Month: October 2006

Ubuntu: Upgrading to Edgy Eft

I'm upgrading my Ubuntu box at home from Dapper Drake to Edgy Eft. The process thus far has been long and not without its hitches. The install has stopped a few times to ask me about config files and it died twice - once when a...

GadgetsTiVo

Pulled the trigger on the TiVo Series 3

The TivoCommunity Store has a 15% off coupon code (TCDEAL) so we decided to pull the trigger and go for the TiVo Series 3 for $680, after the discount. Now we just need an HDTV...

General

HOWTO: Five steps to a more secure SSH

Good advice for making ssh more secure, like disabling root logins, requring keys with passphrases, and using DenyHosts. HOWTO: Five steps to a more secure SSH...

General

Backing up a Unix(-like) system

A thoughtful article on some of the subtle issues involved in doing backups, like making sure that metadata is properly preserved. The author's favorite tool is a program called "dar", which I have never used before. Backing up a...

ErlangProgramming

ErlyWeb: An Erlang web framework

MVC Web frameworks are all the rage these days. Here's one for Erlang: ErlyWeb: An Erlang web framework

MacMusicWindows

Getting FLAC

After a coworker mentioned it, I decided to rip all of our CDs to FLAC so that we'll have perfect copies and can always transcode to the latest file formats. Last night I ripped a few CDs with dBpowerAMP Music Converter (dMC)....

General

Drink Cocaine

Named after an illegal drug, supposedly 350% more potent than Red Bull, contains a "throat-numbing ingredient", and the web site gives you recipes on how to mix it with alcohol. This has bad idea written all over it. ABC News:...