A day in the life…
Posts tagged Linux
cli wallpaper
Sep 10th
This is a cool wallpaper I came across that has some basic linux cli commands put together in a simple, but classy wallpaper. Enjoy. image courtesy of tuxtraining.com
Phun phones
Jun 22nd
This past weekend Tash and I decided that we were going to take advantage of the sweeeeeeet deal that T-mobile was running — you could get ANY T-mobile (in-store) phone for free with the activation of a new family plan (2 yr agreement). (http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-20008120-85.html) For the last year we have been with Verizon Wireless and
DKIM + SPF + SMTP
Jun 16th
How about those acronyms for ya? Ok so if you can’t tell this is going to be a geeky post — so you have been forewarned. Ok now that is out of the way lets clear the water with a few definitions: DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) – lets an organization take responsibility for a
Lucid Lynx
Apr 29th
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is being released very soon! [ Current available version is the Release Candidate] As always there are tons of new features and much appreciated upgrades! Be first in line to grab your LTS copy!!
Server Security Scanner
Apr 13th
One of the many sites I like to follow is ubuntugeek.com. Recently they have highlighted a security tool that I wanted to share with ya’ll. It is an automated vulnerability scanner that scans for the following: * Searching for worldwriteable files * Searching for worldwriteable directories * Searching for programs where the setuid is set
Got Virtual?
Mar 9th
A geek with a budget. That can be frustrating. New geek toys aren’t cheap and old geek toys aren’t worth much. Welcome to my life . I am not complaining, I have an EXTREMELY understanding, wonderful and patient wife who tolerates my geek needs on a daily basis — I am so lucky as to have gotten a girl that tolerates
PBX Orgasm
Feb 23rd
*** UPDATE *** nerdvittles.com just released the INCREDIBLE PBX which now does not require you to open external facing ports on your router/firewall and fixes some instability with the Google voice scripts (also allows for multiple Google Voice accounts on the same server)!! For those of you who follow me (all 2 of you) you
Karmic Koala
Oct 29th
Today Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala has been released !! Go grab a copy and enjoy the latest and greatest from the best linux distro on the net! Here are a few sneak peaks of new features: Gnome 2.28 Empathy has replaced Pidgin as default IM client Ubuntu One Total file synchronization
Cacti – Network Monitoring Tool
Oct 22nd
Over the past few years I have amassed a decent collection of network hardware (much to the dismay of my ever-patient wife). And recently I’ve discovered the utility of SNMP. For those of you who don’t know SNMP is “Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a UDP-based network protocol. It is used mostly in network
