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dwPortraits.com 2.0

Dustin Wright — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:52:23 +0000

Hey everybody, it sure has been a while since I posted anything here. During that time of absence I created a new website for my photo venture, dwPortraits. When you get a few minutes I would greatly appreciate it if you would check it out. And if anyone is interested, I am also trying to build a portfolio and would love the opportunity to tak pictures of you and the ones you love.

http://dwPortraits.com

Changed My Mind

Dustin Wright — Sat, 23 May 2009 13:42:07 +0000

OK, I give up. I said I was going to create my own custom theme, and made some good progress on it, but it is eating up too much of my family time. In fact, most of my online activities tend to take me offline with my family and that is not what I want. So I decided to just tweak an existing (and elegant) theme that someone else did, and I am happy with the result.

I have also added a gallery to this website (instead of sending you to a different place), and I encourage you to check it out.

No more change. At least for a while.

Change, Kinda Sorta

Dustin Wright — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:02:52 +0000

I have been working on a new theme for this website, but it is not far enough along to activate it, so I decided to put up a temporary theme that will get me by until I finish up with the one I am working on.

I will also be moving most of my faith based content to another website over the next week or so and will use this site as more of a family based site.

Change. Yes I Can.

Dustin Wright — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:50:48 +0000

Over the next few weeks there will be less posting to this blog, I am not neglecting it, but rather working on some new stuff for it and using all of my free time to work on the new direction.

I have been in the process of creating a new blog for my faith based content to live on and using this one for my family focused stuff. It isn’t because I don’t think it’s important to share my faith with my family, but rather I think that most of the people out there that would be interested in what I will be doing with the other blog don’t really care to see the new pictures of Rachael or Isaiah, and at the same time, I want this site to be more accesible to my friends and family without them having to sift through all of the other content to get to updates on my family.

Anyway, you can expect change in the future, and it won’t be in the form of bailouts or crazy social programs.

Mosaics by Massaro

Dustin Wright — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:21:31 +0000

A couple of months ago I finished up work on my mom’s new website. The old one was very busy and not a very good professional representation of the art that she does. My thought with the new one was to make it much more professional and have more of a feel of mosaic art. I wanted to feature more of her art as well as make it more usable.

For the back end, I use XML files for much of the content so that she can easily add and rearrange items without having to get into any coding.

My mom uses her maiden name for her mosaic business because it is Italian and therefore more related to the Italian mosaics of old.

She has a bunch of pieces for sale and does commissions as well.

Check out MosaicsByMassaro.com.

AVSonline.tv

Dustin Wright — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:42:27 +0000

Audio Video Systems

I have worked with Bill at Audio Video Systems (AVS) for a year and a half (I think), and worked with him for another couple of years when I was in California (he moved to Texas too and we got working together again). He’s a great guy, and even if I wasn’t in the industry, I would use AVS to do my audio and video work.

I have been working on a new website for AVS for the past month or so and have finally finished it up. It ended up being a lot more stressful than I thought because I underestimated the anticipation for it to be done. I had wanted to do it in my free time, so I could take all the time I wanted to play around with different ideas and see what I liked best, but once they found out about it, they started putting deadlines on it. So the leasurley pace that I desired ended up being a sprint to the finish.

It did turn out well though, and I believe that we are all happy with the results. Check it out when you get a chance (and subscribe or check back often for news from the AV industry), and leave a comment below to let me know what you think.

Audio Video Systems
http://avsonline.tv

Wordpress 2.5

Dustin Wright — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:18:36 +0000

Hey guys, I know I have been a little slow at posting the past couple of weeks (which only makes sense when you consider how slow my webhost has been lately), but I will find the time over the next few days and weeks to get back to a regular posting schedule.

I have been busy with a number of things at work and have no had much energy to add new thoughts, even though I do have a number of things to post about. The problem with those is that they are still in my head and have yet to be typed out, so unless you are a mind reader (which I doubt, because I would bet if you could read minds, mine wouldn’t be one of those on your top 10 minds to read list), you will just have to wait until I get around to it.

Anyway I have also upgraded to the long awaited Wordpress 2.5. I know most of you don’t care, but I figured I would mention it anyway, and let you know to expect some changes to the site. If you have any problems using the site, let me know.

Slow Down Mister

Dustin Wright — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:05:58 +0000

Hey guys, I just wanted to let you know that I am aware of the extremely slow speeds of my website as of the past couple of months. My webhost has switched a lot of things on their side, that I assume increases profitability, but has left me counting the months until I can switch over to another host (by the way my, webhost is ipower.com).

