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Guest Spot On "Career Launch"
On Monday, July 13th at 8am I’ll be doing a guest spot on the “Career Launch with Jane and Al” internet radio show. I’ll be present to discuss the role of social networking and social media tools in the career advancement process: specifically LinkedIn and Twitter. Compass Consulting Team (run by Jane and Al) is…
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Recovering A Corrupt OpenLDAP Database On OSX Server
Recovering A Corrupt OpenLDAP Database On OSX Server Last night we noticed some services provided by an OSX Leopard Server instance were not working correctly. The iChat, AFP and Web services were not authenticating. In Server Admin.app, the “Overview” tab of the Open Directory service reported… LDAP Server is: Not Running Password Server is: Running…
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iCal Domain Account Errors For New Events
Over the past couple weeks I’ve had issues getting my OSX 10.5 iCal client to continue working properly with our centralized CalDav server. I stopped being able to invite other domain users to my events as well as reserve “locations”, despite all my personal (non-domain) calendars continuing to work properly. I noted these iCal errors…
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How To Prepare For Ignite
I recently had the pleasure of speaking at Ignite Phoenix 4, and thought I’d share my perspective to those presenting in the future. See, all my life I’ve been in performing musical groups–rock bands, solos with larger concert bands, marching bands etc.–so despite being introverted to a fault, I’m not easily intimidated by anything in…
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MinoHD 720p Digital Camcorder Review
While no one wants to see your entire 180-minute reenactment of Hamlet, it’s nevertheless nice to have a camcorder handy once in a while. Usually I’ll bust out a pocket-sized Canon SD750 when I need a couple minutes of motion capture, but the SD750–as well as most other low-end digital cameras–aren’t fabulous at video, and…
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Three Beers, Three Originals Live Originals
Here’s three original songs from a small set I played a few weeks ago with some friends. If you’ve ever wondered if there is a connection between alcohol consumption and complete loss of control over your vocal chords, behold: undeniable scientific proof. Soooooo, let’s just ignore the crappy parts, mmkay? 🙁 Lies (Preston Lee, 2009)…
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OpenRain's First Commercial Product In Production
I feel like I’ve come to know you quite well over the last few years. It was a rocky relationship at first, what with you not paying attention to me and hanging out with your friends too much and all. But ever since you started taking better care of yourself and dressing up a bit…
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Desert Code Camp 2009 Session Materials
Thanks for the love this past weekend at Desert Code Camp! Here are the presentation materials used in both my sessions… Concurrency Using Threads – [slides] [sample code] (Many thanks to Jim Weirich for the original Keynote slides and example code.) 3D GUI Development With ruby-processing – [slides] [starfield] [twiverse]
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Preston's Business Razor: A Stakeholder Perspective On Pair Programming
Pair programming is an activity of eXtreme Programming (XP) wherein two developers work in conjunction–often physically seated next to each other with a single keyboard and mouse–to solve the same development tasks as a single mind. Having developer pairs tackle complex tasks can go a long way towards… Increasing personal productivity. Reducing defects. Minimizing misinterpretation…
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Running A Small Business, In Three Words
Relentless. Dehabilitating. Stress.
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