Just a Quick Update
I haven't posted anything for a while (I've been very busy).
Tonight, I had to force myself to concentrate on the side of running a business that almost no one enjoys -- paperwork.
Perhaps the biggest surprise this year was that QuickBooks miscalculated the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance liability payment. It was off by $1. Since QuickBooks Online won't allow you to submit payment through them, it wasn't a big deal. When you pay at the State's web site, it is correctly calculated. My accountant didn't sound to concerned.
However, when it came to reconcile the invoices, payments, and bank statements... I had a heck of a time trying to correct the problem (turning the non-posting payment, into a paid liability with an adjustment). I'm still not 100% sure I corrected the problem. It is entirely possible that my books won't balance anymore.
On a more exciting note, I am days away from finishing up with the 1U server. It has taken longer than expected to validate the hardware, install the system services and then secure each an every service.
Up next:
- I briefly thought about moving from Blogger to Wordpress, but Wordpress has had a stream of systemic security issues. I'm still looking for a Blogger alternative.
- SEO. My web sites are absolutely broken in terms of SEO best practices. I will be fixing them as I port them over the new web server.
- Moving my corporate portal from ASP.net to html. Since I don't modify my corporate web site, I don't see the point of having it automatically generated. I also need to concentrate on improving the web copy.
- I will be putting up some postings on how to setup/secure the various services (Apache, PHP, SSH, iptables, etc), later on this week for those interested.
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