Coding
Developing Javascript with Chickenfoot – FireFox Plugin
Allows for a wysiwyg like alteration of a page for the purpose of making page mashup more easy.
Computing
Setting up the VSFTPD daemon to accept connections from another computer
Use the very complete guide to install and configuration to setup the FTP server. VSFTPD configuration howto Ubuntu Site documentation Ubuntu Wiki documentation – very exhaustive Testing the FTP server / WebServer installation Find out your server computer local ip address on your router by using: ipconfig -a freemonsandlewould@freemonsandlewould-desktop:~$ ifconfig Read more…
Computing
Installation PHP5 and Apache on Ubuntu
Installing PHP5 and Apache on Ubuntu If you are doing any kind of PHP development, you’ll almost always be using Apache along with it. Here’s the quick and easy way to get PHP up and running on your Ubuntu box. First, you’ll want to add the extra repositories to Ubuntu’s sources.list Read more…
Computing
Installation list of Ubuntu linux server
Installation list of linux server Ubuntu – boots off of CD and installs to an unprepared drive on the computer MySQL 5 php module for MySQL php installation Apache
Computing
Install MySQL Server 5 on Ubuntu
Installing MySQL 5 Server on Ubuntu is a quick and easy process. It almost feels like it should be more difficult. ( original article ) Open a terminal window, and use the following command: sudo apt-get install mysql-server If you are running PHP you will also need to install the php Read more…
Computing
Setting up a USB memory drive as a boot disk
Bootable USB Flash Drive – Bootable flash drive setup instructions HP USB Key ROMPAQ Setup Utility – My Local Copy
Drupal
Drupal User Points Plugin Extension Module
I have been learning about drupal open source software. Its an open source solution for creating community based websites. An easy comparison for purposes of explanation is wordpress. Wordpress is based on the single user concept. However many times that is not the best model. Imagine ebay with only 1 buyer Read more…
Open-Source
Open Source Phenomenon – Audacity is Great – Even Better Lame
I wanted to do some longer length recording and quickly found out that Sound Recorder that comes as part of Windows only goes to 60 seconds duration. After a quick search I found a program called Audacity. It does a good job and exports as an mp3 if you add Read more…