By Larry Daniele on 9/11/2008 3:18 PM

Joe was really using his head during yesterday's game against Holyoke Catholic. This photograph appeared in the Springfield Republican newspaper and online at MassLive.com.

 

(Thanks to Jeanne for letting me know about this!)

By Larry Daniele on 9/7/2008 5:50 PM

By Larry Daniele on 7/14/2008 6:23 AM

I thought that the article Five Myths About Nuclear Energy by Kristin Shrader-Frechette was very well presented and enlightening. For the past few years, I have been considering whether or not we should consider increased use of nuclear energy as one of our ways to reduce our dependence on oil. However it is becoming clear that not only is nuclear power still dangerous (e.g. nuclear plants are vulnerable to terrorist attacks and we still don't know how to safely dispose of the radioactive waste), it is also not cost-effective (with wind turbines producing energy at less than 1/2 the cost of nuclear - with none of the safety issues of nuclear).

It speaks volumes when billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens is investing big time in wind power and has developed the < ... Read More »

By Larry Daniele on 6/27/2008 8:11 AM

When I changed the domain name for a client's site from "burtcohen.com" to "burtcohen.net", the Repository module started reporting:

   A critical error has occurred.
   Access to the path 'C:\Inetpub\vhosts\burtcohen.com\httpdocs\Portals\0\Repository' is denied.

when all the other modules had no problem.

I did some spelunking in the SQL database and found the following entries in the ModuleSettings table:

   383   anonymouslocation   C:\Inetpub\vhosts\burtcohen.com\httpdocs\Portals\0\Repository
   383   folderlocation      C:\Inetpub\vhosts\burtcohen.com\httpdocs\Portals\0\Repository< ... Read More »

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By Larry Daniele on 6/5/2008 7:07 AM

I guess I was sort of naïve in believing that the idea of teaching creationism alongside evolution in science class is something that would just fizzle and die. Then creationism evolved into "intelligent design" to appear more scientific and less religious. Now, the NY Times article Opponents of Evolution Adopting a New Strategy describes the next step in the evolution of this misguided campaign. The idea is for school boards of education to direct teachers to teach the "strengths and weaknesses" of evolution. Of course the scientist in me says, "sure, why not?" But I see that this strategy is just a ploy to keep creationism's foot in the scientific door.

It is my view that religion and science are two related ... Read More »

By Larry Daniele on 5/27/2008 8:36 AM

Well, Lady Luck visited me again on the Saturday before Mother's Day. Libby and I were on our way home from doing a little Mother's Day shopping when we pulled into Annie's Garden & Gift Store in North Amherst. I was hoping to pick up a red hot pepper plant (for the red hot Mama in our house)! The peppers weren't ready yet. But Jaz Tupelo from WRSI was broadcasting live from Annies as part of a Mother's Day prize give-away.

I said "Hi" to Jaz and filled out an entry card for the contest. I gave it the gentle crease that my Dad said makes them more likely to be picked.

That afternoon while making dinner and listening to WRSI, I thought I heard then to announce the winner of the contest as "Lenny Daniele of Sunderland". Now, I was only listening with half an ear. So I thought, "Maybe it wasn't me. Well, th ... Read More »

By Larry Daniele on 5/13/2008 6:40 AM

What mom can resist a homemade Mother's Day card from a kid? Well this year the artist in Joe was thriving:

(click image for larger version)

Of course, Joe's inner comic was in good form as well:

By Larry Daniele on 5/12/2008 4:19 PM

If you try to view your webmail for a domain managed by Plesk and get either the default Plesk web page or a "page not found" error, here's a fix that worked for me (on Plesk 8.1 on Windows Server 2003):

1. Set Plesk > Server > Components Management > Webmail to "None". Click on OK. Then set it back to "Horde IMP H3 (4.1.3)" and click OK to reset the webmail server.

2. Remote Desktop to IIS. Navigate to the "webmail(default)" web site. Properties > Web Site > Advanced. Make sure the domain you want is in this host header list. E.g.

    208.109.27.122
    80
    webmail.LarryDaniele.com

Sometimes disabling and re-enabling web mail for the individual domain will fix this, but not all the time (in my experience).

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By Larry Daniele on 5/4/2008 2:21 PM

My brother Phil's daughter Jillian had her first communion at the Our Lady of Lourdes Church in West Islip, New York yesterday. The church was absolutely filled with many familes there to celebrate their son or daughter's special day. As you can see Jillian was both angelic and charming! Her three-year-old sister Annabella was my best buddy all weekend! Afterwards, we had a wonderful family celebration at Fran ... Read More »

By Larry Daniele on 4/17/2008 2:03 PM

Today on radio station WRSI here in nearby Northampton, Massachusetts, disc jockey Monte Belmonte broadcast an interview with my friend Bouchra from Rabat, Morocco. Check it out! (Some music will play for the first minute or so, then comes the interview.)