apple, linux blog, music. a day in the life of wayne ward…

ive just took the plunge and thought id try google chrome on the mac.. after using firefox from version one its been a while but sometimes nice for a change!! I can say the install was easy but isnt it always on a mac?… the gui is very simplistic and i like this a lot. Now the extensions i needed were mostly for SEO which i found some great ones actually better than the ones i had loaded before! i also found a great little ebay extenesion and a shareaholic extension which lets me post to multiple site! plugged in a nice little search bar and a pretty neat wordpress extension which is handy for fast blogs.. i found the usual digg / delicious and stumble upon extensions and of course xmarks which brought in all my bookmarks which id been syncing with the firefox xmarks extension.. alexa plugin works well so extensions 10/10 !! browser speed and rendering 10/10
so id say go for it ! i love firefox for being a great browser and certainly better than internet explorer – for lots of reasons including security!!!…

give is a whirl… available for windows and apple mac and linux!!!!!!! i just love multiplatform

Get chrome here

Chrome extensions

More chrome extensions!!

here is one i found a bit of a task to figure out after ive administered apache web servers for like ever – a joomla install with search engine friendly urls on zeus!!
its like this rename the htaccess to old.htaccess.bak
make a file called rewrite.script
and pop in the following text

RULE_0_START:
# get the document root
map path into SCRATCH:DOCROOT from /
# initialize our variables
set SCRATCH:ORIG_URL = %{URL}
set SCRATCH:REQUEST_URI = %{URL}

# see if theres any queries in our URL
match URL into $ with ^(.*)\?(.*)$
if matched then
set SCRATCH:REQUEST_URI = $1
set SCRATCH:QUERY_STRING = $2
endif
RULE_0_END:

RULE_1_START:
# prepare to search for file, rewrite if its not found
set SCRATCH:REQUEST_FILENAME = %{SCRATCH:DOCROOT}
set SCRATCH:REQUEST_FILENAME . %{SCRATCH:REQUEST_URI}

# check to see if the file requested is an actual file or
# a directory with possibly an index. don’t rewrite if so
look for file at %{SCRATCH:REQUEST_FILENAME}
if not exists then
look for dir at %{SCRATCH:REQUEST_FILENAME}
if not exists then
set URL = /index.php?q=%{SCRATCH:REQUEST_URI}
goto QSA_RULE_START
endif
endif

# if we made it here then its a file or dir and no rewrite
goto END
RULE_1_END:

QSA_RULE_START:
# append the query string if there was one originally
# the same as [QSA,L] for apache
match SCRATCH:ORIG_URL into % with \?(.*)$
if matched then
set URL = %{URL}&%{SCRATCH:QUERY_STRING}
endif
goto END
QSA_RULE_END:

upload the file to the root of the website
and enable all the Set all the items to yes in seo settings in global configuration in admin
even use apache mod_rewrite

