ROBERT OWEN — Technology Leader & Musician
Technology leadership, music, and the space where they overlap

Help The KSO!

I just got this note in my e-mail from the KSO fan group on Facebook: from the KSO Executive Director, Rachel Ford: The KSO needs your help. We are mobilizing in an effort to support restoring the KSO’s County Grant funding. In the 2010 budget released yesterday by Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale, the Knoxville Symphony is set to receive … Read more

Friday Funny: The Nun

Well, here we go again… A TWO-FUR on this Rainy Friday. Don’t think this will become a habit or anything… We can’t just go around all “Willie-Nillie” having TWO Friday Funnies each week. Well… maybe we could but, I’m really lazy so, don’t expect it. 🙂 #2 – The Nun A cabbie picks up a Nun. She gets into the … Read more

Friday Funny: An oldy

I’ve seen this one several times over the years and it has popped up in my e-mail again. So, share it with everyone I shall! For your continued enjoyment, I give you… Operating System Troubles Complaint Dear Tech Support Team: Last year I upgraded from Girlfriend 5.0 to Wife 1.0. I soon noticed that the new program began unexpected child-processes … Read more

Some Pics of the yard

I was cleaning the kitchen… got cut by a piece of glass. So, I decided I should take a break from that and went outside to take a few pictures while the bleeding stopped…  Of course then I went back inside, started cleaning again… got cut again… Took a few more pics. Cleaning shouldn’t be painful! At any rate here’s … Read more

Friday Funny: watch out muggers

This week’s Friday Funny was once again something I got in my e-mail… My friends have lots of time on their hands. Keep em coming Guys! Any way, this one appears to have come originally from a post on Craigs List. I don’t have the original link so, sorry if this is yours. I’d give you proper credit if I … Read more

Pretty URLS for WordPress on IIS

I’ve been playing around with my site again. Trying to work out the beauty of my urls. I thought they looked pretty good… Well, similar to what I’m used to from BlogCFC anyway. The urls were like this: www.owenwebs.com/index.php/xxxx/xxx/xxx etc.. Which is not too bad… Better than the default: owenwebs.com/?p=13 or something silly like that. But, I’ve seen them better … Read more