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...
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...
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...
ErlyWeb: An Erlang web framework
MVC Web frameworks are all the rage these days. Here's one for Erlang: ErlyWeb: An Erlang web framework
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)....
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:...
New Del.icio.us Firefox extension
I know the folks who worked on this and I've been alpha testing this for a while and loving it so I'm really glad to see it now in the wild: Del.icio.us Firefox extension...