Installing MySQL on Vista Part 2

So, as usual, I had to select options other than the defaults, even though legitimate options. Deviating from one of the below prevented getting the basics working:

6. The next screen in the dialog box lets you select the drive where your database is to be stored. If you have no particular preference, leave it at the default and click "Next" (I have always used a custom path to simplify my backups).

Installing MySQL on Vista Part 1

I love MySQL. I hate Vista, and regret having chosen it for my last computer build at a time when I knew I would be stuck with my choice due to personal bandwidth.

I'm trying the instructions found at http://www.thesitewizard.com/php/install-mysql-windows-vista.shtml and will update this post when complete...or totally stumped, whichever comes first.

For Boston Web Heads

A great resource if you work in the Boston area  (or want to)   in a web technology field is http://beantownweb.blogspot.com/ It is also handy if you don't live in the area if you don't mind following the links for the national information.

The Upgrade Path Not Taken

I did not find any reference to help with migrating my entries from WordPress 1.2.1 to 2.7.1. The closest I found was from 1.5.2, where the poster mentioned that they didn't think such an old version was around anywhere. Ouch. I set up Frequently Unasked Question on 4/1/2006 as an upgrade to my first version on b2 (predecessor to WordPress), launched in 2004.

While considering doing the migration myself (which would have been much easier before I downgraded from Windows 2000 to Vista), I started re-reading old posts and it turns out to be a blessing in disguise that I cannot migrate instantly as I really should pick and choose what I bring over. I've never liked reading my old work, but had forgotten about that.

Job Board Search Agent Annoyance

If someone goes to the trouble of setting up a search agent to only show new postings, does it occur to some of these agencies that they are really annoying people by posting the same job every day? Who wants to work with an agency that has no respect for the time of the people they are supposed to be helping?

You would think that the job boards would check the postings for this sort of thing. I know we all need to make a living, but doing it at the expense of common courtesy is how telemarketing got such a bad reputation.

Integration at the Glass

Ran across this one recently from a UK services sales guy in reference to integrating legacy mainframe applications into a portal.

From http://www.manageability.org/blog/stuff/integration-at-the-glass-and-80-20-point:

"Integration at the glass" is a term associated with Portal development, where developers or users can quickly link portlets together creating composite applications.

Hello world!

If you see this as the most recent post, I am still setting up.  Please come back soon.  Meanwhile, my original blog is still up with the same content that will be here along with other topics that will not.

If you are interested in the trials and tribulations of setting up this blog, see the comments.