OK folks I have decided to refocus this site as a tech only and 99% Dasblog site.

There will be no more family postings here, I have created a new family blog site at TomWatts.com to support family blogging.

The TomWatts.Com blog  site is also based on the Dasblog engine and the theme is a conversion of the CSS web template “Nautica02.2 Liquid”  from Open Web Design (OWD). I think it came out very well!!!

I did duplicate some of the old family posts from Robosapient.com for a foundation for the family blog.

I promise you will find more of the lessons learned from my efforts at dasblog.us posted here with maybe some what better background, and easier to find references. I love the forum for the support it offers, but it is not the platform to pontificate about a particular issue raised there, or resolved there!.

I will also try to read the dasblog tea leaves from my hanging around the dasblog developement team and report what I think is going on from the "user" perspective.

See ya later.

Tom

Ok just a few rambles here,

#1. I continue to test Newz Crawler, so far it is one of my favorite RSS writer / remote blogger engines! ( I wish it had a built in spell checker, at least a browser based one, but so far I have not found one! This post will be another test of Newz Crawler...

#2. I review a lot of dasblog sites in my admin support duties (self appointed) over at dasblog.us , there are some very interesting blogs out there! I am partial to technical blogs, but I have found one that is artist centric ran by a techie that has caught my fancy. That blog would be @ http://idleminutes.com

#3. Scott has an interesting post over at his blog, "Is OPen Source a Crap Idea?" http://www.hanselman.com/blog/IsOpenSourceACrapIdea.aspx I hope that last leading question doesn't mean he is considering moving away from dasblog and on too newer greener pastures. If that's where he's headed, (I would understand if he did), I just hope he's looking to pass the baton.

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While this is not one of my standard charity picks, I could not pass up Scott's request!

My father-in-law has diabetes, (not as bad as Scott's situation)! We all have someone dear that needs our help!

See Scott's blog for a very thought provoking monolog about this issue!

While you are there, help out and send The American Diabetes Association some $$$.

I can vouch for Scott's integrity, I even sent my contribution through him via Paypal!

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TeamHanselmanAndDiabetesWalk2006.aspx

I received the following comment at http://dasblog.info the other day, so I thought I would try this product for myself.

Comments page: http://dasblog.info/CommentView,guid,B5B8DD8C-9A11-4237-8438-514D819FB274.aspx

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So far so good, it does appear that the default endpoint for custom /RPC is just fine and that the html reference is http://domain/blogger.aspx.

Going to hit the post button now.........

Added some help images:

Ok a few weeks ago or even longer I blogged about how busy I am!  At that time I didn’t know the “half of it” as they say!

I just can’t find time to keep up with blogging here and supporting dasblog.us & dasblog.info, all are suffering <smile>…

There are a few new changes to this busy schedule, I started using FolderShare. It’s the best new thing in my techie life. http://www.foldershare.com.

I can’t count the times it has saved me time (pun) or from a mini disaster (no pun).

For two weekends in a row I have had personal server problems at home, (Exchange 2003 on PDC/you don’t really want to know the details) and FolderShare has unexpectedly saved the day.

Not only the sharing of designated folders on two or more computers but the feature where you can log into you FolderShare account and access any file on your host computers. That is the feature that was the unplanned lifesaver.

Just today it saved me an 85 mile drive home, yeah I do VPN and remote server etc. etc., and sometime it all lets you down, but not FolderShare.

And you can’t beat that for free!!!!