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Upgrading from Shared Hosting - Part 4 - Considering Google Apps

Thu, 2012-10-04 01:38 — Pat Heyman

Major Update

Although Google seems to be determined to hide it, you can migrate much of your existing account using the methods documented here. For example:

  1. Log in to google with the account you want to transfer data from.
  2. Now go to this link. You'll need to change the e-mail addresses to match your source and destination accounts.

Upgrading from Shared Hosting - Part 3 - Preparing to move

Thu, 2012-10-04 00:01 — Pat Heyman

The essential steps in moving are:

  1. Move your domain name to an alternative registrar (if your web host registered your domain name for you.
  2. Move your nameservers/Edit your DNS as appropriate
  3. Consider your e-mail provider
  4. Choose a new account
  5. Set up the account and migrate data
  6. Test the site
  7. Point your DNS records to your new account
  8. Cancel your old account

This article will deal with steps 1 - 3.

Move your domain name to an alternative registrar

Upgrading from Shared Hosting - Part 2 - Best practices

Wed, 2012-10-03 21:49 — Pat Heyman

These best practices apply no matter whether you keep your current account, upgrade your shared account, or move to a VPS or Dedicated Server. (Many of these were gleaned from readings on webhostingtalk.com and lowendbox.com.)

Pay Monthly

It can be very attractive to pay annually or even prepay several years in advance because hosting companies often provide deep discounts or "freebies" such as a free domain registration. This can be a mistake for a number of reasons:

Upgrading from Shared Hosting - Part 1 - Deciding on a plan

Wed, 2012-10-03 21:26 — Pat Heyman

It's pretty inexpensive and easy to set up a website these days. Companies like Hostgator and Dreamhost have you search for a domain name, fill out a couple forms, enter a credit card and congratulations. You now have a website. After a while, you may feel that your needs have outgrown your account, or that the service is not up to par or that your website is too slow. It's obviously time for an upgrade, but from what to what?

From What?

Testing out of College Courses -- AP, CLEP, and DSST

Thu, 2012-05-17 16:05 — Pat Heyman

There are basically three traditional ways to get out of college courses. All three involve taking a test that shows basic competency in the course material. Many high school students are familiar with AP (Advanced Placement) courses. You take a course in high school, then at the end of the school year, you take the AP test, and if you score high enough on it, you get college credit.

The main problem with AP courses is that they are only available to high school students. Once you've graduated, it's too late. Another problem is that it takes a whole school year to get your credit. This is where CLEP (College Level Examination Program) and DSST (Dantes Standardized Subject Tests) come in.

Close Quarters Tactics (CQT) with Randy Cain

Tue, 2012-01-31 01:34 — Pat Heyman

This past weekend I joined thirteen others in taking a Close Quarters Tactics class at Southern Exposure Training in Lakeland with Randy Cain.

The class has two major focuses (foci?):

  1. Some hand to hand techniques to retain your firearm or disarm an opponent.
  2. Incorporating the hand to hand techniques into the overall firearm system.

Training Days

The Work--Ideas Matter

Thu, 2011-02-24 00:05 — Pat Heyman

Ideas Matter. What you believe affects what you do.

Introduction

Welcome to "The Work." I am not yet sure what the end result of this effort will be, but I invite you to participate along the way. The idea for this blog series was originally an effort to improve my teaching. At Palm Beach Atlantic University, our Provost, Joe Kloba, had the wild and squirrelly idea that a Christian university should not merely provide a Christian atmosphere but should provide something uniquely Christian in terms of intellectual life and ideas.

Google: Evil of Incompetent?

Fri, 2010-11-26 02:56 — Pat Heyman

I recently purchased a Samsung Captivate. It's a smartphone that runs on Google's android operating system. The phone itself is very nifty, and Android is mostly fine, but Google—in the stupidest, most idiotic, boneheaded move ever—decided that you absolutely must have a gmail account to use the phone. In order to install apps from the "Market" you must enter a gmail account. All apps that you download or purchase are tied to this account forever. Moreover, when you purchase an app, it sends your receipt to the gmail account.

Basic Gunhandling - Loading and Unloading

Thu, 2010-11-04 09:23 — Pat Heyman

Here are some basic techniques for loading and unloading a gun. While you practice these, you will want to practice the four laws of gun safety, particularly focusing on 2 and 3: 2) Never let the muzzle cover anything you don't want to destroy (including your own body parts); 3) keep your finger off the trigger until you're ready to shoot.

You'll also want to obtain some snap caps (fake bullet cartridges) to make you practice session safer.

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Profit is not a dirty word

Tue, 2010-07-13 21:58 — Pat Heyman

Another reason not to send your child to school.

The primary purpose of school is conformity. Children who do not conform are labeled slow, dumb, troublemakers. One of the major themes of indoctrination is that of selfless cooperation, volunteerism, altruism. They are taught that profits are selfish, crass, even immoral. Students displaying entrepreneurial bent are especially singled out for conformity training and medication. In reality, most of the good in the world is not the work of selfless volunteers, but the work of profit seeking entrepreneurs. These heroes seek out humanity's unmet needs and find innovative ways to meet them, improving the lives of billions of people, thus fulfilling the words of Jesus, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all." – Mark 9:35

In this video, Cameron Herold tells his story and gives tips for encouraging your child's inner entrepreneur.

My favorite tip:

Don't give your child an allowance or even pay him to do chores. That simply teaches him to be dependent. Instead, allow him to find things that need to be done and come to you with them and negotiate a fee for their completion. This teaches him to be observant, proactive, and incentivizes performance.

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