Nodtveidt

Although my lab currently has the capacity to do 8 lbs of wax at a time, I generally only do about a fourth of that. I can multitask like a mofo (tis one of the reasons people think I'm a woman in disguise lol) but for candlemaking, I prefer to keep things single-tasked for safety's sake. I generally only work with one FO/dye at a time, right now I don't have enough moulds or containers to mass-produce anyways.

Hrm...not a very professional way to do a server move, but sounds like everything's returning to normal.

Both Windows and Linux support PHP. They might not have PHP installed for Windows though. ASP is a rather old, insecure scripting language, and you need a powerful server computer to run ASPX (asp.net) with any performance. The vast majority of webservers out there run Apache on some flavor of Linux or BSD, and with good reason...they're more stable and secure in the hands of a good administrator.

Windows for the desktop. Linux for the server. That's just the way it is.

So, does anyone have an affiliate link I can click thru on for Godaddy.com? Someone should be getting a commission on my domain registration!

Post a link. I'll click through and order.

Tony

My wife and I were going to start selling domains through Godaddy for our webhosting business but their startup fee was a bit much for us at the time...

It looks like their $1.99 offer is only good if you buy something else along with it.

I do have back pain LOL

So do I...did you get on my back this time?:embarasse

Don't take what I said personally though...it wasn't an attack on you, it's just that many years in the web design business has taught me that if you pay more than $8.99US a year for a domain (less the new ICANN fee, of course), you're getting shafted, and if you're paying less than $8US, chances are very high that you're getting a crap product.

I want to burn people too...stop hoggin all the human tinder!

But I was cautioned by my computer technician to be careful about removing them. He recomended using the remove software safely. (Or whatever it says). He says that they can be blown if you don't, he has had one do that. I never have, but am more careful now.

We are looking into both other options, the external drive and networking. He also said if you have DSL, with a router you can set them up wireless. I have an older computer, plus a laptop. At the store we use two laptops. Being networked would make our lives much easier. Especially with printers. But haven't had it all done yet, I tried and didn't really understand it.

Yeah, you should always use the "Remove Hardware Safely" option. It shows up in your system tray as a "removeable device" icon, just left-click on it for a list of connected devices to remove, or right-click for more options. Not safely removing any type of hotpluggable USB storage device can cause data corruption.

You can get a wireless router but depending on your area, wireless might not be the best choice. We've always stuck with wired routers because they're far more reliable. You connect the DSL modem to the router's uplink, then install wireless NICs in each computer. For laptops, it's easy...just install a wireless card into the PCMCIA slot. More detailed with desktop PCs though, you have to open up your beastie and install the new card. I think there are external wireless NICs that connect to the USB port though.

Hey Nod get off my back will ya.

I'm not on your back. If I was, you'd have back pain. :laugh2:

Can you remember the names of any of them? I have a collection here of over 4000 fonts, I might have the ones you need.

A LAN is a Local Area Network. Basically what you do is have all of your computers connected to a hub or router using ethernet connections. It's kinda detailed and you're best off getting someone experienced to help you out, but if you can plug in a phone line to your computer, then you can set up a LAN because it's very similar from the hardware point of view.

PR is trying a similar thing right now, since they've instated this new bogus "consumer tax". 99% of businesses here have told them to get bent, though.

I use Verve Hosting suggested to me by Sara.

I checked their domain registrations...they charge out the eye for dotcoms. Not recommended.

Just a technical suggestion for you here...

When you go to back up your fonts, NEVER *EVER* do it through Explorer ("My Computer"). The files will NOT be copied correctly. You have to do it from the commandline. If you don't know how, it goes a little like this...

Start -> Run -> enter "cmd"

You'll be at the console window

Do c:

Do cd \windows\fonts

Do copy *.* \whateverfolderyouwantitin

and it will copy all of the files to the folder you specifed. "whateverfolderyouwantitin" is a folder you've previously created. Make SURE you know how to navigate your hard drive though, don't just create the folder on your desktop and expect this to work!

If you really crazy, you can do this for the last step:

copy *.* \

and it will copy all of the files to the root of your drive. You can then move them from there to wherever you want using Explorer. Fonts generally have the extention TTF and FON and their icon is unmistakeable...it'll either have a huge TT or a huge O for TTF fonts, and a large A for FON fonts.

From my understanding, XP doesn't even ALLOW you to copy fonts directly from the folder...you can copy the Fonts folder somewhere else, but this doesn't always work. Use the method I've outlined above and if done right, you will always be able to back up your fonts.

We've used GoDaddy.com for years now after being screwed out of a domain through another company (ironically, the company was Canadian). GoDaddy has never done us wrong and is very easy to use, unlike some others (like the ones who screwed us over). Yahoo charges too much for dotcoms.

Most anything tropical-blend in nature...and of course, the usual suspects...lemon, banana, etc.

I would strongly recommend flash drives as well, although setting up a LAN is overwhelmingly preferrable if you need to transfer files between the systems locally. An external hard drive is also an option, as it's far more reliable than a flash drive, but they tend to be expensive, although you can get an IDE conversion kit, which converts any IDE drive into an external, and they're relatively cheap...we have one here.

That should be large enough to print cleanly at 2" at high DPI. Good remake, whoever made it.

Tsk tsk, vBulletin is showing its age.

Like I said, it doesn't show up in the browser. But you can right-click on the link and use "Save As". I have no idea why it doesn't show up...first image I've ever done that both IE and Firefox refuse to show, and it's not like I did anything special to the image...

I do not normally support religious causes but what the hey...I gave it a quick shot with hq4x, followed by a sharpening filter, a color shift, and a softener.

http://www.nodtveidt.net/label_youth_4x.png

For some reason, it doesn't show up in my browser but it downloads and views correctly in PSP.

You'd probably be best off reconstructing the image. The image is very small and saved as JPG using a medium-quality compression ratio. Resizing this image cleanly is impossible. This kind of image is best saved as PNG. JPG is for photographic media only.

I make candles at less than 20 feet above sea level. No differences than when I made them in Vermont, which has a range between 95 and 4393 feet above sea level (not sure how high I was...wow that could be taken many ways).

NEVER use the microwave to heat wax. ALWAYS use a controlled method, such a a double boiler (I still use a double boiler, even after 12 years). Feel free to skip that part of the instructions.

As a side-note...I do use the microwave to melt Mold Releasant, but I also don't really recommend this either...

It's just the FO's "reaction" in the wax you're using. I've only ever had the issue once, it was with Pourette's Orange Sherbert in straight paraffin...it made the dye turn about 6 shades darker!

I definately agree not to reuse old wax for new candles. You could do other things with it though.

For some reason, repouring at a different temperature as the original pour seemed to make a difference for me. Also, the temp of the mold made a difference too.

hrm...Clarus doesn't appear to have palm.

Yelling at someone always gets the best results...

You'd be surprised how effective it can be. Besides, I used a smiley, meaning I was joking.