Articles in the uncategorized category

1. Disabling Wordpress

   Posted on March 28, 2023 in uncategorized

   Today is the day!

   I've been working for several months to complete the transition off of Wordpress. After making a flurry of updates today, I decided now was as good a time as ever to finally pull the trigger.

   This site started on Wordpress in 2007. Over the years, I've …

2. Here Comes Git

   Posted on July 02, 2022 in uncategorized

   In January of 2016, I joined Facebook and had to make the switch from git to hg. To be honest, I wasn't really some sort of zen master of git, but it didn't take me long to completely forget everything I knew about it.

   Now that I've moved on to …

3. Welcome... Again

   Posted on February 15, 2022 in uncategorized

   I've been out of pocket for a while and really have neglected this site. So, as goofy as these things sound, I'm making it a personal goal to contribute more regularly to slaptijack.com in 2022.

   I somehow managed to lose my old copy of the markdown I used to …

4. Geeky Goals for 2016

   Posted on January 01, 2016 in uncategorized

   The new year is finally upon us. Traditionally, I have not been one to make New Year's Resolutions. This year, I decided that rather than a list of resolutions, I would create a list of goals. These are things I would like to achieve over the next year. In other …

5. Open Registration Has Been Closed

   Posted on December 02, 2010 in uncategorized

   As you might be aware, WordPress 3.0.2 has been released to fix a specific security vulnerability. This vulnerability required an attacker to have author-level privileges on a WordPress installation. This has led to a rash of new Slaptijack users to be created with the hopes of gaining author-level …

6. How to Reset Your Amazon Kindle

   Posted on April 08, 2010 in uncategorized

   Sometimes your wonderful Amazon Kindle may get hung and need a little help. How to go about issuing a hard or soft reset depends on which version of the Kindle you have.

   Kindle 1 (K1)

   Soft Reset: Hold down Alt-Shift-R

   Hard Reset: Remove the back cover and insert a paperclip …

7. Data Center Power Outage

   Posted on September 11, 2009 in uncategorized

   Slaptijack was offline for 2.5 hours today when the data center with our server in it experienced a power outage. Apparently, the roof started leaking during a heavy rain storm and water dropped directly on a panel controlling the UPS. This caused the UPS to shutdown, and it took …

8. Introduction to Database Systems: Collected Resources

   Posted on August 11, 2009 in uncategorized

   The following resources were used in the writing of the Introduction to Database Systems article series:

   • Bluttman, K. & Freeze, W. S. (2007). Access data analysis cookbook. Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly.
   • Churcher, C. (2007). Beginning database design: From novice to professional. Berkeley, CA: Apress.
   • Farrell, J. (2008). Programming logic and design …

9. Introduction to Programming Concepts: Collected Resources

   Posted on August 11, 2009 in uncategorized

   The following resources were used in the writing of the Introduction to Programming Concepts article series:

   • Amma, P. (2005). Geo::PostalAddress - Country specific postal address parsing / formatting. Retrieved August 6, 2009.
   • Farrell, J. (2008). Programming logic and design, comprehensive (5th ed.). Boston: Thomson Course Technology.
   • Hotch, R. (1995). Accounting programs …

10. Career Advice for Future Server and Network Engineers

    Posted on October 14, 2008 in uncategorized

    I recently received an email from a reader looking for advice on how to get into server and network engineering. I thought these questions were relevant for anyone starting on the server or network engineer career path. If you can think of any other career related questions, feel free to …