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A New WordPress Install

Get the storage folder; redirect the domain there;

Get the code into the target dir:
$ svn co http://core.svn.wordpress.org/tags/2.9 .

Copy wp-config.php
$ cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php

Get new secret keys:
https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/

Edit wp-config.php
$ vi wp-config.php
Change dbname, hostname, password.
Change 4 secret key lines to above lines.

Run config:
http://example.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php

Set up the profile pages; add default user;

Install Atahualpa Theme and configure.

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Instructable – Refitting a Great American rain barrel

I was going to do this anyway, so I grabbed a camera and snapped while I drilled. I think it turned out OK. A bit specific, perhaps…

Refitting a Great American rain barrel with a new heavy duty spigot. – More DIY How To Projects

EXIFutils to the rescue

Bette teaches kindergarten. She takes pictures, and as the computer consultant, I have to upload them to the Walgreens website. So I use iTag to review them and add the IPTC keyword tag “printme” to the ones she wants printed. How to convert to Walgreens?

It’s not pretty. I use the wonderful EXIFUtils to extract a [...]

Weller WTCPN Repair

I got a free day off today — and it’s too darn cold outside — so time to attack a few jobs that have been neglected.

First was my old Weller WTCPN soldering station that I inherited from several jobs ago when they ditched hardware development – very tacky now in this lead-free era, but [...]