Kobe's Blog

Kobe — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:34:40 +0000

I completed the following steps prior to installing Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0
1. Install Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2
2. Installed IIS components
3. Installed Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0
4. Installed SQL Server 2005

Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 and Office Sharepoint Server

Kobe — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:26:31 +0000

After staying away from Sharepoint for a few months, I am back at it again. This time, to work with Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007. I spent most of yesterday after installing Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2005 on the box that will become my work ground for the next few months.

This morning I installed WSS 3.0 and I’m currently in the process of putting MOSS 2007 on the box.

Of course I have already ran into a few problems - the first being a configuration error related to the Microsoft Office Server assembly. Well I’ll figure it out!

Thanks to SharePoint Cafe and Jan Tielens’ Bloggings from where I downloaded the Free Sharepoint 2007 E-Book

Gotta Upgrade

Kobe — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:11:57 +0000

One of my biggest weaknesses… and biggest dislikes is to get comfortable. It’s dawned on me that the status quo doesn’t quite cut it. There definitely needs to be some changes… and I can’t wait till January 1. So I’m getting things going. Nothing drastic - just a reshuffling of priorities!

Know when to fold

Kobe — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:04:17 +0000

My debut with Zambezi FC was in the summer 2002. I never thought an end will come during those fun filled seasons that followed. But I guess there’s a huge difference between 23 and 28. I’m not as invincible as I thought I was. Over the years, many have come and gone. It seems this is the perfect time for me to follow suit.
So I’m done… for now. It was fun.

With Sean

Kobe — Mon, 07 May 2007 23:06:35 +0000

With Sean, originally uploaded by Kobe2005.

One lucky bloke

Kobe — Mon, 07 May 2007 22:37:58 +0000

If there’s anything I’ve learnt in my 27.99 years of living, it’s that there’s never a dull moment. Never. It’s taken me a while to come to terms with that… but knowing that, I believe, makes life much simpler and easier to live.

27 was a good year. Lots of tough decisions. Lots of happy moments…including obtaining keys to my first home. But only a few days ago… a week before saying good bye to 27, there was a fairly unsettling development that some may see as a setback. I guess it is depending on how I decide to proceed. It could also mark the beginning of great opportunities to come.

Tomorrow, I’m going to be ushered into the world of no excuses. A world of men and women… and I have to be ready to play. As my uncle put it earlier this evening, once you get busy working, you lose sight of the days, the weeks, the months and the years. Next thing you know, you’ve lived a chunk of your life.

I am excited about tomorrow as I am about the last hour and a half of 27. I am prepared to meet the challenges and the decisions to be made. I look forward to looking back a year from now and saying… 28 was a good year.

I’ve been one lucky bloke. All things being equal, I’ve had a pretty good deal. It’s time to move to the next level. I’m ready.

About 4 years ago, I wrote a blog entry about how on the morning of my 5th birthday, I discovered I could whistle. I ended that post saying 19 years later, I could still whistle.

Well, 23 years later, I can still whistle. Life is beautiful

Mayweather

Kobe — Sun, 06 May 2007 03:04:42 +0000

During the weeks leading to the May 5 De La Hoya - Mayweather fight, boxing connoseurs predicted that this would be the bout that would win boxing its long lost fans. I grew up in an environment where boxing was a national sport. I watched the likes of Azumah Nelson destroy boxers like Jeff Fenech of Australia. And I always admired Pernell Whitaker. As time went on, I lost interest in the sport particularly because of the disgust with some of the judging. It was not out of disappointment that my favorite boxer did not win a bout. It was rather anger towards what I saw as a direct insult to me by the judges. I have eyes, just like everyone else. To watch some fights which are soo obviously one sided and easy to score and to listen to the judges score in favor of the real loser of the fight makes a mockery of not only us the spectators, but the sport as a whole.

Well that’s how boxing lost its fan base. And if it was banking on perfect judging to bring back the masses, then its work last night was not achieved. No question… Ffloyd Mayweather beat Oscar De La Hoya. Whether you love or hate the pretty boy … whether you love or hate the golden boy… Mayweather won.

How then did Judge Tom Kaczmarek have Oscar De La Hoya winning 115 - 113? Did he watch the same fight I did? Did he watch the same fight millions of us did? If he did… then I’m going back to soccer!

Chicago At Night

Kobe — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:46:17 +0000

IMG_2855, originally uploaded by Kobe2005.

Count Down

Kobe — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:37:32 +0000

In about 9 days, I will turn 28. I think some sort of get together is in order… but given the busy schedule I’ll have in May, I may not be able to do anything fun. Hopefully by the 8th, I’d have finished all my painting projects.

One of the many annual trips to Michigan is coming up this weekend. It will be a fun drive — my bro Kwasi and his lady Becca are coming down to Chicago on friday and we’ll head to Michigan together.

Happy Birthday Ghana

Kobe — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:16:56 +0000

Freedom, freedom, freedom. May God Bless You.
–Kwame Nkrumah

Today, I decided to return from my long hiatus to wish my fellow Ghanaians a happy 50th anniversary. Days like today calls for a sober reflection and thanksgiving. I am thankful for the opportunities that have come my way by virtue of being Ghanaian. I am thankful for the peace and stability my fellow citizens and I have been able to enjoy over the past years.

Long Live Ghana. Long Live John Kuffour.