Personal Wiki

Ok, today I set up my own personal "Wiki" on my 1 gig thumb drive. It was quite easy once you knew what all to do.

First you need to pick which wiki you want to install. Upon a great deal of searching I found there are literally hundreds. I picked "Media Wiki" because it's easy to use, and it's the same used by Wikipedia, a popular online encyclopedia. Also, please look up the requirements of whichever wiki you choose to use. Media Wiki required Apache, MySQL, and PHP in order to run.

Actually because of the other things required I turned to WAMP5! Yes, this all in one, do it yourself program was ever so helpful in the long run. It installs all 3, Apache server, MySQL, and PHP5 in one swoop while also giving me a handy systool that sits in my systray to control the lot of em.

Upon installing WAMP5 which comes first, I extracted Media Wiki to Wamp's "www" directory. Since we're dealing with a web basis I went to the http://localhost/ and modified my php settings a bit, add a password, modify upload and download limitations, etc.

Finally I went to my new Wiki at http://localhost/akwiki

From here, since it hasn't been yet, the wiki wants you to set it up. All of this is very basic. After that congrats, start editing you silicon samurai, you coding cowboys...you princes of your own domain.

AK

Father's Day Gift Gone Awry

OK, so the other day a friend of mine ordered a really nice laptop from Gateway. I mean this was decked out...decent processor, not the strongest but we didn't want it overheating, 2g of ram, biggest hd you can put in it, swivel screen, touchscreen, good bit of accessories...the works. June 12th they call to confirm the credit card number and some other stuff then inform that the laptop shouldn't have any problems but may be a little late. Well the delivery date is June 14th 2006. June 14th comes and the only thing delivered is a power adapter for which you can use in the car or in an airplane. We check the website and it says that the order is still bring processed.

Ok, little odd, lets call gateway support and figure it out. We call in and they inform us that it'll take another day or two because it's being made in China. Sounds good to us, we just want it to get here before Father's day as it's a gift. They inform us it should ship out on the 15th. Good to know. 15th comes and as we're world traversed we know that china is 13 to 15 hours ahead of us. Thus when it's nighttime here we check the website again, no change...still processing. We call back and get another customer service person and they inform us that there is a "parts shortage" and this laptop can't be built for a while.

Parts shortage? the hell? How does a computer company get a parts shortage. Not enough RAM come in this month? Get shipped the wrong sized hd's? I mean your job is to build computers...Has the demand for computers been so strong this month that you literally ran out of the components to build a laptop or is it that this laptop is just too badass for your abilities? We did put everything on it you'd possibly imagine...good stuff. Anyway, back to ragging on Gateway.

They then inform us that the laptop won't be delivered until around the 28th. Damn!, that's 10 days after Father's Day. That's a little late to give the guy a gift ya know what I mean? So we go ahead and cancel the order for the laptop and tell them that we intend to keep the already delivered power adapter as it'll work with the other laptops owned. The person on the phone agreed and canceled the laptop order.

The next morning they call my friend's Cell Phone...They inform him that the adapter has already been mailed out and that when it gets there he should just turn it away and it'll be shipped back. Wait a second, didn't we tell them that the laptop already came and we planned on keeping that we just didn't want the laptop anymore?...Dumbasses.

So, being perturbed, my friend writes an email to the guy in charge of the customer service and actually got an expediated response. He basically said how badly the company had fucked up and appologized. He also informed us that the laptop was still going to be built and had become the top priority at the factory. He also informed us that if we still want to purchase it then it will be expediated especially for us...This guy's a smooth talker, I like him, tell us whatever we wanna hear even if it is bullshit.

Anyway, we really want this laptop because, well, it's really nice. So we tell him that we still want it and to reinstate the order. We get the word that the new delivery date is between the 23rd and the 25th. Still a little late...assholes, but then he threw in free overnight shipping along with some other free shit.


Damn, Gateway needs to get their act together...I mean, they've been around for a good amount of time. Haven't they figured it out yet? So we decided that after this laptop is delivered we don't plan on giving them anymore business...our own personal boycott, and I urge you to do the same.

AK


p.s. If this laptop worked out well we were planning on replacing the entire home office for the small business we have going on. 10 laptops...That sucks for them since each laptop woulda been another $2,500 ish in their pockets.

Long time

Ok, I know it's been 2 weeks since my last post but I'm a college student on summer vacation who likes to hit the sauce...if you don't know what that means, well...good for you.

Anyway for this post I will outline a few uses for the most amazing of snack foods...The Gummi Bear.

Speaking on the previous topic I just wanna throw out a random "Conspiracy Theory" if you can call it that but rather a bit of fun. The gummi bears cartoon taught children how to be alcoholics. It's true. Think about it, a bunch of underagers drinking the magical potion made out of berries...suddenly they can't feel pain. They're bouncing all over the damned place...anyway, back to the uses of gummi bears.

First off, Bypassing fingerprint scanners. YES a gummi bear is the MacGyver tool of the future. Japanese cryptographer Tsutomu Matsumoto actually figured this out...Whoo, go Japan!

Back to it, This crazy Japanese guy went all out. He melted and molded the gummi into a finger, used fumes from superglue to expose the fingerprint on a glass, photographed it, printed it on the finger, and fooled 4 out of 5 scanners. Intense. Plus, you get caught...eat the evidence for a tasty treat. The kicker is that this problem was found out last year and not a damn thing has been done to fix it.


And another thing...Bomb.

Yes use a gummi bear in a bomb. I bet I'm setting off internet security sensors and scanners as we speak. A bomb! Potassium Chlorate, KClO3, is amazing stuff. You can find it in just about any high school chem lab and it's fun to play with. Good fact to know is this chemical was used in WWII as a plastic explosive...but not only that, it was THE MOST COMMON used. Whew! It starts as a powder but when you heat it, it becomes a liquid...thats what we like. Once it's a liquid add the gummi bear to it for a Highly volitile reaction. Yes, the sucrose in the gummi bear can blast a door open when you add some of this chemical.

Didn't I say it was the MacGyver tool of the future. So you're infiltrating a Government lab, what do you do...First you use your Gummi finger to bypass all the fingerprint scanners, then using some molten potassium chlorate you blow open a door to get to whatever they're holding. Damn...gummi bears are wonderful.

But wait...for all of you big breast lovers out there who find yourself in a world of members of the Itty Bitty Titty Committee...Gummi bears are now used for breast implants!!!

.......huh?


YES! as of 2005 "gummy bear" or "high-cohesive, form-stable implants" have been on the market as the fourth generation of silicon breast implants and let me tell you it's looking good. I mean the short terms are over and now they only need a 10-20 year leak evaluation so it'll be a lil bit...But think...



Female spy, pops out her boob to bypass fingerprint security then uses her tit to detonate the entire enemy barracks steal the whatever and get out...damn it feels good to be a gangster

AK