I Heart Forums

Many of you know that I became the owner of www.backyardchickens.com about a year and a half ago.  Since that time the new BYC Chicken Forum has grown like crazy.   It has been a lot of fun taking what I learned from my very first forum (the one tied to this domain, the Nifty-Stuff Printer Read More …

Nifty-Stuff.com Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for Nifty-Stuff.com The privacy of our visitors to Nifty-Stuff.com is important to us. At Nifty-Stuff.com, we recognize that privacy of your personal information is important. Here is information on what types of personal information we receive and collect when you use and visit Nifty-Stuff.com, and how we safeguard your information. We never sell Read More …

Sheep Weed Abatement

There is a 1.5 acre empty lot behind our house and every year theyd “disc” it to remove weeds for fire suppression.  I’ve heard about people renting goats and sheep for mowing down weeds and thought it would be fun to try, but I never got past the thought. 

Daily MySQL Database Backup

I host and manage about 50 different websites.   The vast majority are static sites for friends and family that don’t require any backup processes above the daily backup provided by my webhost.   In the 8 years that I’ve been running websites I’ve been with about 12 hosting companies and even though my current server has had Read More …

Waterproof Basement (mostly)

As you may know, for the past few years I’ve been in process of waterproofing my basement.  Some of the things I’ve done include: Adding gutters to the house Plugging holes in the wall with hydraulic cement Using 4″ irrigation draining pipes to pull the water as far from the house as possible 

New PC Backup Process

I’ve mentioned that I’m pretty anal about computer backups.  I recently purchased a new computer from the Dell Outlet, a Dimension E521 with Windows Vista.  I’ve heard nothing but bad reviews for Vista and am quite happy with my XP setup so my plan was as follows: