May 8, 2011 Posted by newlife007

Quick and Easy Apache/PHP/MySQL on Windows

While working on a website for a customer came upon a connectivity issue while working on a laptop getting to the Linux server to test the code. I thought about installing Apache / MySQL / PHP all locally on the laptop and setup a testing server, when I stumbled on XAMPP. XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use –... read more

May 5, 2011 Posted by newlife007

Remotely Posting Blogs WordPress 3.1

Recently I found the need to be able to use a Weblog client to connect to the sites and post content. There are several clients available to handle this task for Linux, MacOSX and Windows. As a matter of fact this post was created using GScribble (Linux). Installing the Weblog Client and trying to connect immediately will not work. You have to enable “Enable the WordPress, Movable Type, MetaWeblog... read more

May 2, 2011 Posted by newlife007

Install Kdenlive on Fedora 14/15 64 bit

Recently I rebuilt a system to run Fedora 14. One of the many jobs I plan to use it for is for video editing and one of best Linux editors in development is Kdenlive. According to the site, Kdenlive is an intuitive and powerful multi-track video editor, including most recent video technologies. So let’s move on to the install. Part of the issue with installing Kdenlive is that it is not in the... read more

Apr 29, 2011 Posted by newlife007

Clearing Dell Logs

Ran into a reoccurring issue with Dell servers showing amber lights on the systems. When using Dell Server Administrator to research the errors it was found the Hardware logs were full. The only way we know how to get rid of the alert and clear the logs was by using Dell Server Administrator interface and manually clearing the log. This got me thinking on how can we automate this to occur manually on a... read more

Apr 28, 2011 Posted by newlife007

There is no script engine for file extension “.vbs” error

Being the typical geek I installed software and started seeing There is no script engine for file extension “.vbs” errors. The program installed was NotePad++ on my Windows XP workstation and is an awesome tool for programming and editing in general and not to mention it is free. Anyway, when the program was installed it took the .vbs extension and vbscripts stopped working and started throwing the error.... read more