Monthly Archives: November 2015

life lessons at a young age

I was sitting at my desk when the phone rang.  To my surprise it wasn’t my phone conference but actually the school of my eldest.  The secretary was reporting that the wallet had been turned in and that my child should come … Continue reading

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command line fun – the basics

I was meeting with a younger friend to fix his virus laden laptop, it turned out to be quite a mess so we decided it would be more efficient to restore it from the recovery partition. I was a bit … Continue reading

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WordPress from Scratch – part II

Installing WordPress is really one of the easiest pieces of software I have ever installed. Yet, either through a misunderstanding of mine or perhaps a tiny rough edge. upload problems problems with permalinks One of the things that you can … Continue reading

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WordPress from scratch – part I

To install WordPress to your server the following steps need to be performed. download WordPress unpack WordPress create database for WordPress setup WordPress configuration run install script One of the preconditions is that either mySQL or MariaDB, PHP and Apache … Continue reading

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Privacy and legal convenience – the impossible goal

My children are still young so I still have quite some say in how certain things are done.  Sometimes I have to make a tough decision and I really don’t want to look like the bad guy.  When this does … Continue reading

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Why I don’t really need a professional lawyer

I receive mail from my parents which can contain anything from comics to Wallstreet Journal articles.  This time, dad included an article titled “Why I’m Not Looking to Hire Computer Science Majors” by Daniel Gelernter in the Wallstreet Journal, I … Continue reading

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