Um... wut?
Aug. 4th, 2011 08:32 pmJust found this in my inbox. Either they've relaxed their age requirement a LOT or they're getting my birthday out of some weird parallel universe.
Title: Mother Arc: Chapter 16
Author:![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
dragonimp
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Family Saga
Pairing: Roy/Ed
Beta'd by:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
meredavey
Warnings:None
Summary: All right then, it was time to focus on what he did know.
( He was missing something. )
Author:
dragonimpRating: PG-13
Genre: Family Saga
Pairing: Roy/Ed
Beta'd by:
meredaveyWarnings:None
Summary: All right then, it was time to focus on what he did know.
( He was missing something. )
gotta watch those greens
Aug. 4th, 2011 08:50 amI dreamed about fire-breathing ducks last night. They ate a certain kind of leafy green and then could breathe fire. It worked for some people, too. They used it for self-defense and to keep down an invasive species of grass that was taking over the roadways.
IDK, I got up far too early this morning to take my mom to the airport, I'm not going to try to make sense of that. I'm going to have a second cup of tea - my first caffeinated cup - and go take a shower.
IDK, I got up far too early this morning to take my mom to the airport, I'm not going to try to make sense of that. I'm going to have a second cup of tea - my first caffeinated cup - and go take a shower.
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Jul. 28th, 2011 05:50 pmLJ seems to be up for the moment, but - anyone care to move over to Dreamwidth?
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Jul. 25th, 2011 12:51 pm....I go away for the morning and LJ goes down. Anyone over here?
Edit: oddly enough,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
steelandsparks seems to still be up, while everything else is down. Go fig.
Edit the second: Looks like LJ is back up, but not reliably.
Edit: oddly enough,
steelandsparks seems to still be up, while everything else is down. Go fig.Edit the second: Looks like LJ is back up, but not reliably.
the joys of Web development
Jul. 20th, 2011 10:58 amI spent much of yesterday and the day before fighting with my computer. See, when I upgraded to OS 10.6, it apparently wiped out all the settings I had in place to let PHP and MySQL work. Okay, not a big deal, I just have to set things up again, right? Well, PHP wasn't a problem, it was just a matter of finding the right settings document and changing a few lines. SQL on the other hand...
First, Apple is no help. When they came out with OS 10 they made a big deal about it being developer friendly, you can get right into the code, etc. etc. Not untrue, but THEY don't tell you how to set any of it up. I don't even want to mess around with the computer's code, all I want to do is build Web pages using MySQL. The OS has the database capabilities, but it's switched off by default and they don't give you ANY help with switching it on.
Anyway, Googling turns up a number of pages with instructions and walk-throughs, and they all seem simple enough. Except that they all have something like this:
First off, there's at least two dozen items in the package, not three. But okay, I'll find those three and install them first. But no matter which piece I try to install, I get an error. I found another set of instructions that has you use Terminal (Unix commands), and those work up to the point where - you guessed it - I try to install the SQL package. Then I get a "unknown command" error. The SQL package has a text file with instructions to install using Terminal, but those also give me an "unknown command" error.
Clearly I'm missing something.
lynda.com has a video tutorial on setting up MySQL on a Mac, and they're usually pretty good. At least with a video, I should be able to see what it's supposed to look like and where things are supposed to go. Hopefully. I don't want to spend too much more time on this but I want things to work.
Goddamit Apple, this shouldn't be this hard.
Edit: Should've gone to lynda.com in the first place. It's working now, but it seems to have wiped out all the test databases I'd had. Great.
First, Apple is no help. When they came out with OS 10 they made a big deal about it being developer friendly, you can get right into the code, etc. etc. Not untrue, but THEY don't tell you how to set any of it up. I don't even want to mess around with the computer's code, all I want to do is build Web pages using MySQL. The OS has the database capabilities, but it's switched off by default and they don't give you ANY help with switching it on.
