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Comcast Blocking Port 25 Again 30 December, 2008

One of my customers in Hingham, Massachusetts reported that his email wasn't working yesterday. I was unable to call him until today, and we…

FreeBSD Jail Confusion 30 December, 2008

I'm confused about a FreeBSD jail I've setup. I'm using the ultradesic minichroot.sh script to enter the jail, but it doesn't seem to affect…

Coming Soon 26 December, 2008

I'm going to have some mindeb images available soon, and the first editions won't be as small as they can be, but they will be pretty small…

FreeNAS Review 22 December, 2008

After using FreeNAS for about one year, I'm pleased with the results. Its working great for me, and so I'm going to continue using it, and…

Lenny Pending 20 December, 2008

Seems like things are calming down with Lenny, even though Debian planet is very active with discussions about the release process in…

Extremadura Debconf 9 19 December, 2008

The next Debconf is taking place the 23rd through the 29th of July 2009, and I'd love to go. I've only been using Debian for a couple of…

jQuery 19 December, 2008

In thinking about what makes PhunkyBB different, I also need to mention that it makes heavy use of the jQuery javascript library - "new wave…

MacWorld News 19 December, 2008

The word on the street is that MacWorld, as we know it, is no more. Its surprising news to me, but being from Boston, I'm familiar with this…

Software in the Public Interest 17 December, 2008

Is it possible to join SPI? Is it a group, or a corporation? I'm not sure... so I'm emailing someone who I think might know: Hi MJ, I've…

Data Models in XSL 08 December, 2008

Just a quick note here (I'm in the middle of programming, don't want to get too distracted!) about a new practice I'm trying out: the design…

Testing Again 06 December, 2008

Today I'm spending a few hours testing an application I haven't tested in a few months, and its glaringly obvious that its been too long…

Linux Sleeping 04 December, 2008

My Acer Extensa 5620Z notebook used to suspend to ram fine with the following command: Now, that doesn't seem to work well. It goes to sleep…

Adobe CS4 01 December, 2008

Today I briefly tried Adobe Photoshop CS4, and from what I could tell it appears to be a nice improvement over CS3. Since I'm now an almost…

Display Resolution 01 December, 2008

Whenever I am home in Hingham, I usually help out my parents with their computer. This time it had to do with their monitor, as they…

Linux Hardware Compatibility 01 December, 2008

Planet Debian had a post about hardware compatibility with linux, and how every once in awhile, there are regressive errors in new releases…

Open Source Web Design Tools 01 December, 2008

Most open source software involved with web design is for the back-end, like databases, web servers, and scripting languages. However, there…

iPhone Beats 30 November, 2008

While becoming the 2008 Scrabble champ, I was able to try out my friend's iPhone which has a drum beat sequencer. I was very impressed by…

Convenient XML 29 November, 2008

I've been writing XML and related code for a number of years, and unfortunately, its still not convenient. What I mean by that is that there…

Linux SWF 29 November, 2008

Now that SWF files are easily playable on computers running GNU/linux, I'm able to develop and debug SWF movies that I create using ming…

DC Power Adapters 28 November, 2008

I did a bunch of research and development into the reduction of computer power consumption to save electricity and reduce heat. In the…

Perdition Review 25 November, 2008

When I needed to do some fancy footwork with my IMAP and POP servers, I found perdition. It was a little surprising at first - would it…

XSL XSL XSL 22 November, 2008

I've again reached the conclusion that I really want a blog engine that is powered by XSL. And then right after I come to that conclusion, I…

Move Around 21 November, 2008

Since I spend a lot of my time in front of a computer, I really need to do a better job of getting up and moving around every so often…

Parrot 21 November, 2008

Parrot is definitely a new paradigm for interpreted software. Simply put, it separates the parser from the low-level virtual machine (LLVM…

BIG SURPRISE Adobe Flash for linux x86 64 18 November, 2008

This is incredible! Stop the press! Finally the giant hurdle which has caused so many open source 64 bitters grief could finally be over…

Open Source 14 November, 2008

Open Source is one of the greatest things out there right now. I use it all the time on my personal machine. Neo office is my alternative to…

Verizon DSL 14 November, 2008

We use verizon DSL at my house. Mainly because comcast is evil, and I refuse to use their often shoddy service, and FiOS isn't available in…

Verizon Hosting 13 November, 2008

One nice fringe benefit of using Verizon as an ISP is that it comes with free hosting. Its not the best hosting, but it isn't bad. It comes…

FIOS Surprise 12 November, 2008

Its not that FIOS itself disappointed me today, its really Verizon. The installer who was supposed to come and install FIOS today between…

What to do with old computers 12 November, 2008

This is not an easy question to answer. Old computers are slow, potentially toxic, energy hogs. Throw them away? Keep using them? Recycle…

Google Analytics Updated 11 November, 2008

I just logged into Google Analytics and SURPRISE! they updated the interface. At first I really liked it, but then I realized that there are…

After Lenny Goes Stable 06 November, 2008

I'm really looking forward to Lenny going stable - that's the current "testing" version of Debian. I'm not looking forward to it going…

GoDaddy Hosting Review 04 November, 2008

I've been using GoDaddy for a few years with mixed results. For the most part, things have been great, except for one time where I messed up…

Postfix 04 November, 2008

My favorite SMTP server is Postfix. I've been using it for over five years and its never let me down. I've used it on Gentoo and Debian, and…

bayes cannot open bayes databases bayes R W lock failed File exists 02 November, 2008

This one was annoying - I've got a nice old bayes database that apparently the spamassassin was having some trouble with from time to time…

FIOS Email Account and Web Space 31 October, 2008

In my efforts to figure out how to pay my FIOS bill online, I learned that FIOS accounts come with email and web space too - cool! I've used…

When to use Selenium RC 30 October, 2008

We use all three of the Selenium testing applications to ensure quality releases of PBooks. These are: Selenium IDE is great for learning…

What makes PhunkyBB different 28 October, 2008

The main difference between PhunkyBB and other forum software packages is its use of XSL as its template language. There aren't too many web…

