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I love WordPress, or how to modify the php.ini file for uploads over 2MB on Bluehost
I’m finally back at the blog, and while I have been away for a while, I am happy to say that this was only because so many cool things have been happening. In fact, this post is just to frame … Continue reading
It’s the new style …
Every time bavatuesdays is loaded a random screenshot from one of several of Mario Bava’s films will be assailing the unsuspecting visitor to my site from the header, kinda like my own little haunted house! Many thanks go to Darcy … Continue reading
A valediction for a super computer …
We’ll miss you … but the rockin’ post-punk, space-age, surf music of Man or … Astroman? can express that sentiment far better than I ever could!
Still Blue with Bluehost
I promised an update to the “A Bit Blue with Bluehost” article I posted last week, and I am afraid there is still very little clarification as to why Drupal and Typo3 are not currently Fantastico enabled. According to the … Continue reading
Film classics from the Internet Archive’s public domain collection
Screenshot from the screwball comedy His Girl Friday, a film which is freely available though the Internet Archive I watched His Girl Friday for the first time this evening and it was quite impressive -I am still recovering from the … Continue reading
A Bit Blue with Bluehost
This afternoon I have been a bit blue with bluehost. I have been ramping up for a project I will be working on over the next month, and I finally got motivated to install the Content Management Systems Drupal and … Continue reading
Beyond Self-Interest, or, Some Initial Thoughts on Re-imagining the Possibilities of the Open Source Movement
In a recent article on ZDNetUK, Sun’s Simon Phipps argued that the open source movement is premised on the capitalist ethic of self-interest. Below is an excerpt from the article quoting Phipps’ discussion of open source within a capitalist framework: … Continue reading
Quick-fix for Headphones Bug for XP on MacBook Pro
As Mikhail pointed out to me, when you have the headphones plugged in on the the MAcBook Pro in XP the built-in speakers still play sound. For a quick-fix to this problem intel has released a program that re-routes all … Continue reading
Senator Stevens on Net Neutrality
Redefining the term “bumbling idiot”! It is amazing how this politician completely butchers the whole concept of what the internet is, no less what net neutrality is. How can someone so inarticulate and ill-informed be a spokesperson for something so … Continue reading