Pop Art Blog

In the book 1984 , George Orwell illustrates for us the impact of a society that is no longer able to question the world they live in. It is groupthink at its worst. A world that is vacant of critical thinking and learning beyond the basic skills needed for survival. Any individual that attempts to question big brother is quickly corrected or disposed of. Many companies, and the individuals in them, suffer from a self-imposed version of Orwell's world. The person that starts asking the tough... Read More...

With no success I spent several hours a couple weeks ago attempting to get PHP 5.2.4 on a Windows Apache web server to talk to an MS SQL 2005 Server that was installed as an instance on a server running an older version of MS SQL. I was able to connect to the default instance of MS SQL server running on the machine, but nothing I did would allow it to connect to the named instance running 2005. Returning to this project today with fresh eyes I found the two key bits of information that I had previously... Read More...

I have been introduced to the extranet sites of several of our large customers in my first few weeks on the job at Pop Art. I have been living and breathing all things extranet. With this extranet work fresh in my mind I had an interesting experience this last weekend with a local mens grooming establishment. Basically you can get a haircut, beer, personal TV screen, and a head massage all in one, pretty tough to beat that combination. They have been encouraging customers to become online members... Read More...