[caption id="attachment_1460" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Franklin Regional Victim Support Page[/caption] Link to Facebook page - Franklin Regional Victim Support Page As many of you are aware our Classmate Janet Heilman Boger’s son Jared was one of the severely injured students at the terrible tragedy that happened at our Alma Mater on April 9th. The FRHS Class of 1979 has sent a donation to the “We are FR “ account that has been set up by school board officials. Also a monetary gift...Click for full post
Supporting Franklin Regional
Wendy and I went to Newlonsburg Presbyterian Church to join 50 others supporting Franklin Regional students upon their return to classes. [caption id="attachment_1455" align="alignnone" width="200"] Supporting Franklin Regional[/caption] Video from WPXI - Supporting Franklin Regional Students The Franklin Regional School District serves the communities of Export, Murrysville and portions of Delmont. It is located approximately twenty miles East of Pittsburgh. With over 3,600 students and nearly 400 staff members, the district operates three Elementary schools (Heritage, Newlonsburg, and Sloan), a Middle School, and a Senior...Click for full post
Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds hit 10 HRs
Ten homers in only six innings. Three sets of back-to-back homers, tying a record. The most combined homers in a major league game since 2006. And the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds still have a long way to go. Neil Walker and Gaby Sanchez hit back-to-back homers twice, and the Pirates and Reds hit 10 in all before rain forced a suspension after six innings with the score tied 7-all Monday night. "I saw a lot of crazy stuff in...Click for full post
Installing WordPress on your Webserver
[caption id="attachment_1480" align="alignnone" width="399"] Installing Wordpress on your Webserver[/caption] Installing Wordpress 1. Download the WordPress package from here. 2. Create a database and user. I use PHPadmin to administer my MYSQL databases. 3. Find and rename wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php, then edit the file. You need to edit the italicized database settings below: /** The name of the database for WordPress */ define('DB_NAME', 'databasename'); /** MySQL database username */ define('DB_USER', 'databaseusername'); /** MySQL database password */ define('DB_PASSWORD', 'databasepassword'); You need to go...Click for full post
Installing Minecraft Server Manager on a Linux Server
[caption id="attachment_1476" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Installing Minecraft Server Manager on a Linux Server[/caption] Login via SSH with root access and issue the bolded commands. 1. Install Java. sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre 2. Install Minecraft Server Manager. sudo wget -q http://git.io/Sxpr9g -O /tmp/msm && bash /tmp/msm 3. Create your Minecraft Server in MSM. sudo msm server create <servername> 4. Update to latest Minecraft version on MSM. sudo msm jargroup create mc172 https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/1.7.2/minecraft_server.1.7.2.jar sudo msm jargroup getlatest mc172 sudo msm jar mc172 5....Click for full post
How to set up your domain Virtual Hosts on a Linux server
[caption id="attachment_1478" align="alignnone" width="297"] How to set up your domain Virtual Hosts on a Linux server[/caption] Linux Server Domain Virtual Hosts are used to run more than one domain off of a single IP address. 1. Create a Directory. sudo mkdir -p /var/www/yourdomain.tld/public_html 2. Grant Permissions. sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/yourdomain.tld/public_html sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www 3. Create a page. sudo nano /var/www/yourdomain.tld/public_html/index.html Type in nano "Your domain is set up!" then Save and Exit 4, Create the new Virtual Host...Click for full post
Installing FTP on a Linux server
[caption id="attachment_1461" align="alignnone" width="142"] Installing FTP on a Linux server[/caption] Enter the commands in Bold sudo apt-get install vsftpd If you would like to change options in vsftpd (optional). sudo nano /etc/vsftpd.conf Restart FTP service service vsftpd restart *Do NOT use the root user to login. To create a user to upload web files. adduser <username> adduser <username> sudo usermod --home /var/www <username>
Basic LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) installation on a Linux Server
I will assume you have a base system with Ubuntu 13.04 installed and updated. 1. Install Apache2. sudo apt-get install apache2 [To verify] Direct a browser to the ip address of your server and you should see the placeholder page. 2. Install PHP5. sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 Restart Apache after PHP5 installation is completed. sudo service apache2 restart [To verify] Create a file named info.php with the following code. <?php phpinfo(); ?> Place the file in the directory /var/www/html...Click for full post
Interesting facts about Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Interesting facts about Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Premiering on NBC December 6th, 1964, Rudolph has become the longest running, highest rated television special in the history of the medium. "At first Johnny Marks (composer of the classic song) didn't want to do the special," says Arthur Rankin. "He was very protective of the song. The song provided a very large income to Marks and he was afraid that over exposure of the hit song might interfere with it's success as...Click for full post
Halloween at the Keys
[caption id="attachment_83" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Halloween at the Keys[/caption] Angry Birds Pumpkin Kit
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak isn’t impressed: New iPad doesn’t ‘hit my needs’
[caption id="attachment_84" align="alignleft" width="542"] Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, in Sydney today.[/caption] "Yes it's thinner, but I wanted storage. I don't have broadband at home, and you can't get great broadband connection in hotels, so I carry all my personal media in the iPad. So I was hoping Apple has a 256 GB iPad," said Wozniak. "I was hoping for more storage so I could put every episode of 'Big Bang Theory' on my iPad. So I emailed my...Click for full post
Great Season for the Buccos!!!
[caption id="attachment_80" align="aligncenter" width="680"] Great Season for the Buccos!!![/caption] While the season ended after the 5th game in St. Louis, the Pirates have a lot to be proud of this year. 2012: W-94 L-68 Attendance - 2,256,862 2011: W-79 L-83 Attendance - 2,091,918 2010: W-72 L-90 Attendance - 1,940,429 2009: W-57 L-105 Attendance - 1,613,399 2008: W-62 L-99 Attendance - 1,577,853 The trend is certainly in the right direction...