I'm having those moments of doubt after starting to configure my new server that I'm doing the right things. I'm trying to be concise and streamline the installation. As such, I'm lamenting the fact that I went with the "desktop" install of Ubuntu 'ca… more »

Installing the Ubuntu Dapper Drake 6.06 Beta on the new server proved to be more painful than anticipated. I know, installing beta software on "production" servers is frowned upon. This isn't a real production server in that it's not as tight as I wou… more »

So, I'm dinking around with that piece of machinery I'm trying to hack together, and while I'm trying to look for a label on the mobo (without taking it out), I notice the "if you're using a SATA 1.5G MB..." note on the SATA drive. I mentally kick myself… more »

I think it might be time for some equipment overhauling on the network in general. So you l447 h4x0rz can more quickly get into my network, here's a quick description of how things are set up. The broadband comes in through the media converter (an… more »

I may have created some interesting work for myself, or at least an interesting side-project.One of the tasks I have at my current gig is to write a web interface for users to securely upload data to the company database. Previously this was meant to… more »

Given the recent and frequent failures of the mail server, I've decided to move the services to this server until I can complete the rebuilding of the new server (again, from spare parts). This server is a nice, but a little old, 500MHz Sparc IIi with… more »

It took me three tries, but I passed my motorcycle skills test, and now have a motorcycle endorsement on my driver's license! I think technically this is my fourth attempt at the test, but the third year I tried; I may have tried twice the first year,… more »