Rich's Tongfamily (Richtong.net add-on)

b2 on a Windows server is not supported. Wow, still couldn’t get B2 to run, I had forgotten what configuration hell was with all the various INI files. Here are the quick notes from that author on hacking at c:\windows\php.ini… Too numerous are the threads about problems installing b2 on…

WinZip? Home Page. so of course DDG is actually in Unix Tar compressed format, so you have to get winzip in order to read it since Windows XP doesn’t know this. Arrghh. How many layers down do I have to go. Also, with dbg, he saves it with the file…

DBG: Php Debugger. OK, I’ve gotten Mysql, PHP4 and B2 installed, but the b2install.php script is generating an error, so off to find a good debugging tool. Google led me to this for a step by step debugger. Wow, a single integrated suite would sure be great. And of course,…

Configuring PHP 3 and 4, MySQL 3.23, PHPMyAdmin, gd, Zend Optimizer for IIS 5.0 under Windows 2000. OK, to get to Cafe/B2, a great blogger according the blog Compendium, I had to learn how to install MySQL, a terrific free SQL database and also PHP4. Wow, this was pretty tricky…

802.11 Wireless Home Network Recommendations. The new 802.11a at 72Mbps is coming out. Quite a few folks have been asking me about it. Right now for most homes I’d recommend that you get a low cost 802.11b solution for right now. My buddy Tom Hatsukami was asking and wanted to…

Rich’s Page Rank falls. I’m so depressed! I used to have a Google PageRank score of 4, so I didn’t feel so bad that Ludwig had a rank of 5. Now, I find I’ve just dropped to 2. Whatever the heck that means. Most depressing is that sites that you…

Celestia: A 3D Space Simulator. Wow I was browsing through Sourceforge and went through the most downloaded open projects. Found this incredible viewer of celestrial bodies. Amazing what people have built. It works great and I can’t wait to show it to the kids. Nice thing is that it is…

Electronic Federal Tax Payment System. Ok, now that I’m just a self-employeed geek, filing all these tax payments is a big hassle. I’m just bad with paper. Amazingly, the government has an online tax payment system. I’m going to give it a try. Wish me luck!

ITX DIRECT GUIDE / ITX IR Information Company Data. This is a company we have been working with. It has a good Investor relations site. Here is where to get the current quote on Nasdaq Japan and enter 2725 as the stock code quote. Their shares outstanding are in Company…