A Precarious Balance

December 2006 - Posts

• Do not read blogs

  ...and don't read books by people who write blogs. Why? Because they can lead you places that are uncomfortable. They're not to blame for starting me down this unfamiliar path, but I can certainly say they sped up my pace. Where have I gone? Where Read More... Posted Saturday, December 30, 2006 5:00 PM by Sean Winstead | 0 Comments Filed under: Life, ISV

• How to Configure PayPal's Test Environment

  We're trying out the payment gateway on a Community Server site. The project lead doesn't have any prior experience with the PayPal test environment, so I wrote a step-by-step article on setting up test accounts in PayPal Developer Central. If you'd like Read More... Posted Thursday, December 28, 2006 12:00 PM by Sean Winstead | 0 Comments Filed under: PayPal

• Little known facts about ninjas

  This is from the back of a Christmas gift that made its way into our home this year. After seeing this, how can you not respect ninjas? In case you can't read it, it says: Ninjas can turn invisible whenever they want! Ninjas can destroy anything without Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 26, 2006 10:00 AM by Sean Winstead | 1 Comments Filed under: Life

• Integrating Community Server with PayPal

  It's been a while since I wrote about the Paid Subscriber project. That's because I did enough talking and needed to get something done. Well...part of it is done! There's now a somewhat generic payment engine that plugs into Community Server and integrates Read More... Posted Thursday, December 21, 2006 11:30 PM by Sean Winstead | 4 Comments Filed under: CommunityServer, PaidSubscriber, PayPal

• Colorado Springs police pull over two donkeys and three horses

  This is too good not to mention. Here's the introductory lines from an entry on the Colorado Springs Police Blotter: At approximately 9:45AM Stetson Hill Officers were sent to stop two donkeys and three horses that were traveling without riders or licenses Read More... Posted Thursday, December 14, 2006 6:00 AM by Sean Winstead | 0 Comments Filed under: Life, ColoradoSprings