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MT upgrade in progress

Mostly a test post.

Naturally, the upgrade kilt my perl-to-Image::Magick pathing, and in what I suspect to be a related development, MT’s configuration checking script does not b’leeve I have MySQL installed and humming along like a top, sooo…. some hacking is in order.

UPDATE:

  • MT is dependent on two perl modules that are not default installations of the native perl, or, apparently, the additional I::M perl mods I set up a few months ago via fink. Ergo, the SQL switchover is non-trivial, since I haven’y confirmed my migrated fink is healthy yet, and the alternative, using CPAN (the automated perl updater) demands both significant research and the possiblity of stepping on Apple’s imperial toes regarding non-standard system software.
  • However, I need to update OpenSSH anyway, so, I know what I’ll be doing with my week. All of this certainly is in line with my stated goal in self-hosting: I wanted to learn more about modern non-MS back end admin.

    And finally, I promised surgery pix for anyone that’s interested in seeing bellerophon spread out like a patient etherised upon a table, so here they are:

    Bellerophon Surgery

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    BKB C-Note

    bkbben.gifThis week’s entry in my growing pile of original art is the main image from the last tee-shirt I designed for my former band, the Bare Knuckle Boxers. This image, with the website URL below it and the words “Irska Musika – Americke Svaly” (Czech for “Irish Music – American Muscle”) above it in a warm cream color on a dark-green tee appear on the front of the shirt; on the back, the words “Beer is proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy” appear as a quotation above the signature of Ben Franklin, which can be seen on the bill as well.

    Originally I designed this so that it was much more like the new $100 dollar bill, but thought better of it and reversed the orientation so that it’s clearly NOT a forgery. If you click the image above, an 800 pixel wide image will open; I encourage you to do so, as there are some entertaining details, including Roddy McCorley’s title. Finally, the serial number – “MR5HN DRK1N CG V3” is, in essence, the chords to an Irish song we performed, “Murshin Dirkin”.