I fixed it. It wasn't as bad as I thought. In fact it was pretty easy. Just a little bit of googling and I created my own iptables user chain and it seems to work ok. (I keep wondering if people who are better at sysadmin than me look at my posts and go "lol lightweight" or something. :P)

At least I have LAMP installed now - only part not tested is mysql, i.e. seeing if apps using mysql work on my webserver. I'm going to install phpMyAdmin for that, and maybe start my second week actually dropping Drupal in so I can start fine tuning mysql, php, etc.

Will at least get phpMyAdmin in after I eat. :3 (May update this post)

Jon and I are rewatching Utena while eating din din now. I'm hoping I don't lose my inspiration with the Utena game I want to do with OVA rules - I've just been soooo busy with so many things, so haven't been able to start it just yet.

Also: am hoping to run something with Jon and Selina. :O But, more about that later.