Archive for July, 2005

Spell-Plugin for WordPress

Posted by Justin on July 09, 2005
The "I figured it out" Dept. /

After installing WordPress, I needed a dictionary to help out. I’m one of those people that is “spelling challenged” and I tend to spell check everything before I post it on the Internet. After going through this, I figured some other people might run into the problems that I was. Continue reading…

I don’t care what your Mother told you, Apache doesn’t write to your web space*

Posted by Justin on July 09, 2005
Computers /

I see many posts and directions stating that X directory needs to be chmod’d to 755/777 so “Apache can write to it”. This is technically wrong… Continue reading…

London Bombed, security level increased.

Posted by Justin on July 07, 2005
Travel /

I just thought I would touch on security for Military here in Europe. While I’m not breaking “Force Protection” by talking, I will limit what I say for specific reasons.

US Military in Europe is under constant guard. We live in gated communities with armed guards. These guards are considered sharp shooters in German law. We also have armed guards on our main bases. We are required to show ID on all bases and all shops that we visit on the bases. This is a change from the past. In the past, you flash your ID card and you’re on base. Now, there are more specific things involved but I can’t touch on those. We also have randomized vehicle searches on all bases and there are some new technologies that are being utilized on all bases. Continue reading…

Whew - what a lot of work!

Posted by Justin on July 06, 2005
Generic /

Obviously I’ve updated the site a little. From here on out, my ideas, thoughts, rants, etc will be posted.

There will be a few changes here and there, so keep up!