Random and Opinionated Thoughts

by: Jennifer Zelazny

Life

Amy and Alissa’s Journeys

If you have not checked out my friend Amy’s blog, and you are interested in traveling around the world, are bored, or need a good laugh..check it out. Her stories are great and educational. I cannot wait to talk to her in person.

Software

MySQL/phpMyAdmin Errors

Somethings, I just forget…again and again. Yeah, I need to go through the W3C School’s SQL tutorial and learn more about it and databases in general, but for now, here are some helpful tips for people like me that rely on MySQL, but often fall into the same novice traps/problems. I do not install MySQL […]

jappler.com

ken.jappler.com

Well, well. Ken and I often play Yahoo! Pool and to make things interesting, I thought we could play a best of 3, winner gets some sort of web service (coding/design, etc) from the loser. I played a good first game, but Ken went 2-0, causing me to create and set up: ken.jappler.com. Do not […]

Life

Way to Go Joe!

Last year at this time, it was really hard to watch a PSU game…not becuase they would most likely lose, but because the sports announcers would spend a good chunk of the game discussing how Joe Paterno needs to retire. I was fed up and disgusted…but can you guess what story made the front page […]

Hosting jappler.com

web hosts, the journey continues.

Ken often asks me: “what is the first thing you would do if you won the lottery?”. The last time he asked I told him I would take a cab to a Land Rover dealer and buy myself a Range Rover. I would like to continue my response to add that I would then drive […]

HOWTOs UNIX

System Monitoring with Nagios – Part 3 of 4

I have decided to write a four part article on the benefits of using Nagios. The first article focused on why I chose Nagios/what it offers. The second article focused on installing Nagios on Mac OS X. This third article will focuses on configuring Nagios. The fourth article will focus on improving the Nagios interface […]

Life

Congrats Ken!

I just wanted to take a moment to congratulate Ken for passing the Zend Certification Exam this past weekend. I am very proud of him, and hope to pass the exam myself in the next few months. Kick ass Ken! [tags]Ken, Zend Certification[/tags]

Life

Penn State v. Northwestern

This weekend is the big weekend. I will be at the PSU v. Northwestern game to see the Nittany Lions’ Big Ten season opener. I am so excited to see Joe Paterno in action once again. Go Penn State!!

Apple

.mac's backup 3.

I have had a .Mac account since the beginning (and a “forever free .Mac email address” since the keynote that announced it) but have never really used the Backup application regularly. I have gone back and forth with using rsync at home (with my Solaris machine), but I have to say this latest release is […]

Hints HOWTOs UNIX

System Monitoring with Nagios – Part 2 of 4

I have decided to write a three part article on the benefits of using Nagios. The first article focused on why I chose Nagios/what it offers. This second article will focus on installing Nagios on Mac OS X. The third article will focus on configuring Nagios. The fourth article will focus on improving the Nagios […]

jappler.com

jappler dashboard widget updated.

After a few months of using my jappler.com dashboard widget, I decided I needed to update it ever so slightly to take longer post names into consideration. Download the Jappler.com Dashboard widget. Once things slow down a little, I am going to look into how to create a widget for Konfabulator so both Windows and […]

Hints HOWTOs UNIX

System Monitoring with Nagios – Part 1 of 4

I have decided to write a three part article on the benefits of using Nagios. This first article will focus on why I chose Nagios/what it offers. The second article will focus on installing Nagios on Mac OS X. The third article will focus on configuring Nagios. The fourth article will focus on improving the […]