aaron_ginn

Alright, this is for all you guys that are walking the high wire without a net (or backups). You know who you are! Last month, my hard drive failed. Luckily, I use a program called Second Copy. As a result, I was able to reinstall everything with hardly any effort. This is Windows only software. Here's how it works. Every so often (you specify how often) this program copies in the background all the files that have changed since the last time it checked from a source location to a destination location. It's extremely simple to use and takes all the hassle out of making backups. I copy everything to an external firewire hard drive. Sure it's not a RAID array, but it's a heck of a lot nicer than dealing with tape or CD-R or DVD+/-R. The software is $29.95 for personal use on one computer. Believe me, after my last incident, I consider it well worth the money. If you're interested, check it out at http://www.centered.com Aaron

If anyone is looking for a good pop-up and banner ad blocker, take a look at Proxomitron. You can download it at: http://www.spamblocked.com/proxomitron/ or from this page with documentation: http://www.sankey.ws/proxomitron.html This is really a proxy for your browser. It's Windows only (sorry Linux and Mac users!) Out of the box it eliminates pop-ups, banner ads, MIDI music on webpages and much, much more! (Geez, I sound like Ron Popeil) Did I mention it's free? This is a sweet little program. You'll need to read the documentation on how to set your browser to point to it. No affiliation. Just a satisfied customer. Aaron

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My first post here... First, let me say that I just switched over from another hosting provider this week, and I am ecstatic with the service that TCH has provided thus far. I've increased my web space by an order of magnitude and doubled my allowable bandwidth for the same price I was paying at the other place. Add to that that the servers are screaming fast, and I'm one happy cat! Now on to my problem. I'm attempting to create a new MySQL database to use for an image gallery. When I try to create the database from phpMyAdmin via the CPanel, I get the following error: Error SQL-query : CREATE DATABASE `theginn_images` MySQL said: Access denied for user: 'theginn@localhost' to database 'theginn_images' Admittedly, I am a complete database newbie, so perhaps I'm doing something totally wrong. However, when I go to LOGOUT from phpMyAdmin, I get the following message: Wrong username/password. Access denied. So, I'm wondering if the interface won't allow me to create a database because it doesn't think I'm the owner. Do I need to login somewhere else before I can do any database management? I'm pretty confused here. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks, Aaron