spam Rules

Wyatt Preul - The Geek Cowboy — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:28:18 GMT

Overview In Community Server 2008 the spam rules were updated to support dynamic configuration options. This is important because now dynamic configuration code is consistent across new features. For example, the same way that you code for dynamic options...(read more)

Easy Homemade Calcium Supplement for Pets

Wyatt Preul - The Geek Cowboy — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:18:21 GMT

A couple of our friends bought us a book called eco dog . In this book there is a quick recipe for creating a calcium supplement that dogs love. All you do is take egg shells, put them in the microwave for 2 minutes to kill off any bacteria. Then grind...(read more)

Election Observations in the big PA

Wyatt Preul - The Geek Cowboy — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:08:18 GMT

Today, Philadelphia is buzzing with supporters getting out and cheering for their candidate. However, there are only two candidates who have supporters actively standing out by the streets, Obama and Dougherty. I have yet to find a single Hillary supporter...(read more)

Whiten Teeth With Strawberry and Baking Powder

Wyatt Preul - The Geek Cowboy — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:18:03 GMT

I saw this suggestion ( http://www.health.com/health/article/0,23414,1136070,00.html ) about combining a strawberry and baking powder to use for whitening your teeth. While this will work, I wish they had reminded people that some baking powder contains...(read more)

Surreal HDR From 1 RAW Image

Wyatt Preul - The Geek Cowboy — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:17:06 GMT

http://www.hdrsoft.com/support/faq_photomatix.html#raw I realized after reading the above FAQ that using a single RAW and converting it to a dng can be used inside of photomatix. Previously, I had tried creating different exposures from a single dng and...(read more)