Archive for January, 2006



The War Within

Published on January 29, 2006

This was such a good read I am including all the text.

The War Within - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?o=7&f=/c/a/2006/01/29/MNGMHGVCEV1.DTL
The War Within

Matthew B. Stannard, Chronicle Staff Writer
Sunday, January 29, 2006

Pike County, Ky. — BATTLE SCARS: The photo of the ‘Marlboro Man’ in Fallujah became a symbol of the Iraq conflict when it ran in newspapers across America in 2004. Now the soldier has returned home to Kentucky,where he battles the demons of post-traumatic stress

The photograph hit the world on Nov. 10, 2004: a close-cropped shot of a U.S. Marine in Iraq, his face smeared with blood and dirt, a cigarette dangling from his lips, smoke curling across weary eyes.

It was an instant icon, with Dan Rather calling
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Eventcalendar 3.0 Configuration

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Here are the steps used to install and configure Event Calendar 3.0

1. Install eventcalendar 3.0 plugin
[YVOD installs the plugin with all Wordpress builds]

2. Activate plugin in plugins screen
[Plugin activated by default for all YVOD Wordpress builds]

3. Change plugin options
A) Show number of months [Default 3]
B) set the correct category [Default 2]
C) Choose whether to display events as normal posts or keep them separate [Default separate]
D) Show all posts in the calendar or only events [Default only events]

4. There are two scenarios: one that displays an entire page of a visual calendar with the events showing on the day they are scheduled, in the category archive that you’ve created. We’ll call this scenario “big calendar.” The other scenario is where the
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LAMP - The Basics

Published on January 19, 2006

Let’s start with the basics. YVOD runs on LAMP

What is LAMP?

LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl/PHP/Phython.

What does that mean?

Linux is the


How can I view a .Mac iCal calendar?

Published on January 3, 2006

How can I view


WebDAV under Apache on OS X

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WebDAV under Apache on OS X. Easy and quick. Add a few lines and away you go.


Some links

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After Cairo Police Attack, Sudanese Have Little but Rage

Where Africa’s Kings Ruled, Their Finery Grew on Trees

…the company has retained three or four Sunni religious scholars to offer advice and write reports for military commanders on the content of propaganda campaign…

…visits to music download sites, such as Apple’s iTunes Music Store, rose by 50 per cent between December 24 and 25.

Google’s 118 percent surge in 2005 and Apple’s 122 percent leap contrast with the 1.8 percent gain of the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index and the 3.4 percent advance of Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.

…new wearable $600 display for video iPods. Using the EyeBud headset is akin to watching
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