This year, we are posting Candlemas cards to our friends who send holiday cards. It’s our way of extending the ideas of the Holidays further into the year. We try and post a card for a different holiday each year. I selected Candlemas because I’ve never heard of it and it falls on another day Continue Reading
My S Q L
I’m getting hacked and it’s crashing my database. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5441972/how-to-see-log-files-in-mysql IP Tables-seems someone is erasing them Change PasswordMySQL Roothttp://www.howtogeek.com/howto/mysql/set-the-mysql-root-password/mysqladmin -u root password (password)Linux Userpasswd (username) All the tables in all the dbs check out.http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2011/12/mysqlcheck/ Also, here is a basic security page setup by Backspace …https://support.rackspace.com/how-to/configuring-basic-security/
Health for those Getting Older
Your body won’t last forever. As you get older, things start to happen it. Not good things either. It becomes important to run tests on your body with regularity. Lisa works for Quest Diagnostics and we get our blood work tested every year. I started in 2014. Now I have 2 years of data to Continue Reading
Hatboro Car Show
My buddy Pete is way into cars, motors and all things metal. He got involved with the Hatboro Car Show and is now in charge of judging. I’ve judged with him a couple years so far. Originally, the system was done with pencils and paper. Then they regrouped and tallied the votes. Tedious and so Continue Reading
Build It
This Christmas I downloaded the SimCity BuildIt App to my phone over break. I had lots of downtime and used to love playing SimCity on my desktop. This seemed like a perfect fit, if the UI was worth it. Fortunately, it is. The App is beautiful. My only problem was I wanted a bigger screen Continue Reading
Ring Ring
How does one make a ring tone?! Sure, you can pay to download one, but what if you already have the audio in iTunes for making the perfect ring tone? I’m sure there are lots of tutorials online, here is one on the huffington post … http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/02/make-free-ringtone-iphone_n_5901540.html Check it out and have fun.
My new hobby
I spent the summer riding this machine to work and back every day. If the temp was above 60 degrees, rain or shine, I rode to work. It was awesome. The ride is only 4.1 miles, but I would take more challenging routes each day. There are many hills along the way to attack and Continue Reading
Croque Monsieur
We had grilled cheese and ham sandwiches the other night. They appear on our dinner menu with some regularity. Sometimes they have turkey and others have just cheese. They are all delicious. This time, Lisa went a step further and offered to make French Toast for our sandwiches on this particular night. This results in Continue Reading