Went to add a new post into WordPress and got “Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress.”. So I reported it as such to support. Later found that the PHP problem affected the rest of my site too. It must have been a big problem on their …
Monthly Archives: June 2021
Fedora 34 install fail
First time trying Fedora since I used it at version 5. I could document this better but I’m not because it’s tedious, and won’t accomplish anything. Suffice it to say I couldn’t place my two disk mount points on different devices. On the 1st panel I could select the 2 different disks I wanted to …
Amazon sidewalk
Downloaded app and turned off this invasive feature, that Amazon turned on today for everyone. I know…why do I have an Echo in the first place? It can be a fun novelty device. These days I mostly use it for finding my phone. But I really don’t trust it, and keep it unplugged most of …
The PiDP-11
I want one…someday! The PDP 11/70 is what I started my computer career on. I first used a PDP-11/40 (or45), in college, where I also ran it as a tutor/operator. The front panel looked very similar to the PDP-11/70. Here is a nice article about running RSTS/E on it. The PiDP-11 is a replica of …