httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=WkilVKSlC9o
Hu’s Your Daddy
Platypus is Living Transitional
Oxford University decodes the platypus genome and finds it to be a mix of bird, reptile and lactating mammal. YAHOO NEWS SOURCE
What’s so exciting about that? It has to do with the ongoing Evolution vs. Creation and Intelligent Design debates. (I use the word “debates” lightly).
Planning a Vacation in Asia
(World Map above – click for full size)
Currently living in Macau near Hong Kong and wanting to book a vacation somewhere around here (Southern China or Islands). But I have no idea where to begin. EVERYWHERE here is exotic to me. All the countries around are places I’ve heard about but don’t really know much about.
Hong Kong Observatory
Hong Kong Observatory Website:
http://www.hko.gov.hk/wxinfo/currwx/current.htm
Up to date information on are typhoon warnings, hurricanes and daily weather for Hong Kong, Macau (SAR) and Southern China regions.
Best University for Music Production
Email question received:
I am trying to get into a good music school for music production, vocals and maybe even to have my own music label. I’ve been singing for 8yrs and my goal is to make my own music and sing for a living, I LOVE IT. It’s my passion. I was wondering if maybe you had a good choice of school for these specialties.??
Reverse IP Domain Check
A reverse IP domain check is a way to find websites that share a common IP. Results come from search engines so are not always up to date and completely accurate.
One free site to try this is: http://www.yougetsignal.com
PhpMyAdmin Error 2002
This is an error seen when connecting to PhpMyAdmin via Cpanel.
Error: #2002 – The server is not responding (or the local MySQL server’s socket is not correctly configured)
Fix: Symbolically link /tmp/mysql.sock to /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
*Restart MySql services for changes to take effect.*
Or here’s an even easier fix:
To make your life easier, you can make a simple change to the MySQL configuration file /etc/my.cnf that will permanently set the socket file used by the mysql client. After making a backup copy of /etc/my.cnf, open it in your favorite editor. The file is divided into sections such as
[mysqld]
datadir=/usr/local/mysql/data
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
[mysql.server]
user=mysql
basedir=/usr/local/mysql
If there is not currently a section called [client], add one at the bottom of the file and copy the socket= line under the [mysqld] section such as:
[client]
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
If there is already a [client] section in the my.cnf file, add or edit the socket line as appropriate. You won’t need to restart your server or any other processes. Subsequent uses of the mysql client will use the proper socket file.
Are You Living Your Dream?
“Are you living your dream? As small as it sounds my dream is only to be content, happy and fulfilled. I am almost there!”
A friend emailed me that and my response was “There are no small dreams. I think everyone’s dream is to be happy and fulfilled – it’s just that different people have different ways of getting that.”
Applause in Church
Received an email recently from someone who performed at a church concert where the audience was asked to not applaude between songs. They were a little upset about it and wanted to know what I thought about it.
I’ll start by saying I’ve played at a lot of churches that applaud, and a lot that don’t. I never tried to change the ways of each group, just went with the flow. I was usually a hired musician and didn’t feel it was my place to make calls like that. Each church has it’s own culture. I was raised in a Lutheran church that rarely clapped – so later in life I had to get used to hearing clapping in church.