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Seth Gottlieb wrote a good article about choosing an OpenSource CMS. Given the fact that there are so many choices at varying degrees of maturity, I think his advice in the conclusion is definitely sound:

Open-source content management software presents an attractive option for companies looking for a straightforward solution to a common problem. However, traditional methods of software selection are less helpful in evaluating open source than commercial software. Indeed, the vast selection of open-source content management software, coupled with the broadness of the category, can make the task of sifting through the possibilities tedious and disorienting.

In early January, we learned that a dramatic measure to subject software to property tax was quietly making its way through our government channels. The following document* outlines proposed amendments to Tenn. Code Ann. 67-1-305, which will be reviewed by the Tennessee Equalization Board** on January 23rd, 2006.

In the document, there is one small sentence that says:

Rule 0600-5-.01 Definitions is further amended by adding the following sentence at the end of item (14): “Tangible personal property includes computer software.”

It’s all fun and games until the Authorities think you’re planting a bomb… Take this poor guy – he just wanted to have a little fun geocaching when he was warmly greeted by the Authorities and the Bomb Squad :)

If you don’t know about Geocaching.com, get with the times!

For those of us in Project Related companies, enjoy! (Don’t take yourself too seriously…) Thanks & credit go to http://www.scaryideas.com

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As I wrote in a previous post, I’ve been going through the process of renewing with Sprint PCS and getting new phones. What I didn’t post, however, was my experience with the Sprint PCS rep ’stealing’ from their own store and taking cash from me. I haven waited to write about it until I was 100% sure that was what happened – and now I know for sure.

Here’s how it happened:

Recently, my wife and I went to the Sprint store to get our two two Samsung N400 phones repaired. The repairs were covered because we had been paying insurance on them for 2+ years. We submitted both phones for repair and my wife’s was fixed on site. My phone had to be replaced. We filed ticket and they said they would call us.

Before leaving – one of the reps asked us if we’d like to consider getting new phones because we’ve had ours for 2+ years. After checking out the new phones, I got the A900 and my wife got the Samsung PM840. Before we left, the Sprint rep said we had 14 days to return either phone if we were dissatisfied.

One week later, we decide to return my wife’s phone because the ringer & speaker phone were too quiet. And so begins our saga…

Approximately 2.5 years ago, I ordered 2 shiny new Dell Inspiron 600m laptops (one for me, one for my wife). After conducting much research, the 600m looked like a clear winner in terms of weight and power. Before completing my purchase, I decided to get the 3 year warranty – my wife would be a student and may drop it… I would be toting my laptop everywhere to conduct work for clients. Ironically, I bought the Warranty thinking about ways WE would cause the machine to break. How far from reality that turned out being.

Since owning our laptops, we’ve had the following issues:

My wife (finishing up law school) found a great article in the ADA Journal that confirms employers (like CentreSource) are responsible for the Internet activities of their employees. In this particular instance, an employee was identified as surfing pornography and the employer didn’t respond to the alert. This is what happened…

There was an appellate court in New Jersey that just held an employer liable for its employees surfing of pornography. The case involved a man who admitted at court that he uploaded nude photographs of his stepdaughter to a child pornography Web site as well as surfed other porn websites too.

Chris told everyone that the flaw in the MS Windows XP operating system was serious. In fact, he was amazed at the seriousness of the flaw and how little Microsoft was doing to fix it. According to this AP article, Microsoft has finally released a patch (much later than other security entities). If our clients had to patch to our software (http://www.swirbo.com, http://www.dekkotime.com) before we did, I can’t imagine us staying in business very long. Oh the joys of a monopoly!

I don’t usually give credit to forwards and humorous web items, but this one was actually pretty amusing given our industry. Since we are a Nashville Web Development firm (SEO Plug), I thought this joke/post would be appropriate. Thanks to Shane Messer of The Incubator Group for sending it my way! If you can appreciate tech humor, please continue reading…