So far, how good?

Having started at 6, at 7:40 I was ready to execute the "5-minute install" WordPress so famously claims.

Well, it may be installed but there are still some configuration issues that shall have to wait until tomorrow. MySQL has a database and there's even a user configured. Which I presume means that both PHP and Apache are running fine below MySQL. Tomorrow night, we'll see whether we can get WordPress to notice.

I am starting to realize a) my friend was truly dedicated to WordPress to install a complete server environment onto a laptop just to run a couple of demo sessions and b) he was even more "dedicated" (or perhaps another word is more appropriate) to do it on his wife's laptop.

Happy Easter, 2013, from an old dog not so much learning new things as devotedly following the wonderful instructions of the anonymous, amazing people at WebDevelopersNotes.Com - thanks, folks, for startlingly clear and easy instructions.

Tomorrow never knows, but the future is unwritten. Rest in peace, George and Joe and Phil Ramone.

Fear and Trepidation, 2013

"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing," as the title slide says in the infamous '60s film, "Lord Love a Duck." "Go to school - get a little knowledge, live dangerously" is the way that advice goes on.

A well-meaning friend gave me an introduction to WebPress last weekend, and so here I am on an Easter evening with a brand new Apache server sitting on my antique-but-beloved Windows 7 beast. Several steps to go in my pursuit of dangerous living (or at least, further knowledge), but this is my progress report for the moment.