I finally got around to swapping out my old server parts for my desktop parts.  It was actually a weird setup.  Basically I had a powerful server with 24 gigs of DDR3 RAM and a Core i7 950, with not much else.  This machine used to be for heavy processing, but is now being re-purposed to a simple CentOS web server for development.  My desktop setup had 8 gigs of DDR2, a Core 2 Quad, and a VelociRaptor (10k RPM HDD).  My fiancee's desktop was extremely terrible with extremely old hardware not worth mentioning.  Basically we did a little circle of part trading.  For reference, the server's name is "Reznor".

My PC Reznor Chloe's PC
Before

Azus P5Q-E
8GB DDR2 RAM (800)
150GB VelociRaptor (10k RPM) HDD
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550

MSI X58 Pro-E
24GB DDR3 RAM (1333) 
Spare HDD
Intel Core i7 950
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After MSI X58 Pro-E
24GB DDR3 RAM (1333) 
64GB Crucial m4 SSD
Intel Core i7 950
Spare HDD Azus P5Q-E
8GB DDR2 RAM (800)
150GB VelociRaptor (10k RPM) HDD
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550

Read more: Desktop Rebuild and Rant

I actually impressed myself today.  One of my friends asked me about building his band a website a few months ago, but I've been caught up in other projects and didn't get around to it until today.  Right now all I have is a photoshop mock-up, but it's a pretty nice start.  I believe the last time I really worked with Photoshop was sometime around 2006 or 2007.  It felt good getting back in there, but it also made me realize how much of the process could be automated.  For example, I was creating a "torn paper" effect, and that included doing a one-pixel smudge back and forth across the border, around the entire thing.  If Photoshop had macros, life would be a lot easier... then again, I doubt I would take the time to learn them if they existed.  Nonetheless, they should exist!

Read more: Band Template

As explained in my last post, Introduction to Joomla ACLs - User Manager, this was a project I did for work where we wanted multiple users to have access to their own blogs, but have some sort of administrator publish them.

 In this example, we’ll be using “Blog User 1” for the user and group name.  Assuming basic knowledge of users and groups, let’s begin.

Read more: Joomla ACLs - Creating User Blogs

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