So I just upgraded Wordpress from 1.5.whatever to 2.0 – and it took me several hours.
I think if I had explored my Dreamhost dashboard a bit more thoroughly I’d have save a load of time, but since I didn’t at first, I spent a crapload of time trying to setup phpMyAdmin on my site, only to find out it was already there.
Jeepers.
Either way, I’ve upgraded now, and though you can’t see the difference, I’m glad it’s done.
My buddy Jake approached me recently about starting a traditional Celtic band – just a small group that would perform occaisonally at Rare Old Times, and Irish pub in Richmond’s West End.
Considering I’m 3/8 Irish (woohoo!) and I recently restrung my guitar, this should work out quite nicely. Now I just need to go find some music…
So recently I’ve started completely geekin’ out to Ruby on Rails. Ruby is an elegant, easy to use programming language, and Rails is framework on which Ruby is run. The whole setup, when coupled with a MySQL database, allows for some crazy rapid application development, and I’m really excited about it. In fact, I may re-build this entire site using Ruby on Rails with CSS in the near future, if Dreamhost supports Ruby…
The fact that I’ve actually sat down and worked on this programming stuff for the past few days is a good sign. I’ve been working through exercises, and I’m planning to purchase two books on the subject this evening.
That’s it for now. Maybe more later…or not. I’m not really Mr. Consistent yet, so I make no promises.
So maybe every-day-posting will be a bit slow in coming, but hey – a few days between is better than a couple of months.
I suppose the major thing to report here is that after almost two years, I’ve finally re-strung my guitar at my wife’s behest. I’m pretty happy about it, but now I have to work hard to rebuild the callouses on my left-hand finger tips. Ouch.
Other pertinent tid-bits included in this post:
1. Super Bowl XL is set; The Steelers vs. The Seahawks. Here’s hopin’ the Bus and his Iron City cohorts can take down the birds.
2. Next month, I start looking for a house in earnest. No more freakin’ renting, God willing.
3. I’ve started going to the gym! I hope to need alterations to the suit I’m wearing for James’ wedding in June!
So there ya have it. Maybe tomorrow?
Well, after a long hiatus, I’ve returned. At the suggestion of Patrick, I’m going to try to write in here every day, even if it’s only in the traditional blog style of posting an interesting link.
Here’s what’s been going on lately:
1. My buddy Dave has temporarily moved in with my wife and I.
2. I’ve finally set up wireless in my apartment.
3. Mugs’ baby is able to travel, and has come to visit!
4. I made lasagna, completely from scratch (noodles and sauce, too!), and it’s steller!
Well, that’s it for the moment. More from me later.
Ciao!