I’m going to be putting all of my tech related posts at:  http://www.PortlandITGuy.com

So for future tech related posts, Please visit PortlandITGuy.com

http://www.PortlandITGuy.com

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Since I’m a HUGE fan of LOST, and I’m a big fan of business related topics, this article is another great read…

check it out.

http://www.hrworld.com/features/lessons-managers-learn-lost-051508/

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I didn’t write this letter, but it’s a great read.   My son is almost a year old, so this really hit home with me. 

Check it out!

http://zenhabits.net/2008/05/a-letter-to-my-son-on-starting-out-in-life/

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Upgrade went smoothly, except for a small login error and a couple minor plug-in errors.  I Google’ d it like usual, and came across this blog site that had the EXACT same errors I had:

http://konstruktors.com/blog/wordpress/169-solving-authentication-and-plugin-errors-
after-upgrade-to-wordpress-2-5/

“You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page” after Admin login, and also the fatal error on activating the Popularity plugin.

To fix the “You do not have sufficient permissions…” error, I had to re-create the WP-Config.Php using the WP-Config-Sample.php file included with the new version of WordPress 2.5.

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I haven’t had much time to get around to posting any tech related posts, but they are coming soon.  I have a whole list of them lined up and pre-edited in Windows Live Writer.

Anyways, I found this article at ZenHabits as a good read.  It compares some life lessons to a fruit bowl.

Take a look:

http://zenhabits.net/2008/03/get-past-the-pineapple-10-life-lessons-from-your-fruit-bowl/

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I admire this guy…

http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/03/11/how-my-net-worth-went-from-40000
-to-285000-in-five-years/

I thankfully have paid off ALL of my credit cards, and the ONLY debt I have is my student and my truck loan.   I am proud of this.  It took a couple years of staying focused and I was finally able to pay off those nasty credit card debts I accrued when I was between the ages of 18-23.  Good times, but it definitely cost me, and I have learned from my mistakes.

After reading this article it reminds me of how important it is to actually write down your goals and stick with them.  It pays off in the end.  Instant gratification is out of the picture… it takes time to achieve any goal that’s worth any real value.

I recommend anybody to read the above article and see if it gives you any ideas on helping you with your financial situation.   But overall the best rule is, DONT SPEND MORE THEN YOU MAKE.   If you cant afford it now, then don’t buy it…

It takes money to make money, so live below your means and SAVE SAVE SAVE.

I can be considered a hypocrite in some ways because I’m a sucker for expensive technology gadgets, name brand clothing, etc,  BUT I also have a savings plan and it got me out of debt and now it’s on the path to bringing me extra income.   So there are ways to save and get out of debt AND have nice toys, you just have to make wise decisions, make a plan, and then stick with it…

-philip

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I was at first against the iPhone.  Well not necessarily against it, but I had no use for the features it had included when it was first released.  It was a great consumer device, but didn’t make sense for any of my business clients.  And even to this date, an UNLOCKED iPhone is worthless in my opinion.  

Last week iPhone released their SDK to developers, along with a news of a new firmware (2.0) that will be released in June, which will allow people to install apps on their iPhone.  Along with that they announced they had licensed Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, now the iPhone means business.  

I can now refer this device to clients (since a majority of my clients use Microsoft Exchange)

So I caved in and picked one up for $300 from craigslist which was a damn good deal (normally $400 along with a 2 year AT&T contract).

I have since unlocked the device using ZiPhone, and have it successfully working on T-Mobile.  Phone, Internet, Etc… Flawless.

I will create a post soon with the directions I used to unlock my iPhone as well as all of the settings I used to get T-Mobile and T-Mobile’s EDGE internet connection working with my iPhone…

But I must say, I’m very impressed with my unlocked iPhone.  There is already a ton of applications out for it…

follow up post coming soon…

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