Even newer software 26 October, 2008

One might argue that software is so new, its almost a redundant to say something like "there is going to be a software rebirth", but I have…

Free Email Providers 26 October, 2008

There are many free email providers on the Internet. Why are they free? They aren't purely free - they are paid for through advertising…

IPSec VPN on Linode 26 October, 2008

I was able to setup a IPSec VPN on a Linode virtual server without too much trouble. They make it easy to add an extra network device as…

Rinetd 25 October, 2008

Rinetd is not really a proxy, but it can accomplish almost the same thing. Its a TCP relay, which can listen on an ip address and port and…

What s Involved in Web Design 25 October, 2008

With the economy the way it is, many people are losing their jobs and are being forced to pursue other careers. Even the stalwarts of…

Static NAT over IPSec with pfSense won t work for me 23 October, 2008

I've been trying to setup static NAT (1:1 mapping) over IPSec, but I just can't get it to work. I'm not sure what the problem is, but I…

svn ra get log Assertion path failed. 22 October, 2008

Doh! I'm getting this error in my Apache logs when trying to use the perl library SVN::Web. This problem is caused by an update to the RA…

Hotel Internet Access 21 October, 2008

Accessing the internet while on the road can be tough, but it shouldn't be impossible. One thing to keep in mind is the hotels that offer…

How to override the internet s domain name system on a Mac 17 October, 2008

What you are doing here is overriding the internet's domain name system, so that when you type www.web_address_here.com http://www.web…

Titanium iBook hinge broke 10 October, 2008

When I first got the machine, from my employer. I did some research on it to find out more about it. When I asked wikipedia, it warned me…

No More GoDaddy Coupon Codes 06 October, 2008

Unfortunately, the great GoDaddy coupon codes (OYH3, emma3, chill3, etc.) which provided domains for $6.95 no longer work for me. Even the…

C Get a Compiler check 26 September, 2008

Well I finished the download/install of Xcode, and started the youtube tutorial. I'm going to have to find another tutorial, because the one…

C Step 1 Get a compiler 26 September, 2008

I've decided I want to learn C++. It's a sort of challenge that popped up between my boyfriend and me. We were talking about how a new job…

Portable pfSense Update 10 September, 2008

Recently I blogged about bringing my pfSense firewall along, and while it was first a bit of a pain to use, its working really well now. I'm…

Thank you ICANN 09 September, 2008

ICANN just emailed me their yearly whois check-up, reminding me of a domain I own but forgot about. I had registered the domain via dot…

Yet Another Chrome Review 04 September, 2008

I admit, I do have a Windows box. At least its a dual-boot. Its a simple laptop, an Everex NC1500 which came with XP Home. I installed…

Yet Another Via Video Driver 03 September, 2008

Now we're up to four drivers: The new one, Chrome, is not to be confused with Google's Chrome, and is just the video driver, no OpenGL or…

Abstraction Layers 30 August, 2008

I'm always rattling on about abstraction layers, how they seem like extra work, but with a little bit of foresight, can save a lot of work…

Roaming Internet Access 30 August, 2008

How do you bring your network with you when you are bouncing around from place to place like I have been lately? Its difficult to have to re…

Its a Delicate Process but Sometimes Necessary Apt Surgery on Debian GNU Linux 29 August, 2008

Ran out of disk space in /var/... canceled dist-upgrade, resulting with: Ouch! So what to do... looking in /var/lib/apt/status: Going to re…

Linux Kernel 2.6.26 in Debian Lenny 28 August, 2008

Debian's lenny repositories are now featuring linux 2.6.26 - nice! I updated my Acer Extensa EX5620-4025 last night, but I'm still having…

Linux Networking Cookbook Pre Review 27 August, 2008

I'm currently reading the "Linux Networking Cookbook", by Carla Schroder. I chose this book as I'm constantly working with networks…

pfSense Experiments and Fixes 27 August, 2008

I've been working on my portable VPN gateway, and I have to admin its been a tough nut to crack. Not only did something get screwed up with…

nm applet usr bin nm applet wants access to keyring 26 August, 2008

This was driving me crazy!! Every time I'd try and use nm-applet to configure my wireless internet with WPA, it would connect, but then be…

racoon ERROR can t start the quick mode there is no ISAKMP SA 26 August, 2008

Not sure what's up with this error - I'm trying to connect to my office VPN from the Rockville, MD library, using a portable pfSense gateway…

The Alleged Apple Monopoly 26 August, 2008

Pystar is alleging that Apple is a monopoly, according to BetaNews.com, in their latest counter complaint in the lawsuit recently launched…

ACER Aspire M1640 22 August, 2008

I've just purchased an ACER Aspire M1640. After unboxing it, I installed debian etch, upgraded to lenny, and am now going through the…

Bringing my pfSense Firewall Along 21 August, 2008

I've decided to pack up a small router to bring along with me and my laptop. Why? Because pfSense works so well of course! If I'm just using…

Beagle Board 18 August, 2008

The Beagle Board looks quite nice as a low power device. I'm planning to purchase one to try out some different experiments on, but I'm…

FreeNAS as a local Debian Repository Mirror 15 August, 2008

I've finally finished setting up a FreeNAS box as a local Debian repository mirror. I've done this with a new feature of FreeNAS - the web…

KVM Images 10 August, 2008

I've got a few KVM images planned, and I'd like to automate the process, so I'm coming up with a few ideas to jot down. Python Moin-Moin…

Elite Group 07 August, 2008

Today we put together a computer with an Elite Group Motherboard, and a mini box enclosure. It doesn't hold a whole lot of data, but it…

ath9k versus madwifi 06 August, 2008

I'm trying out ath9k on a new inexpensive laptop - it has an atheros chip: In the past on my debian macbook, I've used the madwifi drivers…

Debian Installer 05 August, 2008

I'm not too familiar with Debian as an OS, but as far as the installation process is concerned, its great. I've installed it onto a few…

iPod not syncing try this... 01 August, 2008

For those of you just interested in what worked scroll to the bottom. For anyone interested in the process... Some quick background on my…

pfSense box plugged into switch 01 August, 2008

Here's a picture of my pfSense box plugged into my switch. If I understand this correctly the switch is merely acting to complete a circuit…

