Category: Parent

…of a feather…

Well, the baby sparrows we’ve raised are now about 5 weeks old and flying around.  I had to take them to work with me for two weeks when we had to feed them every...

Quote of the Month 16

The quote for July: “I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the type of which we are conscious in ourselves. An individual who should...

Media around the world

So corporations own the media in the U.S.  Everybody knows this, just like they know that all the politicians are bought and paid for.  (Whether they want to acknowledge it or not.) Meanwhile, in...

Running Back

Like a Running Back

With the World Cup almost over and the football season (American, that is) just two months away, I’ve been spending a bit of time watching games.  Though I never liked soccer before, I’ve really...

I don’t want a pickle…

I don’t want a pickle, I just wanna ride on my motorcycle… This has been a crap riding season.  With my light rebuild eating into the early spring rides, then the early onset of...

Quote of the Month 17

The quote for October: Jack: Hi Lloyd. Been away, but now I’m back. Lloyd: Good evening, Mr. Torrance. It’s good to see you. Jack: It’s good to be back, Lloyd. Jack Nicholson The Shining...

Kept Back Packages

So, what do you do when you run apt-get upgrade and you get: The following packages have been kept back: Perhaps you use: apt-get dist-upgrade.  Well, I had no idea what to do so...

Increase your Joomla upload size

How to increase your Joomla file upload size media manager -> options -> put in larger number php.ini Where? system info -> PHP Information Tab -> 6th block down -> Configuration File (php.ini) Path...

MyBB

MyBB Forum Install

Installed a forum, or bulletin board as they used to be called, and thought I would add the how-to for posterity’s sake. I’m gonna assume you have an Ubuntu server running a stable stack....