Blog Breath

Due to spammers from hell

Debbie Walton — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:37:50 +0000

Voltan must pre authorize membership before you can post to this blog.

Voltan would really like to meet this spammer face to face some day. Always sending Voltan emails advertising things Voltan does not wish to buy! Replica watches, canadian drugs, homeowner loans, bah! Always trying to sell Voltan drugs that promise to enhance things Voltan does not need enhancing!

There must be some self indulgence an evil supergenius can have without all this guilt! Squashing the miserable buggers is frowned upon, as is most everything else they have coming to them. This frustrates Voltan almost as much as the spam itself.

The shirt collar ought to be jerked up tightly about the chest and pulled to nose level, with a tight shove against a convenient post emphasizing each syllable. Maybe with a bit of spit to blow across the short distance between Voltan and the scumbag spammer. All the aggrivation this bugger’s been causing for so long coming full force back on the perpetrator until Voltan looses his voice! This pleases Voltan. Then it would be time for having friends over so they could blast their heads off, too. no use hogging up all the fun for myself! This part is, of course, only fantasy. Voltan has no friends, nor needs any!

I would get Zane, my slacker henchman, to take care of it all for me but i can’t trust him to do things right. The last time Zane was asked to do something useful around here he let the whereabouts be known of supersecret seabase and that’s why we’ve had to move to supersecret seabase beta.

If the greasy spammers ever come round this way again, Voltan will set aside the fish and chips that night and see just how many calories are in that stuff.

cfmail

Debbie Walton — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:07:26 +0000

here are two pages with cfmail instructions:

http://www.hostmysite.com/support/cfusion/cfmail/

adobe.com/coldfusion

here is the page i’m working on:
http://www.travistystudios.com/cfstudy/deb/sendmail.cfm

and cfmail.cfm is also in the same folder, take a look at both of them. If you know how to fix this form so it will email, write me: deb@travistystudios.com

SPYDER THINGY

Debbie Walton — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:44:28 +0000

Liz Rantanen was the February AAMUG guest speaker who told us about CRT output monitoring devices. At our March meeting, we talked about the possibility of purchasing one as a group and sharing it. This leaves us with a few details to work out: what particular make/model to get, payment collection, and loaning it out. This is a great place to work these things out.

A little research is in order at this point, so more on the make/model and costs of each after that’s done. After we know just how much $ is involved, we can slice up the amount and do the math. Meanwhile, let’s decide how we want to loan it out. How long should we get to use it, how will it be returned, or passed on to the next member, should we consider a deposit to help insure its return, etc. etc.

I think these things are only for CRT monitors, if I understood correctly. Do we need to consider anything else, (like apple/PC) when choosing? I’ll ask around and report back.

Suggest a Tagline for Blog Breath

Debbie Walton — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:06:22 +0000

Here’s one:

If the window fogs up, you’re still breathing!

Photoshop Study Group

Debbie Walton — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:20:11 +0000

Informal Photoshop Study Group to meet in Marion, Texas, beginning in April 2007. Open to AAMUG members, limit five. Details to be posted here (soon as Paul helps me set a date for Early April)

We will be using the Peachpit Press Photoshop WOW! books, bring them if you own one, (and any other photoshop/graphics books you like). These books are available very inexpensively on Amazon.com and Ebay (Paul bought his for 98 cents! plus shipping, Deb bought two for around $6 each, including shipping, and they were ALL in new/almost new condition) and we encourage you to get one. Since much of the content is redundant, earlier editions are still very useful.

Post your intent to join this group by leaving comments here.

CSS Workshop

Debbie Walton — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:06:37 +0000

Forming another CSS Study Group, to begin April 2007, Marion, Texas. Details to be posted here. Interested members should contact Debbie Walton, via email: debbie AT aamug DOT com or phone: 830-420-3813. Pre register now by posting comment here. First four hour class will be free of cost, $10 per class thereafter. Limit 4 students per class!

Like these utilities?

Debbie Walton — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:53:38 +0000

If you would like to leave comments, suggestions, have questions about any of the utilities, etc., post them here.

CSS Links/Comments

Debbie Walton — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:46:18 +0000

My favorite has to be Stu Nickol’s CSS Play site. Nothing but examples! But these are all great sites. If you have a great CSS link or tip, want to make a comment on the ones posted here, the world would love to hear about it.

CF Study Group

Debbie Walton — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:57:14 +0000

CF Study Group

The AAMUG (Alamo Area Multimedia User Group) Cold Fusion study group is just forming, March 2007. Some members are already certified or experienced CF users, others are just starting. So far, there are 6 members: Nikki, Debbie, Monte, Robert, Steve, and Darrell. Each have been granted blog priveleges here.

Purpose of this study group is currently aimed at certification of members. Meetings are currently being scheduled, contact AAMUG.org for more information.

CF Server Space

Travisty Studios, has donated server space for this study group. Members have access to the entire study group directory, and each of the member’s sub directories, to help make this study project more convenient.

About AAMUG

Debbie Walton — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:49:14 +0000

Alamo Area Multimedia User Group, or AAMUG was re formed from the remnants of the old SAMCFUG/Macromedia user group that sort of fell apart late in 2005. Since then, our group has undergone a lot of changes. Our membership went through some changes, the size of our group changed, our sponsors changed, and the structure of our meetings have changed. Being a new group has meant that we’ve had to work hard at getting started.

AAMUG has their own website, but this is where members can leave comments or feedback, make suggestions, etc.