web-fu talk...

Stacey Anne

10:45

hi

Garrett Fogerlie

cool,

I've never created a room before!

Stacey Anne

haha, neither have I

Garrett Fogerlie

Anyway, i'm not that familiar with everything now-a-days... but google tricks I do know

at least the older ones!

Stacey Anne

It actually is to do with my blog

it's probably really simple, but I'm clueless when it comes to this stuff

Garrett Fogerlie

I'm in the process of transfering a huge client of mine over to a coorperate version of Google Apps, so i've been learning a lot lately

I know a bit of SEO stuff, but not much

what are you trying to do?

Stacey Anne

10:49

I'd like to install wordpress

or re-install

it's already there, but it needs to be upgraded

Garrett Fogerlie

Hmm, do you have a server? or just from your computer?

Stacey Anne

and i don't know if I have to up grade or re-install

I have a server

all of my own

teeheehee

it's a amazon one

Garrett Fogerlie

Oh sweet!

Unfortunately I've never delt with that.

but I think you can just reinstall wordpress as

as long as you leave the database alone.

I don't have a cloud host yet, but I have a lot of servers all over.

Stacey Anne

ok

Garrett Fogerlie

How does amazon cloud work?

can you remote desktop into it?

Stacey Anne

10:54

I can ssh

it's linux

running debian

abdullah kahraman

:)

Garrett Fogerlie

Thats so cool!

Stacey Anne

at least i think it's debian

I haven't been in for a while

Garrett Fogerlie

Everything I'm forced to work with is Windows based!

I doubt it would be debian...

Red-hat or something similar is more likely

not that it makes much of a difference

Stacey Anne

oh it's centos

Garrett Fogerlie

10:57

Ah, so it must be like GoDaddy

they use centos too

Stacey Anne

I'm using a south african dns service

like go daddy

Garrett Fogerlie

GoDaddy is a big server farm (there corp is right across the street from my old office!

Stacey Anne

oh cool

Garrett Fogerlie

That's one of the reasons I was lucky to be where I am know! Every cool development in the 1990's

happened withing driving distance from where I lived!

How long has your blog been online?

Stacey Anne

my server is just for my repository of work code and my domain

you mean my domain or my wordpress domain blog?

Garrett Fogerlie

11:00

Also, adding it to your profile (if you wanted,) is a good way to get backlinks*

even though it's probably no-follow...

it helps

your wordpress blog

Stacey Anne

oh yes I probably should

Garrett Fogerlie

Is your blog hosted with wordpress? and now you want to change over to your google apps?

Stacey Anne

it's been around a couple of years?

yes

Garrett Fogerlie

BTW. [email protected] is my email address

Stacey Anne

I saw on your profile

:)

Garrett Fogerlie

11:02

whats the link again

Stacey Anne

staceyrieck.wordpress.com

Garrett Fogerlie

I'm making my own blog software rite now

Stacey Anne

I really like the template of that blog

Garrett Fogerlie

(or at least I've been trying to for the last year...

asp.net MVC3/4 is super easy to learn and I enjoy it...

sadly it's MS

You can put adsence on your blog and make a bit of money... I get about $60 a month

Stacey Anne

that's pretty decent

Garrett Fogerlie

11:07

I need to use python more...

Stacey Anne

I just use python to throw together proof of concept apps

Garrett Fogerlie

Do you do much work in the satellite industry?

Stacey Anne

not really?

Garrett Fogerlie

Is that a dying industry btw?

Stacey Anne

I know a guy who has a company that has a sattelite

which is very cool

and he seems to be doing well for himself

Garrett Fogerlie

11:10

My dad started a company called symbio-tech (before I knew him...) and it was a big communications network...

But it went under in ~2003

Stacey Anne

that's always a sucky process

Garrett Fogerlie

Now I have a warehouse full of super awsome sattelite gear and fiber optic switching hubs etc.

Stacey Anne

my uncle was very rich and owned a packaging company, but ne of his staff screwed him over and embezzled a ton of money and it went under

Garrett Fogerlie

He was well retired by then anyway!

That's what happened to my company Premier Systems

Stacey Anne

he had to file for bankruptcy. but then he started another company and is rich again.

aw, it went under?

Garrett Fogerlie

11:14

I didn't have to file... probably should have! but I just started a new one, and my lawyer made a ton of money... none of which I saw!

It's still around,

Stacey Anne

well I'm glad to hear you have recovered!

Garrett Fogerlie

It was a partnership then we added a third guy and one day we found out that he drained the company accounts and stole a bunch of equipment...

Now it's just my company, and I only use it with a few existing clients.

Stacey Anne

It's really important to pick the right people!

