I was asked to check out Gephi with the aim of visualizing Twitter and Facebook social networks. I installed Gephi on Ubuntu using the following (PPA): sudo apt-add-repository ppa:rockclimb/gephi-daily sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install gephi After installation visit the Tools > Plugins > Settings and enable the repositories. Then reload the catalog and install… Read more »
Monthly Archives: September 2011
cPanel: Adding Apache and PHP Modules
I needed to add mysqli support to cPanel and did so by logging in to the WHM on port 2087 scrolling down the left menu to Software and clicking EasyApache (Apache Update) then followed the steps to recompile with my chosen options. Continuing with the default options were necessary and ticking MySQL Improved Extension This… Read more »
Ubuntu Background NASA Image of the Day
I just used the Python script located here and created getnasa.py in my home directory. I made it executable and added it to my System > Preferences > Startup Applications. Now I have a nice new NASA space image refreshed each day!
Camlough Lake Swim
A target for the same swim next year 1.75km as the crow flies but more like 2km: 28. Jonny McCullagh: 42.40
WordPress Upgrades and LDAPS
I have a WordPress installation which uses LDAP against Active Directory to authenticate users. I upgraded PHP to version 5.3.8 from version 5.1.6 (using the Atomic Repository) and also upgraded WordPress and the LDAP plugin. I’m not sure which upgrade caused me problems but users were then unable to login with their LDAP accounts. The… Read more »