test your sef pages work correctly !! worked for me

im that busy lately i hardly get time to blog! i find my self blogging just before I hit the sack and tonight its flowing as i got some great pink floyd tunes flowing in the back ground!
well sunday was certainly an event a load of acts got together and did a a charity gig for local guy called mal who isnt well so we raided a few grand for him playing in the lord nelson all day! great food – prizes – acts and not one spot of bother! My dad hung around saturday as he was dying to watch me play god bless him he sat and watched me chew up the fret board he loved it – cheering away he had a right good session its great to have him come watch me – im truly honoured.
got to get ready for next weekend ive got saturday night and sunday night! awsome playing in lancaster and morecambe ive never been so busy with gigs its brill. Im also finding get backon the active music scene im getting connected to all the musicains ive known for years its great what im gutted about is what i left behind and took advantage of! so many great bands musicians out there and i just got in a rut really best thing i ever did was getting back out here god im hungry for it now.. my slap playing is on fire I cant beleive how much my whole playing has come back together so fast!
Promethium: i just got my mix back from the studio and the mix is awsome im amazed with my playing this time my fretless track is like ive never played before so fat and controlled I cant wait for the final master its going to be something to be proud of makes me want to use all my other stuff ive done in the studio as coasters for my cups of tea!!!!!! and thats no lie.
Im still looking at creating a new band thats going to kick the ass of any rock band round here – i havent started advertising yet but im working on a masterplan its just finding the right lads i need the real deal – im toying with hendrix .. maybe some audioslave … who knows but its going to be amazing im getting butterflies thinking about it – its going to have and always have a big setup – fully mic’d up – full light right – full trace elliot – full guitar stacks and plenty of monitor power – I want big – pro players and plenty of power im ready to kick asssss and who ever else is hungry and shit hot like me will love this – watch this space…..
im getting plenty of practice in again across the board mixing it between guitar / bass / vocals as i need to be at my best in all these which is hard to focus on all three but im managing it – if you want to be the best you have to try your best.
the new project is in test for another month but going very well – some lucky people are involved and enjoying it – more to come folks on that………….
work wise im hectic plenty of laptop repairs and plenty of on sites – so all round amazingly good.
ive arranged a linux meeting for this month as i had to cancel last months with so much work and gigs!!! crazy
finished up the olive branch web site which is loooking good – local based charity in lancaster for people who are homeless or who need help – great cause please visit
http://the-olivebranch.org.uk/

its been a while since i last blogged ive been so busy working on a massive project which i will leak in short time im giving no clues and no information but its going to be be special.
works busy and im slowly but surely cherry picking the decent customers I get kinda sick of people who ring and ring and ring and its obvious i cant answer because im on a job or either in a meeting! bloody cheeky! i also hate people asking for my home phone number because they cant get me on my mobile? what so they can harass me on my home phone yes thats clever? and also so bloody cheeky they are the people Im striking off so be careful not to overstep the mark, im a good person but if you take advantage of my good nature i will strike you off with out a thought.
the site stats are all up again for the people who have been fortunate to get a site and optimisation so its al good.
On the music side..
the fretless is back together and now loaded with the EMG’s i just love this bass its amazing – the new status 5 string hasnt had a look in yet I need to get this hooked up and fall into it very soon.
Ive got some 30′s of my bezi mate simon for xmas and im going to load the jaydee up with these like it should be – its been a while its had 40′s on it for ages and i havent used 30′s for about two years – so its great to get back in slap mode !!!
Im going back into the studio to work on the promethium stuff as the b string on one of the bass parts didnt cut it and im making one of the fretted bass parts a fretless parts which i know will be perfect and im looking forward to this as its the first time i got the fretless down in the studio!!

I must say its been an eventful 3 months ive worked hard – dropped a lot of people who really just aint worth the time of day and im buckling down and getting on with my life. If your reading please take the time to understand what im saying i take no hostages im to darn busy. This year im leaving everybody behind im going that little number this year – ive worked so hard for others and lined there pockets now its my turn to hit the big one – so watch this space and learn

watch close for updates – big updates

have a nice day!!

Well im just chilling waiting till 7 to get ready for tonights new year gig at the moorlands hotel with revival then im going to hit rock night at cuba!!

Id like to wish everybody a new year – the linux user group – lancaster computers clients – musicians & family

