This was my first time attending WordCamp Orange County and it was surprisingly fun and informative. Based on my WordPress usage, it was long overdue though I haven’t gotten as into the WordPress community as Read more…
Playing a musical instrument is something that can bring you joy for many years, but it also has benefits besides just being a pleasurable activity. This infographic from GuitarLessons.org highlights many of the great benefits of playing Read more…
Amongst all the MeetUp groups I’ve attended (it’s only been a few), I’ve found a really great one in Girl Develop It Orange County. I’ve been to a couple of their Code and Coffee meet Read more…
I was putting this project off for a bit because I wasn’t sure what to do with it, but looking at W3School‘s Bootstrap themes helped a lot. I initially wanted to try something similar to Read more…
Last year, I went to a ton of live shows and this year has actually been surprisingly full despite not writing about them really. I probably could have written a lot about the Noel Gallagher Read more…
It took me a bit, but I am now completely obsessed with porgs – the cute penguin like creatures in the new Star Wars “The Last Jedi” movie. I think most reviewers dismiss porgs as Read more…
Q&A with Peter Hayes on Facebook Live tonight at 10:30 PM BST! Looks like Rob and Leah were also in it, quite a lot!
Thanks to ThrillCall for getting me tickets to Kasabian! The Wiltern was the place to be on Saturday night (particularly if you were visiting from Glasgow, for some reason) because Kasabian and Slaves were bringing the Read more…
Having stable employment for over a year now has lent me to being a bit more generous with my monthly donations to various websites and music related things I support. One of my recent finds Read more…
Everyone loves, uses, or has heard of WordPress. It's the most popular CMS out there, and with the advantages of VPS hosting over Shared hosting, a lot of users are moving to a VPS. You may need to install WordPress yourself on your server, so this tutorial will come in handy. Though, some managed hosting providers like RoseHosting offer free WordPress installation and optimization. In this tutorial, we are going to provide you with step-by-step instructions on how to install WordPress on an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS. WordPress is the most popular open source CMS written in PHP that allows web developers to create everything from simple websites to complex e-commerce web stores, news portals, magazines etc. This tutorial was tested and written for an Ubuntu VPS, but it should work on any Debian based Linux distribution. (more…)