Anyway, Googling turns up a number of pages with instructions and walk-throughs, and they all seem simple enough. Except that they all have something like this:
- Download the MySQL package for Mac OS X.5 (32 or 64 bits depending on your machine)
- Install everything in the package in this order: mysql, the startup item, the preference pane.
- Start MySQL in the preference pane.
First off, there's at least two dozen items in the package, not three. But okay, I'll find those three and install them first. But no matter which piece I try to install, I get an error. I found another set of instructions that has you use Terminal (Unix commands), and those work up to the point where - you guessed it - I try to install the SQL package. Then I get a "unknown command" error. The SQL package has a text file with instructions to install using Terminal, but those also give me an "unknown command" error.
Clearly I'm missing something.
lynda.com has a video tutorial on setting up MySQL on a Mac, and they're usually pretty good. At least with a video, I should be able to see what it's supposed to look like and where things are supposed to go. Hopefully. I don't want to spend too much more time on this but I want things to work.
Goddamit Apple, this shouldn't be this hard.
Edit: Should've gone to lynda.com in the first place. It's working now, but it seems to have wiped out all the test databases I'd had. Great.
IRS scam #2
Jun. 30th, 2011 05:21 pm
I almost want to tell them that the spelling mistakes and typos are a dead giveaway. And the fact that it came WELL AFTER I got my refunds.
Also forwarded on to the IRS.
Yo. People.
Jun. 29th, 2011 11:50 amI KNOW some of you are archived at Touka Koukan. Help me out here.
The "Submissions" page says this:
Which implies that once you send in the application and get accepted, you should have access to the Fanworks Manager. Which I don't. Is this something I need to bug Sockren about? Or is this section inaccurate, and he's not giving authors access?
The "Submissions" page says this:
Touka Koukan is an automated archive that is powered by the Touka Koukan Fanworks Manager. To become archived at Touka Koukan, you must first apply for admission or receive an invitation from Kalika or Sockren. If you have already had your account with us set-up, click above to begin working with the Fanworks Manager! If you are looking to join our archive, fill out the application below and send it here!
Which implies that once you send in the application and get accepted, you should have access to the Fanworks Manager. Which I don't. Is this something I need to bug Sockren about? Or is this section inaccurate, and he's not giving authors access?
On the car
Jun. 25th, 2011 04:06 pmThe insurance decided to total the car. Not a surprise given the car's age, but still a let-down. But yesterday, we went to check out a nearby Honda dealership, and ... ended up driving off with a car. Neither of us is quite sure how that happened, but good, I guess. It's a 2000 Toyota Corola. It's a nice car, and in good shape, and the money was decent. There just aren't a lot of good used cars around right now. The downsides are that we have to stick a cushion on the back of the seats to make them comfortable, and it's an automatic. But manual transmissions are sadly rare :(.
This means car payments and may mean tightening things up for a while, but it'll more than get us through until we can afford to replace my car. Actually, what'll probably end up happening is that mom'll get another car and I'll buy the Corola from her. Either way, it's a ways down the road.
This means car payments and may mean tightening things up for a while, but it'll more than get us through until we can afford to replace my car. Actually, what'll probably end up happening is that mom'll get another car and I'll buy the Corola from her. Either way, it's a ways down the road.
new scam out there
Jun. 17th, 2011 11:56 amHeads up on a possible new scam. I just got this email:
Several things make this suspicious, but the two biggest are 1)there's no record of this from my bank; 2)I got a rebate this year. And since the "report" ends in .pdf.exe, there's no way I'm clicking on it (even if I am on a Mac and it probably wouldn't load).
Isn't there a Web site for reporting scams like this? Anyone know the URL?
Several things make this suspicious, but the two biggest are 1)there's no record of this from my bank; 2)I got a rebate this year. And since the "report" ends in .pdf.exe, there's no way I'm clicking on it (even if I am on a Mac and it probably wouldn't load).
Isn't there a Web site for reporting scams like this? Anyone know the URL?
