Tag: software

Windows never ceases to amaze...

I think I keep my machines pretty well up to date. I'm fixing up my girlfriend's computer right now, and I finally got all the updates applied except apparently one got missed…

WordPress+nginx rewrite rules - stop the insanity!

Note: this has been outdated now. I have an updated post with the latest and Igor-approved method here. When I was switching over to nginx, I found a handful of random and…

Disabling IPV6 in Linux 2.6.24

In the past, I've always been able to disable IPV6 in Linux with a simple line in any /etc/modprobe.d file: It appears though it has no effect anymore. I had to change it to this…

The (current) state of (e)SATA port multipliers

For the most part, open source has been good to me. I can run my business on free software that is for the most part better than its commercial counterparts. I'm able to use…

Open source projects currently taking my interest

For a long time I've been using Lighttpd as an alternative to Apache, Ubuntu, MySQL and PHP. It looks like I might be mixing it up soon, swapping out some and adding a couple…

Google AppEngine - 1) develop site, 2) ?? [get bought by Google], 3) profit

A co-worker and I were discussing the lack of languages in Google's AppEngine program. I'd want PHP, he'd probably prefer .NET... there seems to be a lot of "please add XYZ!" in…

php-fpm: PHP FastCGI Process Manager

That's right. Someone's actually got it going. I just discovered this within the last hour, and I am already trying to figure out how I can accelerate it's growth and adoption…

Danger - don't use Tweak UI's "rebuild icons"

When I reinstall XP (which I do too often) I always round up my customizations (which I can do in under 10 minutes blindfolded... sigh) with a bunch of tweaks inside of Tweak UI…

Sun buys MySQL. So much for an IPO!

Weak. I wanted to buy some MySQL IPO if it ever came out and get rich... oh well. Hopefully only good things will come from this, Sun's been working hard to shed their…

Rave: KeyTweak

I'm so sick and tired of hitting F1 and F3 mistakenly when wanting to actually hit F2 (my Dell and IBM keyboards are different, not to mention actual accidental misfires...) and…

Windows key "stuck" in Remote Desktop...

You think keeping up to date is a good idea, however, the last version of RDC now has an annoying bug. It seems if you use the Windows-L combination to lock your machine (in…

NTFS - an even bigger piece of crap than I thought

Wow, once again NTFS has ruined my day by invalidating an entire external USB drive's data. The filesystem looks fine, passes all checks, I can copy the data even using Linux but…

AOL suspends Active Virus Shield, gives us McAfee instead

Updating the definitions keeps failing on my Active Virus Shield installation. Why? Quickly Googling it I find out that it's suspended and is being replaced with a special version…

Mozy (the backup client): damn close, but still no cigar...

Mozy's got what seems to be a nicely integrated Windows client (not sure how good their Mac client is) - their service seems simple enough, and you can't go wrong with two gigs…

The quest for the end-all backup solution

So I've been looking around for the perfect solution for backups - both my home machines and my server farm (including my customers' data) - I think I've figured out the final…