Things of Interest

The time has come, the Walrus said,
to speak of many things.
Of ships and shoes and sealing wax,
of cabbages and kings.
Of why the sea is boiling hot,
and whether pigs have wings.

Lewis Carol

Binary Environments Related

So, what exactly do you guys do? -- You name IT. We are happy to support DIY types, or folk who need a lot of help (they pay more), and everything between. We are a 'custom shop' capable of putting together all kinds of solutions using best of breed open source applications, like apache, mysql, php, etc. on operating systems such as Linux (various distributions) and FreeBSD. We can use the proprietary stuff as well if you like.

Ready....Set....Sell.... -- Our FatCatPOS point of sale system is a boon of unimagined proportions to brick and morter retailers who wish that actual reality were as easy to manage as the virtual.

Read about our XO Digital Courier -- a file sharing service that screams. This isn't some sad, anonymous service with crabs that you can catch things from. It is modern and hip with a web admin for managing users and stuff. Do not live in the past. Such sorrow is not for you. Learn about XO Digital Courier today.

Read about our Astonishing Service Checker -- when uptime is a priority, services should be checked frequently. On those rare occasions when something goes wrong, we want to know fast, we want to know first.

Tech

Graphical MySQL Clients -- those wed to using phpmyadmin may discover that there is greater joy in using a client side application on their own machines.

Pick A Card PHP class Here is the code we use for the Tarot Card of the Day and Rune of the Day pages in the 'Just for Fun' section below.

Just for Fun

Our Naked Geek Calendar is art, not porn. You can tell because the images are all in classy black and white. 12 top geeks are featured, though not by name. Can you identify them from their images and descriptions? If not, or for more info, links are provided to wikipedia. All appear as they would in an alternative universe reproducible here with the aid of a modicum of photo manipulation.

Tarot Card of the Day : Pick a card from the Major Arcana to gain insight into whatever and so on.

Rune of the Day : Pick a rune. Meanings are a bit more general than Tarot cards. Uses the same code as the Tarot Card of the Day.

User Friendly -- the venarable computer geek oriented online comic strip featuring the madcap antics of the staff of Columbia Internet.

Worthy Causes

Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders)

Support Breast Cancer Research by Buying Fresh Water Pearls -- a hundred dollars per sale donated to Canadian Breast CancerFoundation - B.C. Yukon Chapter

Colorectal Cancer Network

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