Garrett Fogerlie

Thats the hardest part!!!

Well that and managing them...

Stacey Anne

yep, definitely

Garrett Fogerlie

11:19

it's so sad that the coolest projects never sell, but something like this is now used in thousands of lighting systems in the US

But anything high tech anymore is just cooler on an andriod, etc.

That's why SoC type knowledge is a great thing to have!

Stacey Anne

I guess the boring products that take off can fund the interesting ones

;)

Garrett Fogerlie

BTW, I think I gave you this link the other day, but opensystemsmedia.com is a great place to start to get your name out there!

I wrote 1 article and I landed a gig doing HIPAA security upgrades for my entire state, because of USA politics...

Stacey Anne

I took a job writing a proposal for how an FPGA can be used in an existing system

and now I've just finished the board design

it's insane

I was totally thrown into the deep end

Garrett Fogerlie

I have some meetings comming up... If i'm lucky I may land a contract with Lockhead!

Stacey Anne

that would be great :)

I hope they go well

Garrett Fogerlie

11:26

granted I've had meetings with them since early 2011, and nothing much has come out of it...

Stacey Anne

stuff always goes very slowly in the defense industry

especially when it comes to contract decisions

Garrett Fogerlie

BTW I'm looking for ppl with photoshop skills. Preferably local...

It's insane!!!

We have SWAT teams out here, just high end police...

their entire system was/is running on old windows server 2000!

Stacey Anne

wow, thats crazy

I find it really scary when ATM machines are running windows XP

Garrett Fogerlie

That's why lulzSec hacked them so easily!

Read up on it if you havent, I think it was lulzSec Arizona DPS hack...

Stacey Anne

ok

Garrett Fogerlie

11:30

lol

Did you see the defcon or whatever con it was where they uploaded firmware to an ATM

Stacey Anne

no

Garrett Fogerlie

and made it spit out it all it's cash?

Stacey Anne

haha

Garrett Fogerlie

DEFCON 18: Jackpotting Automated Teller Machines

Based off a similar hack of gambeling machines that happened where I live.. in the late 1990's or early `00

Stacey Anne

what do you do in your free time?

Garrett Fogerlie

11:34

I'm not sure how hard it is to get a visa to enter US... but defcon is a great convention!

this

nothing... other than read and get fatter!

Stacey Anne

talk to lady engineers on stackoverflow? ;)

Garrett Fogerlie

LOL, no.

I meant what I'm doing... reading a book rite now, actually

Stacey Anne

what are you reading?

Garrett Fogerlie

I hate when you hear that ping sound and cant figure out what window caused it....

Stacey Anne

you mean I caused it?

ping

:p

Garrett Fogerlie

11:38

no..

Stacey Anne

oh. I hear pings when you talk

Garrett Fogerlie

Free Will by Sam Harris

It was google voice... I just got a txt message

I only here a ping if you do xxx

opps,

Stacey Anne

LOL

Garrett Fogerlie

a bit too fast with the tab button

@StaceyAnne <- thats what I meant

Stacey Anne

oh, you're right

it's only for the @ thing

Garrett Fogerlie

11:40

You can change it...

Stacey Anne

I was trying to figure out why I heard it in the other window, but not this one

Garrett Fogerlie

enable desktop notification

It's cool, it also makes the lille red dot on the top left of the window in SE

BTW this book is only 70 pages... Thats what I get for not researching... damn amazon recomendations!

Stacey Anne

Aren't you tired?

Garrett Fogerlie

Yep... It would have helped if I drank the coffee I got like an hour ago...

Stacey Anne

aw, I hope it's not on my accord :/

Garrett Fogerlie

11:45

It's actually cold outside lately, today it even rained! I can't sleep through good weather!

I have to drive a friend of mine to work in like 20 mins.. then I will go to sleep

Stacey Anne

are you noctournal?

:p

Garrett Fogerlie

totally! I like in Arizona... in the middle of the desert! Where a ~48 degree day is normal

Stacey Anne

is the C? or F?

I assume F?

Garrett Fogerlie

It should be mandatory that ppl here be nocturnal!

c

C <- that's why it sucks!

Stacey Anne

? wow, really?

that's insane

Garrett Fogerlie

11:48

not in winter... like it is now

but you get the idea!

Stacey Anne

yes

Garrett Fogerlie

I can't even have my computer on in the day in summer it makes the room too hot! we have constant heat warnings, and since everyone blasts the AC we get blackouts every once in a while...

it's the surges that kill all my cool electronics!

I gotta run! goodNite

Stacey Anne

bye!

Garrett Fogerlie

@StaceyAnne watch this if you havent... youtube.com/watch?v=SIMF8bp5-qg

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