Year: 2006

My niece Shannon.

With Myspace rising to prominence I was curious about what are the big social sites on the web now.

Well Read/Write Web has an interesting article on Web Apps Around the World.
Being a computer geek you read a lot about Flickr and MySpace all the time.
Living in Korea you can’t escape OhMyNews and Cyworld.

Read more

I host stephenhucker.com at bluehost.com.

One of their best features is SSH access to my domain.
So when I upgrade WordPress. I can simply

1. ssh to my server, then issue the command, –> wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

2. which will download the wordpress files to the server, then

If you have shell access to your web server, and are comfortable using console-based tools, you may wish to download WordPress directly to your web server. You can do so using wget , lynx or another console-based web browser, which are valuable if you want to avoid FTPing. Place the package in a directory parallel to your current wordpress directory (like “uploads,” for example). Then, unzip it using: gunzip -c wordpress-2.0.4.tar.gz | tar -xf – or by using: tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz
http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress

3. so issuing the command –> tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz
will expand the archive to a folder called wordpress

4. Copy from the blog folder to wordpress

wp-config.php file;
wp-content folder;
wp-images folder;
wp-includes/languages/ folder–if you are using a language file, do not delete this folder;.
.htaccess file–if you have added custom rules to your .htaccess, do not delete it;
Custom Content and/or Plugins–if you have any images or other custom content or Plugins inside the wp-content folder, do NOT delete them.

5. Rename the blog folder to blog old –> mv blog blogold

6. Rename the wordpress folder to blog –> mv wordpress blog

7. Run the upgrade process

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I have two computers, or four if you count my Xbox and a disassembled computer.

I have a Shuttle XPC, which is a small form factor computer. It is the black PC in the pictures.
As you can see it has two SATA hard drives at the top and an internal IDE HD as well as space for an IDE DVD ROM.

The Macintosh Mac Mini Core Duo is the white box with the Apple logo on top. Note the size when compared to the CD, pen, and mouse!
It is very small. It does this by using laptop components. ie 2.5″ HD, laptop DVD Burner and virtually zero space inside the case.

The box with the blue front to the right of the Mac min is an external IDE HD (@250GB)
The two boxes between the speaker and the Shuttle PC are an external DVD burner (USB/Firewire) and another external hardrive.

Today is the last day of July so I went out and did some shopping.
I purchased Shimano-SH-SD65-Cycling-Sandals for 88,000 won. In Australia they are $170 !

Thebiggest size in the shop is42/43 (the next biggest being 44/45). My old shimano shoe is size 45. But this shoe being a sandle does not compress the toes as much as a normal cycling shoe would. Cycling shoes are normally narrower then normal sports shoes.

My little toes are a bit crushed in the shoe, but the same thing happens in my other shimano shoe. Anyway time will tell if this was a good purchase decision or not.

I also purchase some wrap around sport sunglasses which has an insert on the nose ridge where you can put a pair of tiny prescription glasses. Total price – less then 100,000 won.

Much cheaper then Australia!

Health

My injured tendon on my right knee is still giving me trouble, a week after I injured it. I can now walk freely (except going down stairs) but I still get pain when I cycle.

I am now sitting at my desk and there is a dull pain coming from the tendon area in my knee. It not bad pain, but I just want to be rid of it, so I can get on with life and enjoy the rest of my stay here in Korea.

Note to self: Yesterday I sent the books below back home (sans the Grammar for English Language Teachers book) plus some cycling clothing and a South Korean flag

The man in the post office said it will take 50 days which would make it September 14th!
Still 20 KGs @ 48,000 won is not a bad deal.
I also joined the Australian Knife Collectors Club which means when I bring my fake sword (Kargum) back to Australia it won’t be confiscated by Customs.

From http://www.grupthink.com/poll/22

These domains can be pronounced in different, often amusing ways

1. Therapistfinder.com
(No description provided)

2. Penisland.net
(No description provided)

3. Powergenitalia.com
Italian power company

4. Molestationnursery.com
(No description provided)

5. Expertsexchange.com (now changed to Experts-Exchange.com)
(No description provided)

6. Whorepresents.com
“A quick reference guide to & for representatives”

7. Mp3shits.com
(No description provided)

8. Lumbermansexchange.com
Lumberman’s Exchange, Now defunct, archive here: http://web.archive.org/web/…change.com/

9. Askart.com 05-02-06
askart.com – The American Artists Bluebook – However, depending on how you pronounce the domain name, it can sound like ‘AssCart.com’

10. Thepenismightier.com 04-27-06
From PurplePorpoise at Metafilter.

11. Fagray.com/ 05-01-06
F.A. Gray – Paint & Wallpaper

12. Cummingfirst.com 04-27-06
Cumming First United Methodist Church, in Cumming, Georgia. From tellurian at Metafilter.

13. Mofo.com 04-27-06 1 Comment
Morrison & Foerster legal firm. From telluroan at Metafilter.

14. Truckersexpress.com 05-03-06
Truckers Express: A specialized Heavy Haul industry leader. With 650 trucks and over 1400 hundred trailers, our Owner / Operators can get… Vote!

15. Google 05-02-06
haha

16. Regalcock.com 04-27-06
A fromer Canadian Parliamentarian website. From raider at Metafilter.

17. Nagiosexchange.com 04-25-06
(No description provided)

18. Mywebos.com 04-26-06
You do need to know Spanish to get this one.

19. Machome.com 04-27-06
Macho who? From darakpony at Metafilter.

20. Nycanal.com
From Mayor Curley at Metafilter.

21. Gasheating.co.uk
From dmt at Metafilter

22. Agedwards.com
Do they really want to be know as aged wards?

23. Butthatsnotall.co.nz
The AdMan “as seen on TV” site in New Zealand. Is a “Butt-hat” a wearable item, and is “snot-all” more or less than “sweet F.A.”?

24. Goredforwomen.com
“As seen on magazine advertizements and billboards near you.” From blindcarboncopy at Metafilter.

25. Newsextracts.com
News Extracts, “reland subsidiary of the Sweden based Observer AB Group, the world leader in media and journalist contact databases,

26. 4fastinkjets.com
Mmm… stinkjets. From staggernation at Metafilter.

27. Madearmotherstouch.com
I couldn’t make any sense out of this one. From suitcase at Metafilter.

28. Stlouiswomansexchange .com
When will people learn to stop putting *sexchange in thier domains? From limeonaire at Metafilter.

29. Rebelscum.com
From MrBadExample at Metafilter.

The end is nigh.

I have booked passage for the colonies, arriving

8:55 am on Singapore Airlines flight SQ 237 on the 2nd of September

School finishes up on the 19th of July. This is the summer vacation for Yaeum Middle School where I work.
Technically I am not entitled to a vacation as I have already used up my allocated holidays. The school has not yet told me if I am working. But it looks like I am as free to do as I want until August 24th.

My friends in Ulsan who work at another school and at a teacher training centre have a different schedule to me.
At Ulsan Language Academy where I used to work they are teaching teachers in the summer holidays. When the holiidays end they will join me working at the schools below.

On August 24th I have to work at various schools

August 24th – Chungryang middle school
August 25th – Dukwang middle school
August 28th – Woongchon middle school
August 29th – Kangdong middle school

So on the 30th I will clean up my apartment. The 31st I will travel to Seoul and have a last look around.
Then I will fly out on the 1st of September for Singapore.