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I'm diving into MongoDB and Zend Framework 2. Unfortunately getting started was rather frustrating. I kept getting all sorts of errors trying to get my ZF2 project set up to even know about Mongo. Part of that confusion though was because I was also trying out the nginx web server. Too many new things at once. So I reverted back to old faithful (that'd be the Apache web server) until I could get things working right.

Finally! I finally found a passing reference to what I've been calling "Grover's Law". I even blogged about it in 2007. In all that time I have never been corrected or pointed to a similar law. That changed tonight.

I was doing some studying on the origins of Murphy's Law when I came across this "joke page". Right at the top, section 12, states:

64 Bit systems can be a bit of a challenge when dealing with systems that are even only a year or two old. Example today is setting up my Brother DCP-7065DN printer on a 64 bit install of Ubuntu 12.04. Brother kindly supplies the files, but for 32-bit systems. There is an FAQ that is helpful but incomplete.

So here's how I beat it:

1. Install lpr/lpd.
   sudo apt-get install lpr
   This installs the printing subsystem that CUPS and others depend on, but may not tell you is needed.

Being involved with Protospace, our local hackerspace, I've been exposed to laser cutters and 3D printers for the past year or so. Laser cutters require some special considerations that make them somewhat unsuited for a home based office. Poison gas resulting from cutting some things tends to demotivate the staff. So, while this technology is amazing (and fun!) to play/work with, it wasn't really an option for us. 3D printing on the other hand has few such downsides.

While it rarely happens, sometimes your SQL statements for building a database (or database item) stops working due to a version difference on your server(s). In my case, we were working on a development server which is "up to date" with the latest version of PostgreSQL (version 9.1 at the moment). The SQL code to create our database works fine here. However our staging server is using an older version of Ubuntu, and therefore an older version of PostgreSQL - 9.0 to be exact.