It’s been around for a little while, but win-a2enmod is one of the first actually useful pieces of software I’ve made, although it’s all PowerShell and Windows command line, so it could rightly just be called a script, but a fairly involved one. It is for managing modules and sites on Windows Apache, and I […]
The ideal OS X web server
Sever Administration, TechnologyThis is what a MAMP server should look like:
Get FedUp
TechnologyJust like the guide says, this is the most successful path to upgrading modern Fedora versions: sudo yum update fedup fedora-release sudo fedup –network 20 This upgrades from Fedora 19 to 20. Adding the –reboot option to fedup will automatically restart the system. You should then see a System Upgrade entry in grub’s menu. Selecting […]
Git ‘er done
TechnologyIt would be great if Github would be clearer about this, but be aware that if you are contributing to someone else’s project by way of forking their repository into your account, you’re going to want to keep your pull request’s clean. First of all, you more than likely want the master branch of your […]
In the blink of an update
TechnologyFirefox users may have noticed that as of Mozilla’s release of version 23 today, they will no longer be supporting the blink tag. Your first feeling may be disbelief. Shock, even. Followed by disappointment. Bargaining. And then finally, acceptance. An article on the MDN points out that all of the major browsers, except for Opera, […]
My first repository
TechnologyMy first GitHub repository is a PowerShell script that mirrors the functionality of the a2enmod Perl script in Debian. I was hoping to find some parallel to that script in Windows, but the Internet showed me nothing, so I decided to whip up my own. See the man pages of the original commands. First, run […]
It’s been a long time, cousin…
Technology, The SiteAs you can see, I finally decided to step into the wonderful world of WordPress, and I may never go back. You can now feel free to leave comments as long as you leave your name and email, and are respectful, of course. When I started this site, my intention was to independently manufacture all […]
Apache, MySQL and PHP on Windows 8
TechnologyMy good web admins. Please allow me to share with you an Apache, MySQL, PHP installation success story. It’s a story that shouldn’t be exclusive to any one person, and an experience that should be easily recreated by anyone, and the instructions of which should be easily findable through your favorite search engine. But the […]