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Real Name: Rick Zich
Tucson, Arizona (United States)
Mr. Beer CFO
Biography
Yes, the profession is right. I am probably one of few people with a beer tap 10 feet away from my desk and not work in a bar. I have always been interested in technology and my jobs seem to migrate to it. Being a bean counter sometimes gives people the wrong impression of what I really am like. I owned my own computer consulting biz a few years back, implemented MRP systems including SAP, Oracle, down to small ones like pcMRP, and then go into small businesses to setup networks that are easy to maintain. Now, I am even busier.
Keeping up with my wife's business, and new startup ministry, along with my online gaming habit (I prefer the word habit over addiction) makes it difficult to make time for the other people in the family! So, take a look back at the unplugged episode on G&G and see how it is done!
I attend and volunteer at Casas Adobes church. I help in the broadcast booth where the text and videos for the worship part of the service are controlled and then also with sermon and the powerpoint presentations. We have lots of cool equipment that I like to play with not to mention having a very talented group of supporting staff for our service and am proud to be a part of it.
Latest Contributions
Zune and msSQL
I put this into general, but it can also be pushed into other categories so I will leave it up to admine to push where best suited.
Let me qualify that I am not a MS fanboy. Just use what works best for me atm. Have owned and use all MS OS's, work network is Mac and MS, own and use MS, OSX, and linux at home, and have Ipod, zune, and other mp3 players.
Down to business...I have not seen much on the site for Zune users. I also know of the G&G adversion to using search in listening to some of your podcasts, so I did not search for zune either. But I think it important to note that podcast has now become synonymous with just audio in general and not just Mac/Ipod. I have my 30GB Zune that uses the podcast address. So maybe on the shows, mention that ipod OR zune users can get the podcast very easily by searching the Itunes or zune marketplace for Geeks and God.
Next, MSSQL. I know that both of you are big on the drupal system. Great system. I have played with it a bit and cannot find any major faults, but thought that I would mention that in your CMS podcasts, I did not hear much about MSSQL options. Personally, I use DotNetNuke on a couples sites and have found it very inviting. I also use Joomla on a couple others and, honestly, am much more a PHP/mySQL person than an ASP/msSQL person. But wanted to mention this to all of the vistors.
Now before anyone gets going on why to use this over that. Cost versus ease of use. Open source and closed source. I just want to make sure you understand that I simply want to show options.
AND, just incase, I DID miss your mentions of Zune or DotNetNuke(or other MS CMS) in a podcast that I have not listened to, or post that I cannot find, chalk it up to me being a relatively new forum member who wants to make difference :)
Rick
