Every so often I need to update the SSL certificate on a CentOS box running Apache and when I do, lo and behold, I always run into this error: [error] (13)Permission denied: Init: Can’t open server certificate file /path/to/my/super/secret/ssl/cert.crt The fix isn’t actually difficult or even hard to find, but I wanted to document it …
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Pandora Can’t Find Music
Have you ever been listening to Pandora on your Android phone or tablet and suddenly it can’t find any music to play? I should have grabbed a screenshot when I first saw it, but the sudden music withdrawal hit and I wasn’t thinking clearly. Anyway, you’ll see an error with a message like “We’re sorry, …
WordPress Stuck in Maintenance Mode
I was working on my blog this evening and decided to update a plugin that was just past due. Being me, I got a little impatient and clicked out of the page while the plugin was still updating and it threw me into a persistent maintenance mode! I wasn’t able to get to the site …
Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus — Kind of a Letdown
Upgrading an old computer is always fun for me. Who doesn’t like new gear? So when I was tasked to upgrade the case and hard drive for an older lab machine used for testing, I was eager to jump in. I did some digging around and came up with these two items for the upgrade: …
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mysql-bin.index not found (Errcode: 13)
I ran into an issue last weekend when running my usual upgrade check. Running sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade came back saying that mysql-server and mysql-server-5.5 needed to be upgraded and who am I to say no? My Raspberry Pi started crunching through the upgrade and I went about my usual mid-upgrade routine …