All the best

Wayne

Well its been a while …
Ive been doing quite a lot of personal blogging in the new journal software I got called macjournal
I found most of the stuff I write about is people i know and them being assssholes! and I didnt really want to make it public!! ha ha… Im going to try and spilt my journals up so I at least get some interesting posts up daily. Ive also split my personal blog with the linux meeting minutes and added the linux minutes to the lancaster linux user group website. Its been hectic over xmas with gigs It all started last week i did my first gig on my own as jimmy usually does it with me as a duo which was pretty darn good I have to admit i liked to hear my guitar but having that second person does bring it along! then the night after i did a gig in carnforth with a old mate and had a great night! I then did the bobstock on the monday with natural thing for macmillan charity best day ive had in ages it was quite nice to see some other bands and realise we aint that good nowadays! but im thinking 15 years is enough time for the band now…..
The night went out with a bang with local band from the ashses – some damn good shit. Shamone.
The next gig was with jimmy at the bowerham which was a stormer apart from i noticed the lights werent switched on half way through the first set so i switched them on only to trip the power :-O
then some drunken prat decided he would try and pickup the guitars and after being told over the mic he proceeded to try and get back on the stage and then stood on the table! knob. He decided to growl at me which was funny as he would have been growling through his wired up jaw if he carried on as the strat was ready to connect to his head. nice
Anyhow the next and last gig was at the yorkshire house with promethium we was supporting d.a.m.
We got to the gig for five but couldnt get into the six to get the gear in so i decided to drink 2 / 3 hoegarden lagers which was fun then proceeded down to ali babas for a cheese burger with noooo mayo (thats another story..) got back and sound checked – sounded shit hot!
Got back home got changed and got the video camera as we was getting this gig on multiple video cameras! went on about 9.15 to about 40 punters and went down amazing!! I was slightly put of the gig for reasons i dont want to get into but it was still 100%
It was a shame for d.a.m – as the punters that came to watch were our following and dispearced when we finished so i stayed and give the lads some support!!
We dropped craig of who was being a pissed pain in the asss and promethium went back to dans to watch the video and drink some wine!! I rolled in around 4 – I cant wait till the next time we play – im going to watch rossi isnt in sweat wiping range haha!
The next gig is new years eve at the moorlands should be a stormer!!!

xmas …
Has been a chill plenty of films and books plus my dad has been round a lot. Fiona got me a burl watch box which im loading with new watches and also got me a pool table which me and dan have made plenty of use of!!

Sad loss to the year was a good friend great friend and drummer for years – R.I.P

Been talking to richard stallman for the past couple of weeks which has been pretty interesting he is the creator and maintainer of the GNU – kind of nice being in touch and talking to someone who has so much status in the open source community – I have a lot of respect for him and some of the things he stands for.

As for work and computers im starting to look more at getting websites and SEO in the new year and im going to run a local campaign to get some more web based work. Computers are a nightmare no ill refrain that computers are great its just the users who get there hands on them – they are basicaly undereducated idiots and are being issued with a tool that is far to powerful for them… and most of them when they break it wreckon they never did anything and its the person that sold them its fault its just a big joke!!

Anyway i wish you all a happy new year!!!
This year im starting new all grudges dropped a nice to fresh start
So anyone who has pissed me off is now officially of the hook
Adios

all lancaster linux user group blogs will be blogged on the usergroup site here

http://lancasterlug.org.uk/blog/

I thought it was better to integrate the blogs into the site itself

After figuring out the worn serial number was not XP and vista i proceeded to install vista after making a slipstreamed XP home and pro disk! the serial number wouldnt work on both installs of course with it being a vista serial !
anyway you dont need a sata driver for vista but after the install you will have problems with the wireless network card as there was something wrong with the bios so the wireless shows in device manager after a restore not from a proper reinstall!
anyway booted of a ubuntu disk which told me it was realtek 8187b which is available on the toshiba site with about another 6 drivers which is a pain as you would think it would be intel with the rest of he drivers being intel!!
any way its here
then i just clicked on the flagged video driver and it installed the correct intel video driver and warned me it might not be from the right provider but its direct from intel so go for it! it then updated the driver so happy days

Ubuntu just worked out of the box all drivers and all programs
again linux kills a windows install.

just got round to sending my first email to linux torvald – he is the man who delivered the linux kernel bringing new hope to all computers when all the sheep in the world start to realise they are paying for rubbish and realise there are alternatives such as linux. The world of computing will change. So lets hope I get a reply of him I know he is busy as hell and gets thousands of emails but who knows……

I just got round to redirecting linux torvalds UK domain name to my website !! which is something to be proud of – I might see if he wants it redirecting to his site!!!

Just to let you know we will be running a free linux workshop after xmas – this will be held in the lancaster and will give you free training. Linux history, linux install right through to system administration. Please feel free to email the lugmaster – info@lancasterlug.org.uk for details