Good idea Bad Idea
if your a web developer and your running a linux distro your definatly gonna need lamp. I hope in this day and age your using some kind of repository to install your apps but if your a from source install guy or girl thats cool.. for a basic lamp setup you will need

for apt get peopole sudo apt-get install apache2 php5-mysql libapache2-mod-php5 mysql-server
for source poeple find and download the following
apachex

libapachex-mod-phpx

mysql-server

phpx-mysql

phpx (or whatever version will be out at the time)

anything additional you want just pull the module in for it.. example phpx-sybase (mssql db processing) phpx-gd (image processing) etc.

To keep your hands of the cli for mysql and make your life a little bit easier you can download phpmyadmin either from repository or just download the file and extract it to your /var/www dir or if you prefer in your public_html dir if you have enabled the public_html module in apache which would allow you to browse your to your public_html dir in your home folder via appache eg

http://localhost/~yourhomedir/ - this displays the contents of the public_html directory in your home directory so no longer will you need to sudo to add content to your /var/www directory..

another little thing if / when you install apache to enable the public_html module just edit your apachex.conf file which maybe found in your /etc/apachex/ dir. when your finished with your edits restart apache with sudo apachexctl or sudo apache /etc/init.d/ apachex restart ( you may stop it then restart it if you please). if you end up getting a warning saying apache cannot deterine the hostname just add the hostname “localhosts” to your httpd.conf file which is also found in /etc/apachex/

thats all the linux knowlege i feel to share tonight i just thought finish setting up lamp yet again and i ran into those were the issues so i figured.. someone might want help and might stumple across my blog one day

From this mornings News Paper.. the only paper to buy of course The gleaner (not just your average observer we see everything)

A Study To see if jamaicans are addicted to Gambling

As far as i’m concerned some one in parliament wants to buy a new condo or maybe a new cellphone (yeh they kinda pricy nowadays yknow lol) so they made up a bullshit reason to spend 4 million dollars.. why else would this be necessary. If they focused on solving real problems maybe gambling woulnd’t be a resort for people to change their standards of living. They cant get a job so buy lotto.. not getting paid enough so buy lotto. i need to pay for my medical bills next week i gonna go to the gaming lounge and put up lie 4k and hope i can make double or more. See where i’m going with this.

obviously a shit load of jamaicans gamble.. its the reason why casino’s or rather (gaming lounges as they like to call it as casino’s are considered illegal are popping up all over the place.

Monte Carlo at the Tera Nova Hotel
Acropolis which i think has too locations.. and those are the two major ones.
Bars are a big success in jamaica with the old time slot machines.
gambling is a big hit in jamaica its very obvious.

Now this study.. will acomplish what exactly.. maybe it’ll be like the whole screw worm scandal where the cost just keep escalating and nothing is ever solved the corrent value of the eradication of screw worms is about 1 billion dollars now.. .. yo screw jamaica i’m so tired of it.. it makes me not wanna read the papers not wanna watch the news.

another thing that annoyed me in todays paper is the whole highway 2000 (portmore leg) the company decided no that they should fix the problem with portmores traffic flow.. SO YOUR TRYING TO TELL ME.. THAT THE PROFESSIONALS WHO DESIGN HIGWAYS DIDN’T SEE THE BOTTLE NECK IN THE DESIGN.. they didn’t see the flaw..
BUT OF COURSE THEY DID THEY JUST DIDN’T CARE. The Company borrowed money to build the highway and they gonna pay back the lone with like 3 years of the toll then they have like 7 more to collect from.. well they gonna have to finance it (damages etc) but still they kinda shady.. they knew what they were doing.. damn assholes.

not really spock said nothing like that, it sounds more like something that captain kurt (william shatnerwould say) was it kirk or kurt.. w/e… anyway on with this post.. its about a new browser that i came accross this morning.. its called flock - the social browser.

