I previously recounted an issue with my blog server wherein the MariaDB failed to start after a Fedora update. I found a work-around for that problem to get the blogs back up and running but the underlying issue remained: each time the server rebooted the MariaDB database would fail to start due to a missing /run/mariadb folder.
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September 1st is Tim Cook’s official last day as CEO of Apple after 15 years at the helm of that now-dominant company. He took over from Steve Jobs, an iconic leader who for many was the very face of Apple. And, despite the challenges of not being a design and product guy like Jobs, Tim Cook achieved great things while in charge.
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We lost another cat that I haven’t previously written about in addition to Iris: CoCo. She was with us for nearly as long as Iris, and passed at about the same age of 19 years. In her last days CoCo stopped eating and according to Irene started being unstable on her feet. We had CoCo put down on December 17- sadly, I have no memories of the event as it took place as part of my missing time event so memories are sketchy at best and missing entirely at worst.
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I spent a bit of time on Monday adding a PHP code snippet to my WordPress site that outputs a total monthly word count and average word count per post to the archives page. This is far from a complex bit of code, and I used AI to get the basics, but here it is.
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The 2026 edition of Blaugust- the festival of blogging is wrapping up. This is my third year participating, and I started with fairly modest goals:
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We had our beloved cat Iris euthanized after a long illness on May 1 of this year at the age of 19 and one half years. I’ve been remiss in terms of reporting on this fact for no good reason other than it hurt then and it continues to hurt now. But I felt it was only fair to say something about our loss of our beloved grey and white tabby girl since I so recently reported on a new addition to our household, Sapphire.
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Juhis tells us that there is no membership card for the Indieweb blogging community. I like his thesis as I sort of feel like I’m at least on the periphery of the Indieweb movement. But I also feel like I’m on the outside, being judged for not being “indie” enough.
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We have added a kitten to our clowder as of August 2, 2026, and her name is Sapphire. Before you ask: this means we now have four cats, three in the main house and one in my office over the garage. Yes that is a lot of cats. No, I didn’t really want to have more cats. Yes, Irene begged and cajoled me for days.
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I read a post by Toby on the topic of purpose as a general concept in life and found it very insightful. His post is far more insightful than this one is going to be. Go read his blog at the link above to get some excellent definitions and thoughtful consideration regarding the meaning of purpose.
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My blog went down overnight without any planning on my part. When I checked it this morning, all three of my sites were showing an error that looked like this:
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