1 - 8 - 0 - 0 - H - A - R - T

I combined my two previous servers (ISP#1 the mega provider and ISP#2 the reseller provider) on June 8th to a Virtual Private Server (VPS) system. Basically, it’s like a quarter of a real server and limits the CPU resources to 25%. Well .. in the past several weeks I have kept reaching these limits and my network was blinking out. Occassionally, you will come to a site of mine and see the old “default Kubrick” blog template.

Well - today I have upgraded everything to a dedicated server and things seem to still exist - so, that’s good!

More →

Greetings and Salutations ..

The nameservers have kicked in and this blog appears to be ready for new posts. I am in the final stages of testing the database, the permissions, etc etc etc.

We’re almost there .. and back to normal! Well, except for a few upgrades and conversion to wordpress version 2.2 .. everything is where it should be .. for this blog!

Please take a look around, and see if you notice anything different. I would appreciate your comments … I’m probably still working on getting the other sites going in the background…

More →

I am currently in the process of moving most of my accounts to a new ISP. Today I have changed most of the nameservers to the redirect to the new server. This may take up to 12-24 hours to process. Unfortunately, most of my sites may become unaccessable during this time.

I have not changed the nameservers on this site (or the PetLvr sites) .. and there should be no problems accessing this blog. However, I have changed the nameserver on HART-Empire.com/ where I am documenting the move (which may become unaccessable) so I thought I would post a “NEWS UPDATE” over here on this blog.

I have finally converted my old static website for my business HBS MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS to a blog format.

HBS Management Consultants is a Proprietorship name that I operate under for my system consulting, accounting, bookkeeping and income tax preparation business. All my other earnings are maintained separately under a different registered business name, but is also a division of HBS Management Consultants .. like HART-Empire Network for my blogging ventures, and PapillonLvr,com for product related ventures (Ebay, watch repair, Online Stores, etc).

With the new HBS Management Consultants (HBSMC.com) site .. I will *NOT* be moving any discussions or type of postings that I have been doing on this 1-800-HART Blog .. in fact, I really just wanted to create a static site that is my online “business card” site, except with a content management system such as blogging software (wordpress).

More →

If you didn’t know this .. offline I am an accountant, bookkeeper and income tax preparer (besides “consultant and blogger and pet owner” titles) .. and here in Canada, personal income tax returns (T1) are due April 30th. That is, of course, unless one is self-employed .. then the deadline to file a return is June 15th, but payment is due by April 30th. Corporation income tax returns (T2) are due six months after the year end, although payment is usually due by the end of the third or second month following the company’s year end (depending on circumstances).

As I look at my TO DO LIST … it would seem that I’ve got 87 items in my “To Do” list to be completed before April 30th .. and every day new items are being added! The biggest problem is NOT the actual work or workload .. it’s the scheduling of the meetings and getting the work out of my (home) office and out to the client!

More →

Since I’ve upgraded to the latest wordpress version 2.1 (which apparently isn’t the latest, as now there is a version 2.1.1 out) .. I am sick and tired of the way that they combined all of my LINKS with my CATEGORIES and now call them BOOKMARKS or BLOGROLL. I’ve got a lot of links (you can click the link on top of my header graphic or in my Page section) but I’ve also got a lot of categories.

As such, it began to become an eyesore looking at these two combined features into one under my Categories section in my sidebar .. so I’ve deleted that section!

More →

GEEESSSHHHH! It’s frustrating enough to wake up and wonder if anybody is reading your blogs, but even more so to waking up and seeing if your template is back to the default theme.

I apologize to my readers who also had to endure this, if it affected the functionality of this blog, in addition to the 1-800-HART’ish look and feel that has existed.

Here’s the reason I was worried the most: Is someone hacking into my site?

More →

I have added a nice little forum to this blog .. 1-800-HART-FORUM

If you didn’t know, I’ve had this page in my sidebar called 1-800-ASK-HART where if anybody had an accounting and bookeeping or personal or corporate income tax question .. all they had to do was post a comment and ASK HART (me) and HART (me) will find the answers for you.

There hasn’t been too much activity on that page.

More →

This is the second day in a row that I have woken up and the famous Kubrick WordPress Default 1.6 Theme, by Michael Heilemann, was the default.

Did somebody hack into my account and trying to tell me something? I guess it’s time to change my password from “password” to something a little harder, like .. “password1″ or something!

I have completed the upgrade and we are now running on Wordpress version 2.1

Everything appears to be running smoothly, however .. if you see anything “kooky” .. please let me know with this contact form below (or just email me or comment on this posting) .. Thanks!

Take care.
HART