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Combining Two RSS Feeds in CFScript

by Brian Lang on Jan 12, 2012 • No Comments

In a previous post, I had written an example of combining two RSS feeds into one. At some point, I lost the code from the example, probably from clicking save one-too-many times in WordPress. WordPress is quite finicky about posting any kind of programming code. I did some research, and...

Opinion / Outdoors

Parks Canada’s Glacier Walk Proposal

by Brian Lang on Jan 11, 2012 • No Comments

Parks Canada emailed me today in regards to the Glacier Walk proposal in Jasper National Park. They provided several pieces of information: Setting the Record Straight (PDF) Questions and Answers – The Proposed Brewster Glacier Discovery Walk Link to Brewster’s Glacier Discovery Walk website It almost sounds like the proposal...

Science

Photos of Space Shuttle Endeavour docked at the ISS

by Brian Lang on Jun 7, 2011 • Comments Closed

Photos of Space Shuttle Endeavour docked at the ISS When the Space Shuttle Endeavour was docked at the space station on its final visit there, a Soyuz undocked to return to earth. The cosmonauts were able to take photos of the station and the docked shuttle – the first, and...

Miscellaneous / Outdoors

Seasons Do Not Start on the Solstices or Equinoxes

by Brian Lang on Dec 20, 2010 • Comments Closed

By many ancient traditions, the solstices are the Middle of their respective seasons (as in Shakespeare’s play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”). This is especially true in an agricultural society. It is our modern society that has renamed the solstices as the start of the seasons instead. In the Celtic tradition,...

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May 25, 1945: Sci-Fi Author Predicts Future by Inventing It

by Brian Lang on May 25, 2011 • Comments Closed

Link: May 25, 1945: Sci-Fi Author Predicts Future by Inventing It

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I’ll totally get to your email. Later. Ok?

by Brian Lang on May 25, 2011 • Comments Closed

I’ll totally get to your email. Later. Ok?

Development / Web Design

GoDaddy and WordPress on Windows IIS [updated]

by Brian Lang on May 24, 2011 • Comments Closed

I just moved this blog from DreamHost to GoDaddy. At the same time, I switched from Linux hosting to Windows hosting. When I first copied my files over, everything appeared to work. Until I made a change in the Permalink settings. Then I got 404 errors for every page, including the Word Press admin area....

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Awesome!

by Brian Lang on May 24, 2011 • Comments Closed

Awesome!

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Slaying the Cable Monster: Why HDMI Brands Don’t Matter

by Brian Lang on May 19, 2011 • Comments Closed

Link: Slaying the Cable Monster: Why HDMI Brands Don’t Matter High priced HDMI cables are just that – high priced. Unlike your older video cables (RCA, S-video, etc…) where the signal can degrade over longer distances, digital signals are either on or off. So you either get a perfect picture or nothing. So save yourself...

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