AdamH.us

YouTube -- RayStevens -- The Global Warming Song.

Ray Stevens does it again! Whether you agree or not, you have to admit he’s got some funny songs. As you watch this video, keep an eye on the tickers at the bottom of the video. It’s got funny headlines like “Pelosi wins Beauty Contest at Zoo”

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Beginning Friday, July 2nd, I will be away from the computer for 9-10 days. I may occasionally check email, but don’t expect much. I’ll be back the night of the 10th, but may not be online until the 12th. So leaving Friday morning, coming back the night of the next Saturday, and may not be on much that Sunday. Look for me on Monday. I’ll definitely be posting pictures when I get back. We’re heading to Nauvoo, IL! Gonna spend a week in that area before coming back.

Update: I got a new UPS this last week so both computers are now backed up on battery. I’ve also been able to upgrade my new machine to a full 4 GB of RAM…

At the end of my next class (begins on the 5th of July) I will be considered a sophomore! Yay! And I think it’ll start going faster now that I can take more classes at a time.

I’ve also upgraded WordPress to the new 3.0. And so far I have to say – it’s nice.

For Entropia Universe players in the US, TheScripters.com is building systems that match Entropia’s system requirements. Contact us if you need a new computer.

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Summary: A web host had a crappy server configuration that allowed people on the same box to read each others’ configuration files, and some members of the “security” press have tried to turn this into a “WordPress vulnerability” story.

WordPress, like all other web applications, must store database connection info in clear text. Encrypting credentials doesn’t matter because the keys have to be stored where the web server can read them in order to decrypt the data. If a malicious user has access to the file system — like they appeared to have in this case — it is trivial to obtain the keys and decrypt the information. When you leave the keys to the door in the lock, does it help to lock the door?

WordPress › Blog » Secure File Permissions Matter.

I saw this today and just had to laugh… I mean, how dumb can people be? Wait. No need to answer that. Einstein said it well enough — human stupidity is infinite. Why do we have Darwin awards?

Anyway,  I’m posting this up here just to clear up — TheScripters web hosting does not have this problem. It would seem to have been limited to Network Solutions. No need to worry. If you have a hosting account with us, all files are private.

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The local.thescripters.net server is now up and running! It’s taken some time because of some of my own configuration blunders, but it’s up. Most everything appears to be operational. If you find otherwise, let me know, either here or by email: contact@thescripters.com.

My new workstation is also now running. Has a couple issues with XP that need to be worked out. I do have Linux installed as a third OS, so I have two 64-bit systems with one 32-bit system.

Here’s what I’ve got:

• Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 3)
• Windows 7 Professional (64-bit)
• Slackware64 13.0 (64-bit)

The triple-boot was working perfectly until I messed with folder ownership on the XP partition… So I’ll be fixing that this week, as well.

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I’ve been toying with the idea of creating a blog for The Scripters where we can post updates and news more than just major news on the main page. It’s a possibility. I don’t know yet. If I do, the first thing I need to do is create a skin for WordPress that would match the design of the website.

There’s a lot of logistics to consider. Don’t know if it’ll get done or not. But it’s in consideration. I guess we’ll see.

Any thoughts from the readers? Probably not. I’ll probably just get a bunch of spammers trying to sound legitimate. But they don’t always make their comments match the topic of the post.

Anyway, I’ll post up any updates if we decide to go forward with it. I think it’d be a great way to increase traffic, but I’m not sure yet if it’s a good idea or not.

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YouTube -- Ray Stevens -- Throw the Bums Out.

Congress just hasn’t gotten the idea yet. Ray Stevens has the right idea, though. Throw the bums out and let America run America.

‘Nuff said.

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WordPress › Blog » Menus, the Merge, and a Patch Sprint!

I know… three posts in a single day… crazy… But anyway, it’s all great stuff. And I know this one was posted back on the 23rd of February, but WordPress 3 is on the way! Early May is only about 2 months away. You can bet I’ll be ready for it!

I don’t know everything that 3 will include, but I do know they’re merging the single and multi-site editions into one. So that’ll be cool.

So… Two months to go…

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Windows 7 – Tail-Waggin’ Fun « Worldstart Blog.

Gotta love what this guy says about Windows… I’ve noticed much of it myself… I used 95 a little bit, but not much, mostly stuck with DOS or 3.1 until I could run 98… ME? BAH! Vista? Media disaster…

I guess at this point I’m looking good at every other version of Windows. I used 3.1, 98, XP and will be using 7 in a few weeks (as soon as I finish building the computer to run it on, that is).

Anyway, I love the whole “Dog and Hydrant” analogy he uses here… It’s great!

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I’ve been wondering for some time how to use avatars on this site… I finally figured it out some time ago. But haven’t done anything with what I learned. Anyway, if you would like to use an avatar, go to www.gravatar.com and get one set up.

WordPress uses Gravatar by default and I haven’t really found any other way to do it. But it works. I added all three of my main email addresses, and now whenever I want to comment somewhere, my avatar will show up automatically.

True, I don’t really care for some of those online services, but it works!

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WordPress Blog — BuddyPress for One (and All!).

Many people were excited about the idea, but were unable to experiment with BuddyPress because they ran single installations of WordPress rather than the multi-site WordPress MU. To those people, good news! A little over a week ago Andy Peatling, founder and lead developer of BuddyPress, announced the release of BuddyPress 1.2, which can be used on single installations of WordPress. Congratulations, BuddyPress! And congratulations to all the people who’ve been waiting with bated breath for this to happen.

Check the link for further information. I’ve considered having WordPress hosting on TheScripters, but haven’t really figured out all of the logistics as yet.

If any readers have any ideas, post them in the comments area or otherwise let me know. If we do set it up, I would probably install this for it.

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