askland on December 31st, 2006

2006 was sweet, a total blast. Thank you to all for a great ride this past year. I have a multitude of devious projects in the works so watch out for 2007.
And for my last post of 2006, my new favorite forum graphic:

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askland on December 31st, 2006

Saddam executed. What a sobering day this is. I’m a musician and have little taste for politics; so I have no comment on right or wrong, international justice or our current involvement in Iraq. Who cares what an artist thinks in a world of politics anyway. My profession is the one that paints pictures for [...]

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askland on December 30th, 2006

Current new installations of OSCommerce require that global variables be turned “on” for the server. That feature has been deprecated on most servers for security reasons. The OSC gzip file contains an .htaccess file with a rewrite fix that is commented out. If you need global variables turned “on” then you need to UN-comment those [...]

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askland on December 30th, 2006

*Note - PhpBB 3.0 Olympus has been released since this post. Please leave comments below on your thoughts about the update. Thanks!*
We’re all waiting patiently for the PHPBB 3.0 “Olympus” release which is currently in Beta4 release since November 2006. I think I’m not alone in hoping it would be released by Christmas 2006 but [...]

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askland on December 28th, 2006

James Brown Live 8 - I Feel Good

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askland on December 26th, 2006

A security flaw has been discovered on Windows Vista operating system that gives hackers full control of computers. Read the CNN article.

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askland on December 22nd, 2006

Merry Christmas one and all. Thanks for a very fulfilling 2006.

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askland on December 22nd, 2006

Would you like to be an Author or Editor for our forum websites? We’re looking for people to represent our forum communities with news and thoughts related the overall forum subjects. It’s pretty fun and similiar to what you’re reading right now.
INTERESTED?
If you’re interested please PM (private message) the admin from your forum account. If [...]

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askland on December 22nd, 2006

Our networks are currently in the process of upgrading in preparation for the coined “Web 2.0″. I started working on the backend several months ago on this and have a steady game plan that will go for months. Read about Web 2.0 on Wikipedia.
We will be blurring the line between our forum and ecommerce networks. [...]

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askland on December 20th, 2006

Look at the cute Eskimo petting the seal. Aw shucks….it’s adorable.
Now visit this really fun web page.
After you’ve read it look at the picture again.
This is an avatar from a member on one of my theology debate forums. It has gone unnoticed by members (and myself). I think that’s kind of funny, and a reminder [...]

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askland on December 20th, 2006

Christmas is always a heavy time for sales (ORly?) but one of my CD’s was going through the roof. And for some odd reason very heavy ordering from Texas. We couldn’t figure it out. There were so many orders that I finallly just had to email customers and say sorry - we can’t do it. [...]

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askland on December 18th, 2006

10 mistakes found in Disney’s movie version of High School Musical.
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1 - Mistake Revealing: When Troy says “I’ll sing with her,” Ms. Darbus turns around “in response” to his voice before he even says anything.
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2 - Mistake Continuity: In the cafeteria scene Sharpay and her brother are watching from above. Towards the end of the [...]

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askland on December 18th, 2006

Cast list now posted for Disney’s High School Musical presented by Tag.

Character

Performer

Understudy

Troy Bolton

Ryan McNamara

Steven Marrinier

Gabriella Montez

Miranda Zickler

Lauren Leer

Sharpay Evans

Havalah Calderon

Adria Finch

Ryan Evans

Peter Grace

Nate Young

Chad Danforth

Mikel Armstrong

TBA

Taylor McKessie

Emma Lynn

Lauran Sigfusson

Kelsi Neilson

Sarah Damstra

Mandy Vander Mey

Zeke Baylor

Steven Marrinier

Stefan Vanden Kooy

Martha Cox

Kaela Springer

TBA

Jack Scott

TBA

Ms. Darbus

Laurie Miller

Coach Bolton

Bruce Vilders

Cheerleaders

Haylie Engman

Carly Richter

Lisa Wallace

Ellis Jones

Jocks

Stefan Vanden Koy

Jake Updegraff

Justin Lawrence

Jordon Lange

Connor Crosby

Tyler Luvera

Miles [...]

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askland on December 17th, 2006

World’s Stupidest Robber
Ok, this made my day. I’m in a good mood now. Hope you enjoy it!

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askland on December 17th, 2006

Great article on Subdomains and Search Engines from Nov. 2005 by Vodabot from Vodahost. Also read an article from May 2005 talking about the downsides of using subdomains.
On another article I read the generally considered limit for pages in a subfolder is 65,000 - I have been burned before with security flaws in some software [...]

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askland on December 17th, 2006

Here’s a High School Musical website with audio and video clips, games and fun stuff. Go to Disney HSM Activies.

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askland on December 17th, 2006

望の 今日ここに発表!その前身であるGS DA・Be・YA! から新しく生まれ変わり、豊富な機能搭載。 前作を凌駕するその柔軟なエンドユーザー向けに配慮されたコードストラクチャーは、数多くのバグとの 闘を乗り越えてようやくリリースされました!!!
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askland on December 17th, 2006

You’ve installed wordpress into a subdirectory but want to call some of it’s posts and content into your existing root index page. Here’s a tutorial on how to do it with several different layout options: Visit Wordpress PHP Include Tutorial. I think this is a good alternative for those that want to use Wordpress as [...]

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askland on December 15th, 2006

The cast list for High School Musical will be posted Sunday 12/17/06 at the Theater Arts Guild website.
Amazing talent in this crew, we had 7 callbacks just for the role of Gabriella. That gives you an idea of the difficult job the Director has for casting. We’ve got a great band lined up for the [...]

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askland on December 14th, 2006

Everything you wanted to know about the audition and callback process in theater arts from a director’s perspective. I’ve posted before about audition tips which you can search for on my site.
THE FINE PRINT: I need to say that the insights and opinions expressed here are mine alone and not to be inferred as applicable [...]

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