Adventures in Upgrading WordPress
by Brad Johnston on Mar.05, 2010, under tech
I’m not entirely sure why the latest version (2.9.2) of WordPress hated me, but thanks to the WordPress WXR File Splitter by Ranger Pretzel, I was able to re-import my WXR file successfully.
I was attempting to export my older data from a MySQL 4 database to a MySQL 5 database. After exporting the data from the old version of WordPress, I installed the new version. I went to import the data, and it would either simply stop or return an error. After clearing the database and starting over several times, I noticed it wasn’t failing at the same place each time so I was baffled.
I eventually stumbled on to how some folks were having problems with importing when the WXR file size was too big which led me to the URL below. With this utility, I split up the file into seven smaller files with one hundred items in each file and imported all of them without any incident.
There might have been an easier way to upgrade from MySQL 4 to version 5, but I’m no longer web tech-savvy. Well, I probably never was!
Katie’s Birthday @ Waterpark of America
by Brad Johnston on Mar.04, 2010, under kaitlyn, local
We celebrated Katie’s sixth birthday last weekend at the Waterpark of America.
Given that cost associated with the event, it was fairly low key and just a handful of Katie’s friends were able to attend. All seemed to have a good time and Katie got to have her beloved Littlest Pet Shop cake from the Target bakery.
I was pleasantly surprised with the water park after hearing several negative reviews. There were a few annoyances, such as having to retrieve towels from only one side of the park but all in all, it’s certainly a decent enough local substitute for the Wisconsin Dells water parks.
Spring 2009
by Brad Johnston on Apr.24, 2009, under family, kaitlyn
I suppose I should write more. But why when we have Twitter and Facebook? After all, does anyone really want to more about what I’m doing than one or two sentences at a time? Get real!
Well, life has been a blast. As always.
Katie turned FIVE, yes, FIVE this February. It still seems strange that I’m a father let alone a father of a FIVE year old. FIVE! She has been successfully enrolled into Kindergarten this fall into an Eden Prairie elementary school near her daycare. Given her entry into the Eden Prairie school system, Kieran will be enrolled without any worries of being rejected as we were with Katie …. given that we live outside that school district. Here we see her with her favorite (only) Uncle, Corey visiting us this Easter from Sioux Falls.
Kieran is still a sassy little punk, just like his daddy. He turned 3½ a day before his sister turned… FIVE. Kieran got a Lightning McQueen bike this Spring and has been begging us about every night to get out and ride it. It’s just now been warm enough for him to ride around with it so he’s no longer stressing about it like he had been when it was cooler out.
Brandy is still at United Subcontractors and working harder than ever. She enjoys working for the smaller than ADC Telecommunications company that she was laid off from last fall. She feels as if her efforts really do contribute to the success of the company more than being just another employee at ADC.
Brad is still employed with NWA/Delta. It’s been tough to see a lot of co-workers go and getting dealing with a lot of “survivor” guilt.
Yesterday was Take your Kid to Work Day. Brad took Katie and Brandy got Kieran. Katie joined a preschool gang of girls dressed in pink. They harassed the various departments until they wrote on all the post-it notes and drained them of all their candy. Kieran joined a gang of similarly aged boys at Brandy’s office and caused equal havoc. Consequently, Kieran went back to daycare after lunch. All involved parties had a lot of fun but were all happy that the day was over and collapsed into a coma shortly after the day ended.
Nutrition Information
by Brad Johnston on Jan.28, 2009, under food
Buffalo Wild Wings Nutrition Information 17kb
Cheesecake Factory Nutrition Information 5mb (sorry)
Hope this helps,
Brad
Dell Studio 1535
by Brad Johnston on Dec.16, 2008, under tech
Santa & Katie @ Eden Prairie Center
by Brad Johnston on Dec.11, 2008, under family, kaitlyn
My iPhone photo will have to suffice until I scan the ‘purchased’ photo.
Kieran declined the opportunity to sit on Santa’s lap. This wasn’t surprising to us after last year’s incident.
Kaitlyn told Mr. Claus that she would like an American Girl with her various accessories. We’re not entirely sure she’s got a grasp on the Santa concept yet as we’ve told her repeatedly that WE’RE getting her an American Girl. Sigh.
Rachel with a Laptop Candidate
by Brad Johnston on Nov.15, 2008, under family, tech
Out laptop shopping today with my cousin Rachel at Microcenter. Here
we see her with one of the finalists. Sony Viao with a 2.4 ghz
processor, 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD, and a 16" screen. Oh la la!
Want a free Obama sticker?
by Brad Johnston on Nov.08, 2008, under misc
From MoveOn.org:
Hey,
Want a free Obama sticker to celebrate our victory? It’s designed by Shepard
Fairey, the artist who created the iconic HOPE poster. And MoveOn’s giving
them away totally free–even the shipping’s free.I just got mine. Click this link to get your free Obama sticker:
http://pol.moveon.org/shepstickers/?id=-10348711-efSLYYx
&rc=
Thanks!
Early Morning Voting @ Chaska Community Center
by Brad Johnston on Nov.04, 2008, under moblog
I got here at 6:30am and the line was wrapped around the white chains. Now, 20 minutes later, its out the door and going outside back to the main door and down another hallway.