Old Tech Good Tech 30 July, 2008

Sometimes knowing something works is a very good thing. If old technology sticks around, chances are it works, and just because there is…

FreeNAS and Disk Standby 27 July, 2008

FreeNAS is a great "network attached storage" project, based off m0n0wall. I've been testing it out for quite some time, but haven't felt…

Etch and a Half 26 July, 2008

This is good news: Stable Point Release: Etch 4.0r4 (aka etchnhalf) I'd like to start keeping my production servers running stable software…

Macbook X Crashing 25 July, 2008

I'm having some problems with X crashing on my Macbook which runs Debian: From /var/log/Xorg.log: And the segfault from dmesg: After it…

Asyncronous Task Queue 24 July, 2008

This is exactly what I was looking for! This type of solution is perfect for a distributed system. Nice! What does it do? It backgrounds the…

Debian s MTOS 24 July, 2008

I've been using Debian's MTOS for a client and so far it seems quite different than the versions that I've been basing Mutable Times off of…

Samsung ML 1740 Driver 22 July, 2008

I had trouble tracking down the driver for this printer. I'm not sure if this model was discontinued or what, but we had a hard time…

VirtuaLenny 22 July, 2008

This post from Mak is most welcome: OpenVZ Debian Linux images I've been hankering for the power-saving features of 2.6.24+ and the openvz…

Atom Processor 20 July, 2008

I'm doing a little research on the Atom Processor, and the D945GCLF motherboard: http://formortals.com/Home/tabid/36/EntryID/84/Default…

High Performance Efficient Server 19 July, 2008

The new debian-powered server I'm building is coming out great! It has a high powered CPU, a serious motherboard, a low-power graphics card…

Why LUA Rocks I think because its fast and uses memory efficiently 16 July, 2008

This is very interesting... http://www.timestretch.com/FractalBenchmark.html I don't want to start a flame war here. The benchmark is just…

aolserver4 nsmysql 14 July, 2008

Nice! Finally got AOL Server's nsmysql driver working with a lot of help from Dossy. (THANKS!) This was the trick: As well as having…

ld cannot find lgcc s 12 July, 2008

Finally figured this one out, I think. I was trying to compile aolserver4-nsmysql on debian, using the package source, but I kept hitting…

Emails to Debian Developers 11 July, 2008

I'm going to send out two emails to some debian developers today. One to the maintainer of libapache2-mod-xslt, to ask that the module gets…

aolserver4 nsxml 10 July, 2008

Debian (which is awesome) has the aolserver4-nsxml package, but it doesn't come with xslt support compiled in. So I've downloaded the source…

Unbound DNS Server 09 July, 2008

In the wake of another DNS security flaw discovery, I'm trying out unbound, the new security-enhanced, open source, validating DNS server…

Ruby Apps on Debian 08 July, 2008

I'm trying to build a Ruby web application engine, without really knowing much ruby, so I'm trying out some existing Ruby apps to get a feel…

Do Erlang Gnome LibXSLT Bindings Exist 06 July, 2008

I've been searching for XSLT bindings for Erlang, and though hard to find, there are some projects out there: http://www.erlang.org/user…

Get Python 06 July, 2008

I feel like I'm finally starting to get python. After reading Python black magic, I started to notice that there were some different ways of…

More PHP versus Perl versus Python Notes 06 July, 2008

I've been working with PHP for a long time, and more recently and intensely, Perl and Python. I like all three languages, but since I've…

XSL Optimization 05 July, 2008

I've been benchmarking XSL-powered applications quite a bit lately, and I've come up with a few tips which have helped improve the…

SQL Relay Python 03 July, 2008

I'm installing sqlrelay-python on lenny to try it out with a new python powered framework I'm building. Indeed, to start sqlrelay, you do…

Trying out mod wombat an in development LUA Module for Apache2 30 June, 2008

I'm finally trying to setup mod_wombat: Some configure warnings, but then make gives an error: I added ";\n" to the end, ( a real newline…

Python Beaker 29 June, 2008

Python's Beaker package is actually quite nice. After wrestling with sessions in perl for awhile, its refreshing to find a package that…

Varnish URL Rewriting 29 June, 2008

Varnish the reverse proxy can do some pretty cool stuff. I just realized that it compiles its VCL rules into C so that they are process…

AOLServer tcl xml 26 June, 2008

Not much in the limelight these days, AOLServer is still a high quality server. It was one of the first web servers I started working with…

Back to Python 26 June, 2008

I have a hard time with python for some reason. So many people have told me about how it "makes sense", but when I try to use it, it seems…

SysOps and Script Kiddies 25 June, 2008

Just some things that took me awhile to figure out:

PHP Interpreter 25 June, 2008

This looks very interesting... should be helpful in getting me more acquainted with perl. To install on Lenny, I first installed php5-dev…

Even more perl notes 24 June, 2008

Yes I've got more: Does mod_deflate cause problems with memory expansion? I think its due to Apache claiming small bits of memory, which…

Perl Perl Perl Perl Perl Perl Perl 21 June, 2008

Yup. My world is currently consumed by Perl. I think I've finally figured out what's up with references. In PHP, stuff gets created and…

Perl and Python Old Pals 19 June, 2008

I'm finding many similarities between perl and python, though I'm sure there are as many, if not more, differences. I've been using PHP for…

mod perl versus mod wombat 18 June, 2008

Just tried to comment on Brian McCallister's blog about a comment he made about mod_perl not being as good as he thought it was, but there…

Spamassassin Internals 18 June, 2008

Now that I've learned a little bit of perl, I'm interested int checking out some of the internals of spamassassin. For some time, I've…

TODO MogileFS 18 June, 2008

I'm planning to setup MogileFS one of these days. It appears to be equivalent to the S3 service from Amazon in the way that I would use it…

In My Opinion Using the Varnish Reverse Proxy with Apache2 pfSense and NGINX Is Good 18 June, 2008

