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When I was in my 20s, I toured with an artist from Nashville; in the band was a legendary steel guitar player who I'd never met. He taught me a valuable lesson that I've never forgotten, and which is the point of this story. [more]
I just watched an interesting segment on TV about Denmark and happiness. It got me to thinking about Americans' views on happiness, and what we seem to find most important. [more]
I've had an Apple TV since early 2007, when it was first released. Although it didn't receive wide praise in its first iteration, I've enjoyed the device immensely. In any given day, [more]
Unbeknownst to me, there is an unwritten rule somewhere. It was written in binary, compiled on a Univac, edited on a Kaypro, and stored on 8-inch disks somewhere in upstate New York. [more]
Contract Creator 3.7 is now available. This update makes it possible to change the pension percentage, as required for all contracts after February 1, 2008. [more]
FileMaker, Inc. has released an update for FileMaker Pro 8.5 and FileMaker Pro Advanced 8.5 for Mac OS X; the update improves compatibility with Mac OS X Leopard.
Longterm Solutions President Bob Patin, who is also a studio musician in Nashville, is pleased to announce that his new CD, "Remembering the Beatles," is now shipping. [more]
I don’t usually post information about my musical endeavors, but am eager to announce the release of two new CDs.
As some of my clients know, I’ve been a professional studio musician all my life, and have played on thousands of recording sessions over the years. In the past 7 years I’ve recorded 10 CDs, two of which are being released this week. [more]
FileMaker, Inc. has released an update to FileMaker Pro 9 and FileMaker Pro 9 Advanced, to fix some compatibility issues with Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). Leopard users should update their copies immediately.
It turns out that there was a bit of a false alarm about FileMaker and Leopard, at least for users in the United States.
In my testing, Contract Creator runs perfectly in Leopard, so the next update will probably be released after the first of the year, to coincide with any possible changes in AFM rate computations.
Today is my first day with Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5, for those of you who have been living in a cave these past months). I installed it this morning on my MacBook Pro, and have been running it through its paces all day. [more]
This is the latest word from FileMaker, Inc. regarding compatibility with Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard), which is being released tomorrow, 10/26/07:
We are very excited about the release of Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5). FileMaker Pro 9 and FileMaker Pro 9 Advanced generally run on Leopard although there are two known issues. We are targeting a downloadable update to be available on November 19, 2007, free of charge. Please subscribe to FileMaker News for the latest on update availability. [more]
My good friends Stephen Knight and Allyson Olm asked me to write a bit of music for their training video series. You can hear it on one of their new videos (I'm not yet sure which, but a friend heard it earlier tonight).
While I'm at it, I'll go ahead and plug my CDs, which are available from my personal site, http://www.bobpatin.com. A couple of new ones on the way too!
Longterm Solutions now develops PHP code using both FX.php and the FileMaker API; FileMaker, Inc. is putting a lot of resources behind the FM API, so we decided to make the leap and start writing web applications using the API. Going forward starting today, all new web applications will be developed using the FM API, although we will still work in FX.php whenever necessary. I’ve written at least 30 web apps using FX.php, enjoyed using it, and have no problems with it; however, it’s obvious that FM, Inc. is getting behind their own API, and the handwriting is on the wall, in my opinion.
FMS 9 was added to our network upon its release, and is turning out to be a great addition to our offerings. I’ve been very impressed with the new features in FileMaker Pro 9 (more on this in another blog), and the server has added some great new features as well.
Longerm Solutions is pleased to announce that we’ve added a natural-gas-powered generator; this was an addition we had contemplated for quite a while, and although we’ve not had to use it yet, it’s comforting to know that it will automatically kick into service during any power outage. Here in Tennessee we have ice storms from time to time, but with this generator, which is powered by natural gas, we can operate indefinitely from the generator with no loss of service.
We’ve now doubled our Internet connectivity, going to a pair of bonded T1 lines. Using this new pair of T1 lines, we provide close to 3.0kbs at all times, and our clients have been pleased with the speed increase.
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