I was recently getting a “Unable to create directory /var/www/wp-content/uploads/ Is its parent directory writable by the server?” And for the life of me I couldn’t figure out how to upload images to my upload folder. So my blog was lacking visuals for quite some time. Luckily I was just searching around and I came across a wordpress forum where people were having the same problem as I. Only one of the suggestions worked. And I must thank Sergee for the help! In fact I’m just going to quote Sergee and make it easy on myself. Sergee – “If you tryed everything and upload in your wordpress still doesn’t work – i have an answer for you. In short: php safe mode won’t let you create files or directories if your php scripts and upload directory belongs to different users. So there are 2 possible solutions: either disable php safemode (not recommended), or change an owner of scripts and upload directory:”


cd blog_root
chown -R apache:apache *

However the code above didn’t work for me exactly. This is because on my server there is no apache user or group. Apache runs under www-data user. So same concept but slightly different syntax.

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /path_to_wordpress/wp-content/uploads

Yay that means that your uploads folder is now writeable by your server!

I must say ScanDisk Sansa Fuze is pure goodness. I paid $50 for a 4GB internal memory Sansa Fuze it has similar functionality to an ipod at a fraction of the cost. And here is the real kicker. It accepts micro sdhc cards! So, if I run out of 4GB of internal memory I can pop in a 2, 4, 8, 16 or 32GB micro sdhc card and continue to increase my music capacity. The mechanical wheel moves smoothly. The whole unit has a nice size and weight to it. And the screen is crisp and clear. I could not ask for a better unit.

Found a handy utility to read localhost mail. Mutt is particularly handy since it is easy to filter through and can be done via terminal rather that via email. If you have a chance to check it out please do!

Mutt screen

So I had been waiting for sometime for Windows to finally sweep Vista under the rug just as they did with Windows ME. They have a bad habit of locking down their software for their loyal customers. So if it wasn’t bad enough that you payed potentially hundreds of dollars for Vista, then you of course have to pay at least a hundred more for Microsoft Office suite. “Well what’s so special about that? I’ll just stick to my 2003 Office suite.” Yeah, Microsoft already had that in mind. So that’s why they made a whole freaking new file format called docx. Most people don’t care until they get to school and find out their school switched to the new Microsoft Office suite or the opposite could occur (They update at home, but school/work has not yet.) This creates an obvious software conflict thus creating a higher demand for Vista…then for the Office suite since it isn’t offered with Vista. But…I digress. Luckily we all have something to look forward to. Windows is going to try to redeem itself with Windows 7. “So is this a whole new operating system?” From what I understand yes and no. It will be built off of Vista and really its just a whole new improvement of the Vista operating system. Well that isn’t half bad…Except for the people who already payed for Vista, because now they will be paying twice for the product they wanted originally. From what I hear the beta testers like it quite a bit and some have even moved over to Microsoft 7 Beta permanently. I’m definitely looking forward to the directx 10 and the added memory recognition above 3.2GBs.

After 8 Months I finally have my server up and running again.  Feels really good to get it up and running and I did it with the help of the ubuntu forums.  Thank you guys!  Helped out a lot.  Planning on setting up a few things in the future.  FTP and SMTP server on my box.  And after I get enough money I’ll try to get some good deals on black friday and upgrade my box.  Also, I’m currently working on a few side projects.  One of them is setting up a wireless bridge with my cousin.  That should be challanging and fun at the same time.  Sadly the weather is stopping me from continuing on that project.

If you’re stuck in “root@username:” and you want to get back. Simply type exit. !!hey you aren’t in root anymore! yay!

If you encounter this mysql error
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)

Don’t worry. This just means that you can’t connect to mysql without telling it your user name and password. If you haven’t set a password then you should type something like this.

mysql -u root

However if you do have a password the syntax will look something like this.

mysql -u root -p <yourpasswd>
ENTER PASSWORD:

Now you should have access to mysql and you can start giving it commands   I hope this has helped.

Quicksilverscreen.com is quite remarkable.  Free movie streams to your computer and the best part is that you don’t have to sign up for ANYTHING.  As long as you have DivX or DivX plugin for Mozilla Firefox you can simply click on the movie/tv show/cartoon you’d like to watch and it is all streamed to your computer! ZOMGOSH!  Another + is that you get to watch movies that haven’t come out on DVD yet some movies are still in theaters when they are posted on the site.  The downside to quicksilver is that the movies posted don’t often last long.  They end up being removed from the site.  I think this is done so that they can keep server space? I don’t know, but what I do know is that I’m a fan of Quicksilver and you should check it out!

The blog has finally been updated and has undergone the proper changes that I was looking into (Thank you for the help Tom).

Changes Made:The header has been changed to a flash video and also a button hyperlink, the search button has finally been fixed, Fluxbox has been installed and is running properly, and lastly the machine is now in the basement.

Changes to be Made: Fluxbox functionality and menus updated, get Motion working with webcam and setup homemade security camera (also make tutorial), I would like to make the blog more interactive, also look into fixing my contact widget or replace with an affective contact widget. And begin transferring information from external HD to server.

So in the process of building a new machine, I was attempted to buy XFX PVT88PYDF4 GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit Video card. I had been waiting 2 weeks for newegg to get some instock and as soon as they did…6 hours later they were completely out of stock again. I should have bought it when I had the chance… Oh well next time around I guess.