http://www.mikeermel.com Politically-correct? Not a chance in Hell! Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:03:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Two weeks ago, the decision was made to move the CLS Forums, the Clann Alba Forums and the T-Bucket Forums to a KnownHost Virtual Private Server. Which left a hosting plan being unused at Downtown Host, as this blog and one other were still being hosted on another company's server.  The ... http://www.mikeermel.com/we-made-a-move/ Today was just one of those days.  It didn't seem it would ever end and when I got home, I really wasn't in the mood to do much of anything. Some people look forward to a relaxing drink to signify the end of the work day, but I find ... http://www.mikeermel.com/shave-therapy/ I've really been away from this for far too long.  Other aspects of this thing called Life have piled atop me and I'm just getting around to catching up with everything. Around 3-4 weeks back, the decision was made to pull all three of our vBulletin forums together, on ... http://www.mikeermel.com/time-to-catch-up/ Approximately eight hours ago, the new version of WordPress was released. The upgrade has just been finished on this site and we are now running on WordPress Version 2.5 http://www.mikeermel.com/new-wordpress-software/ So many times we hear the term - caveat emptor (buyer beware) - but the selection of a good Web host is one of those times we need to be extra wary. When the Clan Lamont / Scottish Forums were first opened, the decision was made to go with one of ... http://www.mikeermel.com/moving-web-hosts/ Several weeks back, I received an order from Giovanni at Barbieria Italiana. Giovanni had also enclosed six or eight razor blades from various manufacturers. I was really experiencing great shaves with Derby Extra Super blades, so I tossed the package in a drawer and pretty much forgot about ... http://www.mikeermel.com/polsilver-another-great-blade/ I received a package from Mama Bear yesterday afternoon. Inside was a bar of the new Bay Rum-scented bath soap and a bar of the new Dragon's Blood-scented bath soap. I was torn as to which bar to try for this morning's shower, but the Dragon's Blood won out. Rich, thick, ... http://www.mikeermel.com/two-bath-soap-must-haves/ As i mentioned a few days back, I was down with the flu for a few days and I've been pretty busy, playing catch up with all the lost time. I got some more of the fine Mama Bear shaving soaps on Monday afternoon, so I broke open the ... http://www.mikeermel.com/catching-up-on-my-shave-reports/ After a few years of putzing around with the operation of AZTech Consulting as a sole proprietorship, I finally made the decision to form an LLC. The company was originally established to do minor bits of Web development work, but we're now concentrating our efforts more on performing vBulletin forum and ... http://www.mikeermel.com/taking-the-big-step/ As I mentioned in another entry, I have been a bit under the weather.  But today, when I got back into work, there was a care package from Giovanni at Barbieria Italiana. I actually wish I had snagged some Sputnik blades on this order :???:, but I still had ... http://www.mikeermel.com/barbieria-italiana-shipment-arrives/