Changing a Domain Name Out From Under WordPress

We recently changed Chrissy’s shop’s domain name, and it wreaked ravok on their website’s WordPress installation. I pointed the domain to the right path on the web server, but the blog’s settings were wrong in the MySQL database. (All the dynamic links were pointing to the old domain name, including the links to the admin interface.) After some futzing around, I found the necessary tables, columns, and values that needed changing. If you ever change a domain name out from under your WordPress installation, make the following changes to the WordPress DB…

In the MySQL CLI:

update wp_options set option_value=”YOUR BLOG URL HERE” where option_name=”siteurl”;

update wp_options set option_value=”YOUR BLOG URL HERE” where option_name=”home”;

Fox’s Fringe

Chrissy and I watched the premier episode of Fringe last night, and I gotta say I enjoyed it a lot. Essentially, the show is about an FBI agent, a rebellious genius (played by Joshua Jackson), and a whacked out scientist seeking redemption; solving crimes having to do with “fringe science.” It’s basically like the X-Files episodes that didn’t have anything to do with aliens. There’s even an antagonistic FBI chief that the Fringe team doesn’t know if they can trust. (It’s Skinner-iffic!)

Anyway, it’s definitely a show we’re going to continue watching even if the premise isn’t very original. The execution of the premise is quite enjoyable.

Nicolas Cage’s Bangkok Dangerous Gets a Whopping 5% on Rotten Tomatoes

Here’s yet more proof that Nicolas Cage will take just about any movie he’s offered. To be fair I actually haven’t seen the movie, but there’s a reason for that. Based on the trailer, the movie looks awful.

World’s Largest Record Collection

“Paul Mawhinney was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. Over the years he has amassed what has become the world’s largest record collection. Due to health issues and a struggling record industry Paul is being forced to sell his collection.”


The Archive from Sean Dunne on Vimeo.

*EDITED* Drive-In Premier or Clone Wars Animated Movie

The Raleigh Road Drive-In put on a “Meet R2-D2 and C3PO” event for the premier of Lucasfilm’s Clone Wars animated movie. My kids, and their cousins, got to meet, C3PO, R2D2, Boba Fett, Darth Vader, Darth Maul, Kwi Guon Jin, and a couple of Stormtroopers. They had a blast. sadly, I couldn’t attend because I had a gig that night. Anyway, here’s the movie I put together from the footage Chrissy taped.

***Flickr only allows movies up to 90 seconds in length. So, you can find the high resolution version of the video HERE. ***

Laid Off Today

Well, I got laid off from StrikeIron today due to cut-backs. So, if anybody knows of any open positions for a QA Engineer with LoadRunner and Linux expertise let me know!

Don Hertzfeldt – Repost of “Rejected”

With classic bits like, My Anus is Bleeding, and My Spoon is Too Big, this video warrants a repost. Watch it. You won’t regret it. Waaaaaatch Iiiiiit!

Strongbad’s Cool Game for Attractive People Released!

Stongbad’s Cool Game for Attractive People has been released to WiiWare today, and on *cough* PC. I’m going to have to purchase this for my Nintendo Wii as soon as I get home. It’s only 1000 Wii points! ($10) I’m make sure to review it as soon as I get some quality play-time.

From the Nintendo site:

“As the star of the Homestar Runner web cartoons, Strong Bad has been answering emails (in boxing gloves), pranking his friends, pummeling his enemies, and making people with questionable taste snort milk out of their noses for years now. And he’s branched out to star in Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People, a monthly 5-episode series.”