The two aren’t really related, but they happened at the same time, so why not blog about both? I had been meaning to upgrade my server’s installation to the latest version of PHP for a while (well, about since I’d heard of the new release, to be precise). I’ve also wanted to install a web app that would be a great place to upload miscellanous files, mostly multimedia. Turns out Gallery2 is ideal for this. Continue Reading »
SSH is a time-tested, powerful, and generally outstanding utility for connecting two systems in a secure and efficient manner. Enabling anything from simple command-line access to full X Window sessions, it would appear there is almost no limit to what SSH can do. Reading on will only affirm this assertion, as two open-source projects - OpenSSH & FUSE - combine to provide secure, efficient, and stable access to remote locations as though they were local filesystem objects. Continue Reading »
I’ve really been thinking about it a lot lately, and now I’m close to the point of certainty that the near future of the Internet will include the merger of the two dot-com giants, Yahoo! & Google. All that’s left, in my eyes, other than some business paperwork and antitrust litigation, is choosing the name - Yahoogle! or Goohoo!. Continue Reading »
In my usual banter with one of my coworkers today, I said the following line, which seemed to make a lot more sense at the time than it did in hindsight:
Life is a lot easier when you consider it a figment of your imagination…
Later on in the day, in a discussion regarding the opening of a position for a PHP developer on the Moodle team, after inquiring about the danger of living in Australia, the very same coworker uttered the following memorable statement:
World’s deadliest anything lives in Australia…
I won’t mention where the conversation went to after this…