Realy interesting peice of software, it uses the same extensions as firefox and has a few more features to offer like direct gallery integration with blogs / websites where you can just drag and drop images instead of going ot the site to upload. kinda interesting would you say.. i doubt they have a linux version in repositories as yet if i dont feel like installing from source i wont cause generally i could’t install extensions with firefox from src installs, so no flocking for me.. but the fox does me good so i dont mind…

So she’s all set and taco bell chicken wrap kinda (GOOD TO GO) xgl - compiz (wobbly windows) could be a bit smoother but its moving great.. wifi is up and moving pefeclty with ndiswrapper and the drivers are finaly registered as ati.. 64 mb tho. which upsets me but ati non the less.. my next step iss to download vmserver which just finished btw.. what a coincidence. and install xp in ubuntu as a virtual machine for my dreamweaver and flash needs if they ever arise

I’ve been on a kind of hunt for a while now trying to find me the perfect pair of headphones for use with my computer.. when i’m coding i listen to music.. and i wanna hear in high definition and dont really wanna hear the people around me yammering about random b.s. I think i’ve found the solution

The Sennheiser HD 202

first up i’ld like to say.. i’m really happy that i’m no longer a freelancer for the gleaner but a full time web application developer :). started since monday got my formal acceptance / welcome in tuesday’s department meeting. it feels kinda good.. question is.. bye bye to the days of changing cheques, cant say i miss that.and now my money can actually go in my account.. which i kinda like.. i hate having cash in hand cuase it gets burn up real easily..

another linux and geek good thing is ati rules you all. rules all the gfx cards out there because ati makes proprietory drivers for linux.. so screw you other card guys.. esp crappy ass integrated stupid cards. :p… see ati linux driver pages here

so here’s a joke that kinda turned out sad, i decided hmm lets installl the real distro i wanted on my laptop today. ubuntu linux dapper drake. did this with no problem so i rebooted and i realized something. there was no windows partition anymore… which kinda didn’t phase me cause i didn’t really put much files back on my laptop most of em are burnt to a dvd so no big deal if i formated again.. however the issue is.. i have no way of connecting to the net but through wifi at home. reason i have a new laptop.. a new mac address and my isp does mac filtering.. so i gotta get thewifi on the notebook up and running or i’m screwed when i go home…. kinda sucks.. wish me luck fellow bloggers/readers.

ps.. dapper drake is even prettier on a brite view monitor

: update:

wifi pwns me

ubuntu dapper drake pwns me

like darth vader pwned lukes hand in starwars episode 4

windows…. (feeasshshhhh kssshhhhhhh : vader breathing)…… I AM YOUR FATHER!!!!!!

yeh you can kinda tell that i got my laptop back huh.. lol. no pictures no events for the weekend.. i’m so sad.. :(.. but anyway i crashed at my friends house in mona the guys came cross and it was fightnight battle royale once again. i got my ass handed to me every match :(.. i’ve been out of it too long it seems. I did a few updates the crv site but my computer is bitching.. i cant install ceretain applications macromedia flash being one of them.. i’m really pissed..

when i got to my friends house where i had it delivered i was kinda trying to play it cool but then i saw the box and i started hyperventilating… (kidding).. anyway i’m there with some friends tearing the box apart and just talking talking talking to my surprise when i opened the system i saw a bright view monitor.. i’m like whoa.. i didn’t order that but i aint complaining also i have a free xpress on cover lid to collect from dell i’m satisfied the ssystem rocks and now i can get back to doing my work… i have so many projects that just got thrown at me and finally i have a means to do them..

on another note today i was kinda offered permanency at work. I’m greatful cause as i’ve stated before i love my job.. i think i’m gonna accept but first i wanna know what changes if i accept salary benefits etc?? what am i entitled to and so on.. well thats all i’m giving you guyss tonight.. (damn it feels goodd to not be typing this from the tiny querty on my pockcet pc) its good to be back.