Anyway, I am in talks with them to get the site fixed, how long it will take I’m not sure, but I appreciate you patience in the mean time.

I Haven’t Forgotten

Dustin Wright — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:09:09 +0000

Hey guys. I just wanted to let you know that will be back to regular posting soon. My desktop PC is really slow and kind of a pain to work with, but I have a new laptop on the way, and will be be back to posting the normal chessey messages you’ve come to expect from me soon.

Technology and the Big People

Dustin Wright — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:00:29 +0000

You know, not to be full of myself, but I do know a lot about technology, and computers in particular. When I call tech support, it is because I have a question of a technical nature that I require support with. I usually don’t contact support, or sales, or any other company or division for fun, because as most of you know, talking to most companies and using their customer service or tech support requires the greatest of patience. Patience that I would rather reserve for more important things.

But, from time to time, I have to seek support from somebody who should know their product better than me, and it seems like that this is rarely the case. Not that I know everything, but that tech support rarely is technical and is usually designed for questions like “how do i get the cup holder on my computer fixed”, “You mean the CD-Rom?”. You know, those types of questions. Or, even if this isn’t the nature of your question, they treat you as a 19th century person who has been dropped in the future. “Look on your desk for the gray thing with a tail, we call that a mouse…”

Anyway, tech support drives me crazy. Here’s a chat conversation I just had with a tech support agent about signing up for service with them. I guess it was too hard of a question, or maybe I didn’t ask it correctly or something, but immediately after that conversation I called their 800 number and got an answer in about 30 seconds.

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You are now chatting with ‘Martin N.’

M: Thank you for contacting IPOWER Live Chat. How can I help you?

D: i am looking to sign up an account with you for a business

M.: Hello Dustin

D: i have a domain already: anywebaddress.tv and would like to transfer it to your service

M: I’ll be happy to assist you.

D: i just want to make sure that I can do that and make it the primary domain (for pop3 etc.), your sign-up page doesn’t give me the option to transfer the .tv extension

M: So as I understand you want to purchase the hosting account at ipower , right?

D: yes, i have an account already, and i would like to purchase a new account for another company

M: Dustin, please refer the following URL for get more information about hosting plan: http://ipower.com

D: my question is, is there a way to transfer my current domain: anywebaddress.TV to a new account with it as the primary domain for pop3 and other features. i have an account with you already: thewrightlife.com, and I have pointed a few domains to it, but I can’t do email with those domains, I need to make sure that the .TV extension can come over and I can make it the primary so that I can have email

M: Please refer the following URL for more information about domain transfer Registration: http://ipower.com/domain-names.html

D: ok, i’ll make it simple. Can i transfer a domain with a .tv extension? there is no documentation about that

M: No you cant not transfer .tv extension domain. But you can purchase the hosting plan for this domain.

D: i can purchase a hosting plan for anywebaddress.tv?

M.: Yes

D: do you have a link to a page where i can do this, all the pages i have seen do not give the option of signing up with anything other than a TLD (com, net, org, etc)

M: Please refer the following URL for see the our hosting plan: http://ipower.com

D: lol, please refer to the following url to see that the option to use a .tv extension is not there: https://secure.ipower.com/cgi-bin/hosting/pro.cgi

M: Ok… You can not transfer .tv extension.

D: ok, lets review – >
     M: But you can purchase the hosting plan for this domain.
     D: i can purchase a hosting plan for anywebaddress.tv?
     M: Yes

M: Dustin , please refer the following link for purchase hosting plan: http://ipower.com/webhosting.html

D: you know, i would appreciate that if you don’t know the answer to my question that you would tell me, and not keep directing me to links i have already seen that do not contain the answer. that’s why i contacted you.

M: You can register your domain with us using these extensions com .net .org .biz .info .us

D: then what did you mean when you said i could sign up for hosting with anywebaddress.tv. Was I able to 5 minutes ago, but not now?

Martin N.: Dustin , please contact to our billing department they will assist you in a better way about this issue…

D: lol, thanks for trying

M: Thank you for contacting IPOWER Live Chat. Enjoy your day. Good-bye.
Chat session has been terminated by the site operator.

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Maybe I should have asked Rachael. And yes, I know, my chat etiquette and grammar may not be the best, but did you see Martin doing his best Borat impression?

Let me know about your experiences or stories you have heard.