View from the Dock

Wow. Time flies. Thanks to the holiday season and other personal commitments, it’s been a while since the last post. Just a quick message to say ‘View from the Dock’ will be be flowing with new commentary, reviews, and such beginning this week …

Guest reviewer Brandon takes You Software’s You Control for a test drive in this screencast, prompted by the companies’ recent MacSanta discount offer. While the 20 percent discount is no longer available, you can still pick it up for ten percent off until Dec. 31.
His verdict: he says it potentially replaces four other applications [...]

I’ve posted the screenshots, as promised, to illustrate how you can migrate your WordPress installation from one host to another. In this case, I moved this site from 1&1 to Bluehost. The screenshots detail how to export your MySQL database from on host and import it to your new host location.

I recently completed a project that began with installing VMware Fusion on my Intel iMac and (unexpectedly) ended with an old Compaq Presario laptop running Linux. If you’re an adventurous type and wish to reclaim an old PC, or if you just switched to a mac and now have an old PC collecting dust, [...]

I had two problems with this website over the weekend. First, I was unable to view or send files to this site for over 48 hours. I was able to see my files via the online ‘control panel’ of my web host. However, I could not connect using HTTP (viewing from a web browser) or [...]

The site is back in full working order now. Since I had to re-create much of my style sheet, I couldn’t resist tweaking the design a bit, too. I think I’m really done tinkering with it for now. Now on to the content!
Come back tomorrow for a discussion about my experience transferring this WordPress installation [...]