Saturday, May 31, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
diigo bookmarks 05/28/2008
Installation/LowMemorySystems - Community Ubuntu Documentation
Geek to Live: How to access a home server behind a router/firewall
Geek to Live: How to assign a domain name to your home web server
Trouble with phpmyadmin - Ubuntu Forums
sudo aptitude update
WordPress Installation on Ubuntu with LAMP · supriyadisw dot net
Monday, May 26, 2008
Jumping into FOSS
Saturday afternoon I got the wild notion that learning how to set up my own web server would be fun. There are quite a few flavors of Linux out there; I had no idea. I decided to go with Ubuntu server 6.06.2 with Xubuntu as the GUI.
Then, with the help of a variety of tutorials and forums, I was able to get Apache2, MySQL, and PHP all playing nicely. Throw WordPress into the mix and tada: kismet.homelinux.com is born. There isn't much there to speak of; right now it's just a sandbox for learning how to make all of this work. But who knows, if I get comfortable with all of this and can keep the installation stable, I just may work on migrating everything over.
Around 10am today I hit a wall and decided it was time for a book. I love the computer section of book stores and am a frequent browser, but this was the first time I trying to deal with something so technical. Lots of options out there, including a Dummies book for just about anything you would want to do with a computer, but overall the books fell into two categories: 1) so ungodly technical as to be nearly unreadable for someone without a CS degree or 2) a $40 restating of what I had already read online. I picked up the WordPress for Dummies book anyway--sometimes its nice to have a good overview in one place--but lots of thanks to the incredible community that has put together all the information for learning how to do something like this.
The hardest technical part was getting the IP information straight between my server, router, and DynDNS. DynDNS is pretty neat--with a free account, they provide a domain name and keep the URL pointing in the right direction if you have a dynamic IP. If I decide to stick with this, I will need to just register my own domain, but what a great way to play around and learn the ropes.
The other hard part was just keeping things straight in the server terminal. I'm so used to GUIs that adjusting my mind map of the system took some time. Fortunately, I could also surf the file structure in Xubuntu; otherwise just finding some of the files I needed would have added hours to the process.
All told, from wild, incomplete understanding of what I was tackling to a working web presence took just over 20 hours. Certainly time well spent.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Saturday, May 24, 2008
diigo bookmarks 05/25/2008
jooce.com - power to the people
virtual desktop
From The Library of Congress
"Discover the stories of America's past..."
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
diigo bookmarks 05/22/2008
Competency Model Clearinghouse - Hospitality/Hotel and Lodging Industry Competency Model
Staples Foundation for Learning
The mission of Staples Foundation for Learning is to provide funding to programs that support or provide job skills and/or education for all people, with a special emphasis on disadvantaged youth.
Weebly - Create a free website and a free blog
Create your website. Fast. Free. Easy. Now.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
diigo bookmarks 05/21/2008
Today's Middle Level Educator - NMSA Podcast - National Middle School Association
Today's Middle Level Educator, a podcast produced byNational Middle School Association, is the place to hear conversations,interviews, and commentaries from middle level practitioners, leaders,and experts. Listen online or subscribe to the podcast and listen onyour computer or MP3 player. Available on iTunes.
Employer of the Year: Top 50 marketing employers 2005 - Brand Republic News - Brand Republic
EA: Employer of the Year Award Winners
“We felt it was time to establish an awards program honoring great employers in Illinois that recognize employees as their greatest asset. There are many employers that work with imagination and conviction to create organizational value and business results through their policies and best practices in human resources management, ” said, Mary Pille, CAE, SPHR, EA’s President and CEO.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
diigo bookmarks 05/15/2008
Have you ever thought, ”Gosh, I wish I had time to learn more about Flickr, wikis, or (enter your Web 2.0 tool here)?” Well, this is your chance to take the time to focus on your personal and professional development around Web 2.0 tools. It’s fun to explore these tools and figure out ways to use them in the library, with your personal Web sites, or in other ways.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
diigo bookmarks 05/14/2008
ccMixter - Welcome to ccMixter
ccMixter is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want.
Friday, May 09, 2008
diigo bookmarks 05/10/2008
The Thinking Stick | Where are the comments?
Some great guidelines for blogging