This is just a post to remind myself yes, I do have a blog, and I should post on it once in a blue moon. Been uber-focused on learning how to create templates in Joomla lately, with my own site and a couple of pro bono sites as fodder. And if you have no idea [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Geek stuff'
Token post
May 31st, 2008 · 3 Comments
Tags: Geek stuff · Working World
You know you’re a nerd when…
March 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments
…you shut down the MacbookPro after spending 7 hours on a Saturday learning how to design templates for an open source content management system, and to relax, you move to the other end of the sofa, turn on your G3 clamshell laptop and post on your blog.
Tags: Geek stuff · Working World
Earning my pocket protector, yet again
March 26th, 2008 · No Comments
After much angst, hair-pulling, reinstalling, and perusing forums, I successfully installed current versions of apache, php, mysql and joomla on my localhost.
Now I’m going to go have a lovely glass of wine at the Nasher Museum, attend a panel about contemporary art, and try to remember that I’m a creative type, not a sys admin.
Tags: Durham, NC · Geek stuff · Working World
What a way to spend a weekend
March 9th, 2008 · No Comments
I started out with the intention of setting up so I could work onĀ a Wordpress blog locally, and ending up ratholing into attempting to set up a PHP/MySQL testing server on Dreamweaver for a site I maintain for a non-profit org. I’ve successfully installed MAMP, and finally figured out how to download and install [...]
Tags: Geek stuff · Working World
Stuff I did on my winter vacation
February 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Since most of my working life is spent with my nose in a computer, I wasn’t in much of a blogging mood this vacation (besides, the computer was usually occupied by you-know-who). I took lots of photos, though, and will try to post a few in the coming days. But here’s the cheat sheet for [...]
Tags: Geek stuff · My Company · North Carolina · Working World
ATTACK!!
September 18th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Ah. Good to know the denial of service attack is over and the blog is up and running again.
Tags: Geek stuff