Varnish looks like a great reverse proxy - and the next network / server I setup, I'm planning to use it. I'd like to do something like this…

More perl thoughts 17 June, 2008

Perl is interesting. I've started a few patterns, for what its worth... for setting object parameters. I wonder if I should instantiate them…

Varnish 17 June, 2008

I installed Varnish on my bart "Lenny" testing machine, its a reverse proxy, which as I understand it means it acts a lot like a regular web…

kFreeBSD GNU AMD64 ATI Radeon Xorg gdm Issues 16 June, 2008

I had to ditch my kFreeBSD AMD64 install because a recent upgrade caused the X server to die during gdm startup. It was odd - the X server…

More mod perl and XML Thoughts 16 June, 2008

I've been using Apache for years, and I'm still a perl novice. Therefore, I'm glad that mod_perl has so much Apache stuff to it. That is…

mod perl sessions are wacky 15 June, 2008

I've been wrestling with mod_perl sessions for the past few hours. I don't mind as its helping me learn perl! :-) Anyway, its pretty…

mod perl is appealing 13 June, 2008

I'm getting interested in modperl 2.0. While I'm quite satisfied with mod_fcgid, I'm very interested in the idea of using modperl to manage…

C is for Kool and some Apache stuff 12 June, 2008

I had so much fun working with C yesterday, I'm already planning more tasks! MySQL and modrewrite The mysql client I wrote for use with…

Language Battles 12 June, 2008

Every once in a while, someone's PHP bashing gets the best of me, and I review some other languages: python, ruby, ocaml, perl, and c mostly…

Trying out C re2c 11 June, 2008

After reading about re2c on the planet debian site, I read up on it a little, then today when I was thinking about modrewrite and mysql, I…

Another Apache Server 09 June, 2008

I'm setting up another Apache server to start hosting services based upon software "invented here". I've been working on several projects…

Google App Engine 09 June, 2008

New to me jQuery Plugins of Note 29 May, 2008

From Ralf S. Engelschall: jquery.debug.js From GlyphX: jquery.xslTransform.js - works with sarissa to work the XSLT magic on the client…

PHP XSLT Profiling 29 May, 2008

The guys over at LIIP have patched the xsl extension to provide profiling capabilities. Its not too detailed, but it provide the most…

Trac Apache Proxies and Digest Auth 28 May, 2008

A message popped up on the Apache modules-dev list which was a follow-up to a post I made way back when about using digest auth with proxies…

Kill A Watt Energy Computing 27 May, 2008

We've been building various computers with different components and operating systems. After that we've been taking power measurements with…

Apache2 xslt filter 26 May, 2008

The Apache2 xslt_filter is up and running on bart111, an openvz instance we use for exeprimental software. It has some nice parts - like the…

Roadsend PHP Compiler on Debian 25 May, 2008

I'm trying to install Roadsend PHP compiler on bart, which runs Debian Lenny (testing). Everything seemed to go ok, but then when I changed…

Comparison Python and XSL 24 May, 2008

I love XSL. Its incredible standard, focused, and limited. When things don't work, they completely don't work. After working with XSL for a…

URL Rewriting and Routing with XSL 24 May, 2008

Being a fan of Apache, I've read the mod_rewrite guide a few times. Its very cool stuff, and allows you to do almost anything you want with…

Running Windmill 20 May, 2008

Today I ran windmill for the first time today on my pc using the firefox browser. In order to get the program running you need to open up…

To Dos 20 May, 2008

More to-dos: Try out ldap authentication with Apache - does it support digest? Unfortunately no, should again review building mod_authn_dbd…

AWStats on Debian 19 May, 2008

Ran into an issue where logrotate makes Apache server logs owned by root. Found a fix here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=45879

More wide area file repositories 19 May, 2008

MogileFS is written in Perl and has been around for awhile: http://www.danga.com/mogilefs/ http://www.capoune.net/mogilefs/ http://php…

PHP PEAR WebDAV Server 19 May, 2008

This package looks terrific. I tried it once years ago, and am now trying again. I installed the database, and then tried the simple script…

php5 svn 18 May, 2008

I'm building php5-svn: Got this error: It was a problem with my /tmp filesystem, I set the fstab options to defaults and then: ¥

So Much for Reaching Out 18 May, 2008

In my effort to reach out and connect with other developers, I've been reminded of how un-fun the process can be, thanks to Neil Williams. I…

Playing Nicely and Benefitting without Belonging 17 May, 2008

Awhile back I wrote about how I don't think software development is a team sport. True, there are many different roles in a complete…

No Problem with Debian Roundcube 16 May, 2008

The RoundCube debian package ships with its own customized version of Net_SMTP, which gets used by other non-Roundcube applications, even if…

mod auth mysql 15 May, 2008

Yay! Mod_auth_mysql is back in action in debian! http://www.infodrom.org/~joey/log/?200805151718 I've previously used mod_auth_mysql before…

Power Saving Macbook with Debian GNU Linux 15 May, 2008

Its been a few weeks since I installed debian on my Macbook. First I had to take care of the obvious - getting a right click method, wifi…

My Security 14 May, 2008

I'm by no means a security expert, but after the Debian OpenSSL vulnerability, I still felt a little secure. Why? I have a bunch of "add-ons…

Starting to test gnash slowly 14 May, 2008

One of my projects, Internet Floor Plans, uses ming to generate swf-powered interactive floor plans. I recently decided to open source the…

Gnash Adsense Firefox3 iframes Analytics 13 May, 2008

I'm building Gnash again as I was finally able to get it working in Firefox 3, and I'm curious if the current repository (CVS at the moment…

Hosting via FIOS 12 May, 2008

My company uses FIOS for hosting many services, like this blog, and so far its working out very well. Granted, I don't think its as good as…

CPU Frequency 09 May, 2008

I've always used conservative or ondemand for CPU frequency governors, but after reading Matthew Garrett's post on modern cpus, and how they…

FreeNAS RAID Drive Swap 07 May, 2008

I was getting DMA timeout errors on a FreeNAS server setup yesterday, so I "forgot" the drive, then removed it from the array, and today I…

