Installing a Wordpress Blog

Posted on October 13th, 2006 in How To, blogs, Wordpress by bjones

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I’m about to install a new Wordpress blog, so I thought I’d fully document the process, so here goes.
(I’m assuming that you have a hosting plan and a domain name set up already.)

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Problem Solving: Getting Unstuck with Google

Posted on October 8th, 2006 in General, How To by bjones

Since I started programming, I have really relied pretty heavily on Google for solving programming and web developing problems. I usually just copy and paste whatever error I’m getting right into Google.

9 out of 10 times, I’ll find the solution to my problem pretty fast.

Earlier this week, I installed Fedora Core 5 on my old Blue and White Apple G3.

GoDaddy: Cheap Dedicated IP Hosting

Posted on October 8th, 2006 in How To, Hosting by bjones

I just set up a new “economy hosting” plan with Godaddy.com for a project that I’m working on. I have heard both good and bad things about Godaddy’s hosting, but this site doesn’t require much space or transfer, so I’m not really concerned about having a top notch host right now.

Here’s what I got, and how much it cost.

Bluetooth + Cellphone + Laptop = Wireless Internet for under $6/month

Posted on October 3rd, 2006 in Internet Service Providers, How To, Wireless Internet by bjones

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mobile phone as modem 01This tutorial will describe how to set up a GPRS GSM Phone as a Mobile Modem. More specifically, how to use a Nokia 6103 (with T-Mobile’s $5.99 T-Zones Internet service) as a GPRS modem that you can connect to using the Bluetooth connection of an Apple MacBook running Mac OS X Tiger (10.4.7). I set out to do this last week, and I never did find a specific tutorial for it, but by using about 5 different sources, I was able to get connected. If you have a different phone, or a different computer, this tutorial may still be useful.

Setting up the Phone:
For the phone, we’re going to need to set up a new APN or Access Point.

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