Category Archives: Programming

100th Post! (…and Megasquirt Woes)

By Nick | Published: 02.12.2009
Hum, 100 posts. 100 posts about random crap, but 100 nonetheless. Speaking of random, I was (am) attempting to make my own version of the MegaLogViewer for Megasquirt. In this attempt, I happened to notice that my Z31 cranks at 280-325 or so RPM. This is not a big deal, it’s just that I have my [...]
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WackoWiki Lives Up To It’s Name

By Nick | Published: 23.11.2009
I wanted a PHP/MySQL Wiki to use for my car site, and I crossed upon some crazy Russian made one called “WackoWiki”. I just installed WackoWiki try it out. I was quickly surprised to realize that after editing the main page once, every subsequent visit would log me out. It was very annoying. Then, after [...]
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Interesting Errors

By Nick | Published: 09.09.2009
Software developers come from various far away places. Sometimes, they come from places were English isn’t their first, or best language. Sometimes, they decide that holding out on important details is necessary, for some reason. Let us bask in their diversity:
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Wordpress Upload Bug

By Nick | Published: 09.09.2009
I noticed, as I tried to upload images from Wordpress, that the images would not be in the correct directory. This is a problem with the default value of a setting under Miscellaneous in Settings.
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A Simple Backup Script for Linux

By Nick | Published: 07.09.2009
Not too long ago I upgraded a hard drive in my home server. I went from a 250 GB media storage drive to a 1000 GB one. The main drive is another 250 GB disk. I decided that since I didn’t have any kind of backup system in place, I could assign those duties to [...]
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