Nokia N800 Flashing 07 May, 2008

This will increase the cpu from 330 to 400Mhz! I was able to run the update today and I'm really glad I did. The entire experience is much…

OpenSolaris 06 May, 2008

I'm trying out OpenSolaris today on an intel d201gly. Hopefully the sis ethernet driver will work bug-free now. Strange, I just tried using…

Setup LDAP syncrepl again 05 May, 2008

I setup syncrepl for slapd on lisa132 today, its pretty easy, just have to add a couple of things to /etc/ldap/slapd.conf: Note - after…

Minimal Debian 30 April, 2008

Debian has almost 20,000 packages in their repositories, but many of them do the same thing. I've been thinking about making a distribution…

Using sa learn to Teach Spamassassin about the Difference Between Spam and Ham 30 April, 2008

Note to self, if you are looking to empty your spam mailbox, use this command to train spamassassin first: and the new command I'm using…

Selenium and Firefox 3 on Windows 29 April, 2008

I downloaded the Selenium Core onto my computer in order to test Pbooks some more. I was having a heck of a time getting the tests to pass…

Debian kFreeBSD i386 AMD64 28 April, 2008

Today I installed Debian kFreeBSD AMD64 on an extra laptop. I've gotta say I'm really impressed with this project - its working well on the…

Flux CMS 28 April, 2008

I installed Flux CMS this morning - I'm very interested in it because it uses XSL. It works fine so far but I'd like to work on the admin…

Reverse Engineering Debian 27 April, 2008

Its funny to think about reverse engineering something that spells it all out for you. Debian has some incredible documentation, but I guess…

Debconf LDAP Backend 26 April, 2008

Awhile back, I wrote about wanting a method to use LDAP to store configuration files, so I was really pleased when I read that there is an…

Update on Debian GNU kFreeBSD 26 April, 2008

Yesterday I took my Debian GNU/kFreeBSD machine out for a spin. Its always cool to see the debian logo in ascii upon boot! :-) Anyway I did…

Trying Out OpenPanel 26 April, 2008

Installing openpanel on bart: Homer: Doh! Don't know why, but it wouldn't work with "ldap" in /etc/nsswitch.conf, so I removed them and it…

Reseller Hosting Accounts Reseller Panel 24 April, 2008

Reseller accounts remain a hot commodity in the hosting marketplace, but I expect to see a migration or reseller accounts from shared…

Holy Crap Batman 23 April, 2008

Apple has bought PA Semi. That is awesome. PA Semi is an efficient PowerPC chip. This means I'll still be able to use my Photoshop CS2 on a…

Trac Mercurial 22 April, 2008

I've tried out git a bunch and compared to subversion it still confuses me a little. Mercurial seems promising, though there aren't many…

dbmail mysql proxy and ldap 21 April, 2008

Very cool stuff: http://jan.kneschke.de/2007/8/1/mysql-proxy-learns-r-w-splitting http://www.dbmail.org/dokuwiki/doku.php http://www.guia…

Lenny Courier Woes 21 April, 2008

ERROR: Connection dropped by IMAP server Just ran into a few issues with Courier-imap on lenny, and it appears I am not alone: http://bugs…

The Obvious Obfuscated 21 April, 2008

For me, the most obvious solutions are often highly obfuscated. Its true, common sense is not readily accessible for me. Why? I have no clue…

XSL Transform Basic HTML Output 21 April, 2008

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> <xsl:output method="html" indent="yes" encoding="UTF-8" omit…

Debian Dimensions 20 April, 2008

I visit Planet Debian several times a day. Lately there's been a lot of chatter about Debian politics I have no clue about, but most of the…

Trying our the Courier Email Project Webadmin on Debian GNU Linux 20 April, 2008

Wrestled with courier webadmin for a bit tonight. The apache2 server I was trying to install it on had a VirtualScriptAlias setup for trac…

Local Debian Mirror on FreeNAS 20 April, 2008

I'm using FreeNAS to setup a local mirror of a debian repository; so far so good! Actually that didn't work out - easynews mirrors…

FreeNAS Working Well 19 April, 2008

I'm testing out FreeNAS as you might have guessed based on my last post. That server was a total mashup, I'm not surprised it crashed, all…

To Do 19 April, 2008

I made it through a couple of recent tasks I set myself out to complete - but I still have the backups to do. I also still have to configure…

Debian Installer 18 April, 2008

The Debian installer, while lo-fi, rocks. It has a tons of cool features like setting up LVM and RAID, among others. I'm thinking about…

OpenSolaris Can t Use Closed Source Solaris Drivers 18 April, 2008

This is beautiful: Is it possible to install on SCSI drives with Adaptec AIC 7899 controller? I am trying to install Nexenta on a server…

Squeaky Wheels 18 April, 2008

Again I'm impressed. As I explain here, its been a long time since I've been so impressed with something as much as I am with Debian and its…

FreeNAS with FreeBSD 7 and Support for the ZFS Filesystem 17 April, 2008

After trying out BeleniX and Nexenta, I'm really interested in the future of opensolaris, and how it will affect the future of open source…

Resizing Filesystems 17 April, 2008

There's been some banter on planet debian lately about resizing filesystems (ext3 and reiserfs) so I'm going to try. Turns out a dev-10…

Nexenta 16 April, 2008

Nexenta looks very cool too - I'll have to try this out tomorrow as well! It uses the SunOS kernel and GNU userland tools... as well as…

Perl AutoIndex Apache2 AutoIndex XSLT 16 April, 2008

Perl powers some very handy applications, and based upon the success I'm having with svnweb, I'm going to give Apache::AutoIndex a try. The…

BeleniX 15 April, 2008

I tried using the BeleniX liveCD today and I was actually pretty impressed. One question though: when it starts up, there is text that says…

Interesting Debian Packages 15 April, 2008

Just browsing the debian repository and these packages caught my attention: * http://wiki.systemimager.org/index.php/Main_Page* http…

Nexista Debian Package 15 April, 2008

I've just added the latest version of Nexista (0.2.2) to the Docunext Debian repository. This is mostly for practice at this point, and I'm…

