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Business 101: Working From Home — Keeping It Under Control

My last day of “full time” work was something like September 19, 2000. That's when I lost my temper, left my dot com and re-entered the land of “Work at Home” people.  As you can tell from the quantity of output I produce here and other places, I'm probably the last person you'd think would be writing about keeping their work life under control.  Arguably my work life is not under control — it fills my very being.  True.  But you should bear in mind that just because someone doesn't do something, that doesn't mean they don't know how to do it — but, perhaps, they choose not to.  That's my situation.  I know how to work from home and maintain a balance between work and home.  I'm choosing not to.  For now.  Anyway … 

12 Tips for Working from Home But Keeping it Under Control

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Thomas A. Edison. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” [Quotes of the Day] [dws.]

Yesterday's viewing of Final Redemption was a pleasant surprise. To be honest, it was my first viewing of an 'independent film' and I wasn't quite sure what to expect. The writer/director/creator was a friend of mine, Stan von Miller. This was his first movie, but you couldn't tell it. The movie's story-line was incredible. The acting was surprisingly good, considering that this was most people's first attempt. And, the editing of the movie was very professional.I have a newfound appreciation for the Austin film community. They work for much of nothing, they come together for a common good, and they bring out the best and most charitable selves in those around them.My Rating? 5 Stars!

Tomorrow is the PREMIERE showing of Final Redemption at the Alamo Draft House in downtown Austin. The film, an innaugural flick by a friend, Stan von Miller, is his first production under Cuernavaca Films. If you're free Saturday around 4:00, I highly recommend coming inside the cool A/C for a while and helping to polish off a cold beer or two while you take in an Austin original.

FRUSTRATED MICROSOFT USERS EXPLORE OPTIONSPosted August 07, 2002 07:48 Pacific TimeFRUSTRATION WITH MICROSOFT is prompting more companiesto consider “un-Windows” alternatives, according to astudy released Tuesday.”Corporate user resentment and dissatisfaction withMicrosoft and some of its practices is at an all-timehigh,” says Laura DiDio, senior analyst with theYankee Group and the report's author. That frustrationis pushing more companies to consider Linux-basedoperating systems as well as Apple Computer's OS X,she says.For the full story:http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/08/07/020807hndidio.xml?0808thwebtech_ar

Ahhhhhhh. Love is in the air. After a brief, but much needed rainshower, the male and female robin stopped by the local feeder for a gourmet meal of sunflower seeds and grain. Following dinner, they mosey'd on over to the bird bath for a quick, refreshing dip.Can anyone tell me where I can find a decent web cam for a Mac? (with support for OS 9 and OS X) I'd love to fix a camera on my feeder.

THUMP – pitter, patter, pitter, patter, pitter, patter, pitter, patter, pitter, patter.That is what I hear EVERY morning about this time. SOMETHING is living in my attic, directly above my office. Could it be the two squirrels who have started to ransack my bird feeder, chasing away my cool little bluejays and robins? Is it the neighborhood possum, coming home after a long night's prowl? Whatever it is, I think it's getting fatter – no doubt off my birdseed. If I don't find out soon, it might get stuck. In this Texas summer heat, they won't last long in my attic. I can only go up there after dark – or I'll melt.Maybe tomorrow I'll sneak outside and try to perch myself near the rooftop. Maybe I'll get a glimpse of my furry squatter.THUMP – pitter, patter, pitter, patter, pitter, patter, pitter, patter, pitter, patter.

My PHP Writings.

My PHP Writings

Alex (who I mistakenly called Adam in a blog post on Sunday; sorry Alex) asked me for a list of all my php writings.  Ack!  And his reward is this index to my php writings.   I'll try to get them all.  Not sure if this is complete and some of the articles are starting points only but there's code in them thar articles as they say.  Libby may like this too:

Googling for Me and PHP

Complete

• http://www.phpbeginner.com/columns/scott/
• http://www.phpbeginner.com/columns/scott/authentication/
• http://www.phpbeginner.com/columns/scott/localization
• http://www.phpbeginner.com/columns/scott/distinct

Blogged Stuff:

• http://radio.weblogs.com/0103807/categories/php/
• http://radio.weblogs.com/0103807/stories/2002/08/01/phpBeginnerMoreOnSecurity.html
• http://radio.weblogs.com/0103807/stories/2002/06/26/thePhp42IssuesInDetail.html

Incomplete, honestly no idea what state they are in.  I started them, got pulled off and never got back onto them.

• http://www.fuzzygroup.net/writing/php_encrypting_db_passwords.htm
• http://www.fuzzygroup.net/writing/php_handling_changing_links_with_a_redirector.htm
• http://www.fuzzygroup.net/writing/php_handling_users_and_passwords.htm
• http://www.fuzzygroup.net/writing/php_localization_of_your_website.htm
• http://www.fuzzygroup.net/writing/php_using_rss_to_integrate_your_blog_and_homepage.htm

Now Alex also brought up an interesting point — he's tired of small scale articles about PHP applications and wants to see a series of articles about a single large project built in PHP that showcases a large, maintainable PHP application.  I have one in mind but I'm curious if anyone else would be interested in such a series of articles…

Email me by clicking here if you want to see it or here if you don't.  The application in question would be a large scale open source groupware style thing.  All features including kitchen sink.  Heavily biased towards improving productivity of service organizations (Yeah… Scratching my own niche here).

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Yesterday I read an article that said that the reason that email has become the most popular Internet tool is that people can easily relate to the function. It is 'natural' to write a letter to someone. I find myself suddenly drawn to email my weblog instead of opening up my browser, navigating to the right section, and writing my weblog entry. Maybe I would post more if I started just emailing my posts.Question: Do you use the Mail-to-Weblog bridge to post your entries and if not, why?

This is a test of the mail to weblog bridge.BUENOS DIAS, TEJAS!!