I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy’s eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing
“Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!”

One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can’t explain
Once you go there was never
Never an honest word
And that was when I ruled the world

It was the wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn’t believe what I’d become

Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?

I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can’t explain
I know Saint Peter won’t call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can’t explain
I know Saint Peter won’t call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

This was a very interesting article I came across: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee672311.aspx

It was part of Microsofts Security Newsletter, which always seems to have something interesting: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/dd162324.aspx

Two ways to add Twitter to your site. For the non-tech or easy to do, use Twitter’s built in widgets: http://twitter.com/badges/which_badge

Or using PHP code your own page. Below is the code followed by the results:

Just noticed that W3 Schools came out with a new certification logo. Click the link to see my certification:

Just signed up for Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthewstevenke

It is actually pretty cool. Not sure how much I am going to update it, but I set it up to be able to post “tweets” from my mobile phone. All I have to do is text whatever I want to 40404 and it shows up.

I debated with myself for quite a while on the username. Twitter only allows for 15 character user names, so “matthewstevenkelly” would not quite fit. Matthew Kelly is quite the popular (ie common) name, so “matthewkelly” and all kinds of other variations wouldn’t work either.

If you know anyone I should follow… let me know. I added Matt Cutts and Evan Eckard right away. More to come I am sure.

Are you using social media? Found this from http://www.cincyrecruiter.com/…

This bears repeating…

http://www.coderjournal.com/2008/02/multiple-rdp-godaddy-server-connections/

Ever have one of those days where you are so eager to get home and watch Lost that you totally forget to log out of your Remote Desktop instance? Well I have, and usually it is not a big deal, because Windows Server Terminal Services allows you to have multiple logins with the same user account. Unless you are running on GoDaddy Virtual Dedicated server, where the default configuration only allows one connection.

So I called up GoDaddy and they said my only option was to power cycle the machine. Gasp… Yes you head me right, a power cycle of a live running website. My heart actually skipped a beat when this level one tech said this. I also wasn’t allowed to talk to level two techs because they can only be graced with e-mail, talking to actual GoDaddy customers is beneath them I guess.

Well to make a long story short I found a way to increase my Maximum Connections to two, which is just enough to allow me to login with the Admin account and kill my other session. Here is what you have to do:

To Set Maximum Connections for Remote Desktop Connections

1. From your servers’s Start menu, point to Programs, point to Admin Tools, and then click Terminal Services Configuration.
2. In the right pane of the window, click RDP-Tcp.
3. Click the Network Adapters tab.
4. Change the Maximum Connections to 2.

Also while you are at it you may want to change the session log out time.

To Set Timeout Options for Remote Desktop Connections

1. From your computer’s Start menu, point to Programs, point to Admin Tools, and then click Terminal Services Configuration.
2. In the right pane of the window, click RDP-Tcp.
3. Click the Sessions tab.
4. Specify the values you want to use.

I usually set End Disconnected Sessions to 10 minutes and Idle Session Limit to 30 minutes.

I don’t know why the maximum connections for RDP isn’t set to a reasonable value as the default, but many of the default settings at GoDaddy and puzzling and disturbing. So it really doesn’t surprise me.

This weekend I became a Brain Bench certified “HTML 4.0 Master”. Score: 4.44. I scored higher than 98% of all previous test takers.

View results: http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=7948365

Name: HTML 4.0
Score: 4.44
Date: 2009-07-31

Scored higher than 98% of all previous test takers.

Demonstrates a clear understanding of many advanced concepts within this topic. Appears capable of mentoring others on most projects in this area.

Strengths
Images
Page Structure
Forms
Links
Style Sheets
Browsers

Weak Areas
None Noted

Some amazing information about the Google algorithm can be found here: http://www.seomoz.org/article/google-historical-data-patent

All the information is from these sources:

1. The patent from US Patent and Trademark Office - US Patent #20050071741 – Information retrieval based on historical data
2. From SEOChat Forums - Information Retrieval Based on Historical Data – Sandbox Explanation, Aging Delay?
3. From Threadwatch - Google’s War on SEO – Documented
4. From SearchEngineWatch Forums - Does New Google Patent Validate Sandbox Theory?
5. From HighRankings Forum - New Google Patent, Must Read
6. From SERoundtable - Sandbox Explained by Google? “Information retrieval based on historical data”
7. From Search Science (Xan Porter) - New Google patent proves “sandbox” exists

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkdgK3adrmw