Public Key 15 April, 2008

I've finally made a GPG public key: This is the first key I've made in awhile, so I might end up doing something stupid with it. Thankfully…

Debian Maintainer 14 April, 2008

Some of the debian ideas are starting to "click". I'm signing up at mentors.debian.org, and I've just created my gpg key using instructions…

libapache2 mod bt 13 April, 2008

I'm trying to setup a bittorrent tracker on a development server so I can learn more about the protocol. I think this is it: http://www…

The people who live on Planet Debian 13 April, 2008

What do they do? There are a bunch of roles that debian people play - developer, maintainer, mentor, packager, administration, etc. Its very…

To Do List Bacula and LDAP 13 April, 2008

If I keep telling myself to do this stuff, eventually I will!* Setup a bacula server and service to regularly back everything up* Setup LDAP…

Debian Packaging Links 12 April, 2008

Thanks to Aigarius Blog (http://www.aigarius.com/blog/2008/04/12/debian-development-basic-links/):

Setting up AWStats on Debian 11 April, 2008

To setup AWStats on Debian with Apache, I followed these steps. I read through the examples in /usr/share/doc/awstats/examples/, and I…

XUbuntu 8.04 11 April, 2008

I've been updating a few of my laptops to XUbuntu 8.04 and its markedly improved. I like XUbuntu because it runs well on machines with low…

Static versus Dynamic 10 April, 2008

I really like the idea of static content (files) rendered dynamically. I like this because there is no need to "publish", but the static…

Over my head python 09 April, 2008

I'm still trying to learn python, and while this post from a debian developer is a bit over my head, I found it an interesting read: Select…

jQuery Mini Review 08 April, 2008

After a few months of using jQuery, I'm really pleased with how its working out. I get the feeling that it will only get better from here on…

Where is Google OS 06 April, 2008

There are plenty of naysayers documenting the clouds around Google, pointing out executives leaving, pay-per-click revenues flat-lining, the…

Mutable Times Performance 01 April, 2008

I originally setup Mutable Times to use a remote MySQL database, but even with some pretty fat pipes thanks to FIOS, the performance was…

Stuff I Like about RoundCube 01 April, 2008

One of my favorite things about RoundCube is that is provides a "write" and a "read" dsn - I actually use this with MySQL as I replicate my…

My Practices with OpenVZ 30 March, 2008

Maybe these practices will be of value to others... so when I setup a machine, I usually leave the host in a very simple state. I'd like to…

Apache Access Control with mod rewrite 29 March, 2008

I have a few BDB files which help manage comment spam on my blogs, and I'm starting to think about doing so in a more intelligent manner…

Planets Feeds and GPG 29 March, 2008

Allowing access of feeds to the wrong party can result in copyright infringement, among other things, so I've sort of "put it off" for now…

mod gnutls 28 March, 2008

I'm trying out mod_gnutls and I really like what I see. I installed it on a debian lenny machine without any problems - I'm even using my…

etc hosts is my friend 27 March, 2008

I'm happily using /etc/hosts as my internal / vpn host resolver, as opposed to running a separate dns service for my private ip space. Why…

Notes for RoundCube Developers 27 March, 2008

Just my notes: Can the roundcube debian package use the tinymce debian package? I removed tiny_mce from circlebox, noted that sending…

Debian kFreeBSD 25 March, 2008

I've installed Debian + kFreeBSD today - very cool stuff. The installation process is much more FreeBSD than debian, but once you get into…

ALIX 1C 24 March, 2008

I'm back installing debian on an ALIX1C - the lx800 wonder from PC Engines that uses only 5W of power! I'm using a compact flash disk as the…

Planet Debian Package 24 March, 2008

As regular readers of Docunext know, one of my favorite websites is Planet Debian. While perusing some debian packages last night, I…

Typo3 24 March, 2008

I installed Typo3 last night and unfortunately it took me about an hour to realize that the Typo3 EMCAscript interface is not compatible…

Free and Open Source Software on my Titanium Powerbook 21 March, 2008

I've been trying to install some freeware on my tibook, and for whatever reason I keep running into these odd road blocks. On my previous…

Csync2 on Debian 20 March, 2008

I finally setup csync2 on debian - its nice! Its a simple sort of configuration tool that I need for now. I followed this guide for setting…

HP t5725 20 March, 2008

Today I setup my HP t5725 thin client to be used as my desktop computer at my office. What I did differently was to use an NFS mount for my…

SquashFS and UnionFS 20 March, 2008

Today I upgraded an HP t5725 thin client to use as a desktop at my office. Previously this machine was configured as a server, but…

My Experience with Debian on my Macbook has been Very Good 19 March, 2008

I'm very pleased with my new Macbook setup. I'm using Gnome and Openbox, Firefox 3 beta 4, madwifi with WPA supplicant, and everything is…

Trying out check policy service inet 127.0.0.1 2525 19 March, 2008

I'm trying out postfix-gld, a greylisting daemon which uses mysql and is available in the debian repositories. It looks pretty good. I'm…

Battle Auth Digest versus Reverse Proxy 16 March, 2008

Just some notes... I'm really tired and I worked on this for several hours today. While I think it might be possible to use digest auth on a…

mod defensible fork 16 March, 2008

I've been working on some change's to jd's mod_defensible Apache module, and I just emailed him about it: This email is from Albert Lash. I…

Apache Application Server 15 March, 2008

With libapache2-modxslt (or similar) and mod_dbd, Apache gets a heck of a lot closer to an application server. In considering this, I was…

More Website Spam Defenses with Apache 15 March, 2008

I've written about blocking POST requests before, and thanks to WP-Spamfree I've found another way to do so - with cookies, like so…

Configuration Management 14 March, 2008

System administrators know: configuration management can be difficult! I'm taking notes on a new strategy: Keep using svn Use hostname as…

A more complicated .deb package 14 March, 2008

I'm going to try and build a package for libapache2-mod-transform. I like it better than libapache2-modxslt, but only modxslt has a package…

DEBIAN md5sums 13 March, 2008

Turns out this is a must! :-) How else is apt-get supposed to know what to install? Duh! OK, there is probably a helper to create the list…

PEAR Web Frontend 13 March, 2008

I just tried out the PEAR Web Frontend, its pretty cool! I believe that eventually servers will be able to be configured in general by web…

New Strategy for Debian Packages 12 March, 2008

I'm now making another attempt to make better debian packages of my own projects and customizations of existing packages... starting with…

RSA Encrypted Logins 11 March, 2008

Just returned from IRC where I asked #roundcube about jquery, just to double check they weren't mad against it. My inquiry received positive…

SQLite Is Awesome 11 March, 2008

I'm very happy tonight because I was able to get one of my projects (PBooks) to play nicely (so far...) with SQLite. Previously I had been…

jQuery Post XML Response Parsing 06 March, 2008

Finally figured this out... something obvious as usual. I had to set the content type to text/xml for that the post request was receiving…

Javascript Security Implementations 06 March, 2008

Analysis and my personal, tentative conclusions: hmac-md5 / hmac-sha is good, but not entirely portable across services / protocols, AFAIK…

Perl CPAN on Debian 06 March, 2008

You don't have the XS version of Scalar::Util Again I am installing djabberd on debian via cpan, have to install make, gcc, libc6-dev…

My Experience Runing pfSense 1.2 on a Verizon FIOS Powered Network 05 March, 2008

Now that pfSense 1.2 is out and I finally hav FIOS, I'm planning a new router based on either an ALIX board or a VIA C7 board. I'm leaning…

Notes Come in Handy Dropped SSH Connections Over IPSEC 05 March, 2008

I just got FIOS at my office and I'm trying to debug an ssh problem with a VPN I've setup between my office and my home. Soekris net4501 m0n…

Oh Windows Kodak 02 March, 2008

Today I was helping my dad with his Windows XP machine. He has a Kodak printer that has caused him a lot of grief lately, and today it…

Byteflow A blog engine written in Python using the Djanjo framework 28 February, 2008

I installed byteflow last night, and although I had some issues with url mapping, I finally got it to work. Its pretty cool - very much all…

wpc7c16b8466d864eeefd20050625c7775 25 February, 2008

Bad news. Who is responsible? ¥

Good OS gOS FTP download 22 February, 2008

I'm taking another crack at gOS - this time downloading it from the underground server ftp mirror: http://underground-server.com/welcome…

CPAN 21 February, 2008

Finally got CPAN to work well, thankfully. I had to install libc6-dev, and am also using "perl -MCPAN -e shell" instead of simply "cpan" to…

AWChat EJabberd Upgrade and DJAbberd Tests 20 February, 2008

I just tried out awchat - works fine, but the interface is a little quirky. I'm looking forward to using it alongside pidgin. I'm currently…

Never Give Up 20 February, 2008

I'm still plugging away at the Everex video drivers... strange - but the dri module is actually uma.ko, not via.ko. Its for the s3g_driver…

More Virtualization 20 February, 2008

I've been using OpenVZ quite happily to run multiple instances of linux, but now I'm checking out Xen and KVM as other virtualization…

Zonbu on the Everex 19 February, 2008

To try and dig deeper into the Unichrome madness - I wrestled with the Zonbu root filesystem today. Its compressed into a read-only squash…

Gnash 18 February, 2008

Here's a new project I'm interested in: http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/ Its a free Flash player, and is on the list of high priority open…

OpenChrome versus ViaChrome 18 February, 2008

I'm now taking a minute to compare the Openchrome SVN codebase with the code from Via as of December 2007. Wow that is only the tip of the…

VIA Unichrome Madness 17 February, 2008

Via makes some cool products, but their management of these products seems totally erratic to me. For example, their driver downloads - some…

X11 xserver xorg performance 16 February, 2008

I'm not exactly sure what the difference between X11 and xserver-xorg are, but I'm trying to make my graphics perform better. I'm using a…

CK Sources 15 February, 2008

As luck would have it, I'm giving the CK kernel source patches a try right when CK quits the kernel development team. Oh well, should be…

MythTV Take II 15 February, 2008

I'm taking another stab at setting up MythTV. After setting up a laptop using the openchrome drivers, I remembered how much fun working with…

Macbook CD DVD Drive 14 February, 2008

I'm glad to report that the battery charged to 100% yesterday and my Macbook is back in action, still minus the CD / DVD drive…

pfSense and lan1621 14 February, 2008

I'm trying to get pfSense to work with a soekris lan1621 card which has two sis interfaces. Everything seems fine, but I get incoming errors…

No Macbook Battery Icon Just an X 13 February, 2008

My Macbook battery icon in the menubar shows that the battery is missing - it displays only an "X". Too bad! I've tried resetting the PRAM…

Missing Gentoo 12 February, 2008

My first introduction to linux was redhat, and then I switched to Windows 2000, then switched to Mac OS X with its BSD-ish core. During my…

Wishlist Network LDAP Based Configuration 12 February, 2008

Its been at the top of my wish list for awhile - a standard method for configuring applications! Wouldn't it be nice if there was something…

Pentium Builder 11 February, 2008

This is an interesting package, and I found this interesting post concerning it: ten years of free software -- part 8 (pentium-builder) I'm…

Stunnel HTTPS Proxy 09 February, 2008

I setup a new kind of proxy today. Its only meant for secure access to one host server, but the point was to enable the use of the VIA ACE…

PHP Dependency Checks 08 February, 2008

We need a dependency checker for PHP! Something where you can theme it up easily, select what is needed, run the script and be done with it…

Kazehakase 07 February, 2008

I'm writing this post from a new browser I'm trying out: Kazehakase. Its actually really nice, but it crashes when I try to adjust the…

ipw2200 WPA2 with pfSense and atheros 06 February, 2008

I'm working to get my laptop to use WPA2 with the AES encryption algorithm so that it can use the Via C7 padlock acceleration. http://www…

Swiftweasel on the Via C7 06 February, 2008

Swiftweasel is still a little too heavy for my Via C7 laptop, so I'm trying a new build, the 3.0b2 pentium 4 version. Hopefully that will…

More Openchrome Battles Less DRI GLX 3D 05 February, 2008

I couldn't help but try more compiling efforts on using DRI with openchrome, but I didn't succeed this time either. :-( Seems its just not…

Cache Lite 02 February, 2008

I noticed on the RoundCube trac recently that they've been changing their code to use POST when anything is updated or changed - this is a…

PAM hooks and libpam http 02 February, 2008

This pluggable authentication module (PAM) which can run scripts upon login looks cool: http://upsilon.cc/~zack/hacking/software/pam-hooks…

HTTP Keep Alive 01 February, 2008

I'm wondering if keep-alive settings affect how well roundcube performs. I was concerned because I have my web server behind a firewall…

Why remove s2ram 31 January, 2008

The latest Ubuntu distro removes a key piece of software, s2ram, without justification. This is a major folly in my opinion, and from this…

Odd Date Bug 30 January, 2008

I'll have to track this one down: Explanation: Today is January 30, 2008, but for some reason, the message in the middle is listed by its…

More Ubuntu and Nvidia GeForce 460 29 January, 2008

I'm installing another Ubuntu desktop, xubuntu-desktop, on an old laptop notebook which happens to have a decent graphics card. The machine…

Encrypting Home 29 January, 2008

Well I finally did it - I took the encryption challenge! I followed Zeth's instructions to encrypt my home directory: Encrypt your /home I…

Ubuntu Printer Setup with Samsung ML 1740 Shared over Airport 29 January, 2008

It works!!! That is so cool. I'm just about all the way converted to linux. :-) I've been using linux as a server platform for years but…

Bluefish versus jEdit 27 January, 2008

Bluefish as an editor is pretty good. Comparing it to jEdit, the two have the functionality I need: Remote filesystem browsing Element…

To Publish or Not to Publish 27 January, 2008

With MTOS, publishing is done by the author, whereas with many other blog engines, including Wordpress, the actual publishing is done by the…

MT Editor 26 January, 2008

One of my favorite things about MTOS is the editor. It works better for me than any of the other ones I've tried. I spent a few hours last…

Pbooks Testing and Beyond 25 January, 2008

For the majority of my short testing career I have mainly dealt with working out the bugs and errors for our pbooks site. It has been a…

Linux on Noteooks 24 January, 2008

Yay! I'm switching to using linux on a notebook! My Macbook has been acting erratic and before it goes I decided to switch to ubuntu…

MacBook Power Up Blank Screen 22 January, 2008

My MacBook is having problems. Major problems. Not sure what the deal is, but here's what happened - I was using it, when all of a sudden…

Everex NC1501 Wireless Switch 22 January, 2008

I'm going to try using the Everex NC1501 full time as my MacBook is having problems. In setting up the wireless, I had to figure out that…

On Syntax and Style 21 January, 2008

CamelCase Good because it keeps strings short and sweet. Bad because when you double click a portion of the string, the entire string is…

Global Warming and Computers 20 January, 2008

Its interested to note that there are a lot of computer companies making a concerted effort to reduce energy consumption, but how much…

Fun with Pocoo 19 January, 2008

I'm wrestling with Pocoo. Maybe the well documented code isn't as good as I thought. The bugs I'm running into are probably due to some…

pfSense Load Balancer and OpenVZ 19 January, 2008

I use pfSense as a load balancer to direct traffic to two different machines. I've experienced strange behavior when I restart the virtual…

phpPgAdmin 18 January, 2008

So I'm trying out phpPgAdmin and I'm glad to report how cool it is. Its very much different than phpMyAdmin but I believe that is the case…

Selenium Core Speed 17 January, 2008

I wish I could set the Selenium speed in the test suite file.... and for individual tests for that matter. ¥

Selenium Test Newline Textarea 16 January, 2008

I just had a tough time figuring out how to get a newline into a textarea with selenium core. It should have been obvious, but I was…

Anyterm Ajaxterm 15 January, 2008

I'm trying out anyterm 1.17. The demo is pretty cool, and the development version (the 1.1x branch) uses Sarissa, which I've been interested…

Self Hosting 14 January, 2008

I'm pretty much completely self-hosted now. I do have a colocation setup, and some servers online in my office. Its a good setup, but not…

Tortoise SVN 11 January, 2008

Tortoise SVN is a subversion client that is implemented as a Microsoft Windows Explorer extension. It is used to maintain current and…

Hooray Successful Trac Edits 07 January, 2008

I'm celebrating today as I made some significant edits to a "trac hack", proof that I'm actually learning python! The trac hack I edited is…

Gallery2 on Debian 05 January, 2008

I'm installing Gallery2 on debian - so far so good! Note: I use public as my docroot. I had to enter a mysql username and password for the…

Windmill 05 January, 2008

Windmill is kind of like Selenium in that it uses javascript to test web applications, but it is also powered by python which is very cool…

Debian MySQL Replication and tmpfs tmp 03 January, 2008

I finally nailed down a problem I've been having with MySQL replication on debian. I usually use tmpfs for /tmp, so when the machine…

Python Concepts in Trac 03 January, 2008

Its funny, I never would have imagined in my wildest dreams - and my dreams are wild - that abstract notions could be carried through from a…

Apache2 and python mod wsgi 02 January, 2008

libapache2-mod-wsgi http://packages.debian.org/unstable/python/libapache2-mod-wsgi http://tools.cherrypy.org/wiki/ModRewrite http://code…

Canceling Safari Again 01 January, 2008

I'm again canceling my O'Reilly Safari account. The credit card I use there was compromised, and though I have no idea how it was…

Debian versus the Cheeseshop 01 January, 2008

Today's python effort - getting comfortable with python packages on debian. The steps I took: Interesting... when installed, where do the…

More Python Notes 01 January, 2008

MoinMoin Seems like MoinMoin could be run on a platform like Nexista / Cocoon / Pycoon fairly easily. action/init.py has an ActionBase class…

Questions about Pycoon 01 January, 2008

I just emailed Andrey some questions about pycoon: OK, cool. Here are some notes I took while exploring: The pycoon process: The…

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