Well the blog migration is now complete. I moved my database over to the new box and installed the latest version of Wordpress. I have to go about tweaking and changing some things. The first change will be getting rid of the default theme. I’m a little tired of it. It reminds of the default […]
So I did my Ubuntu server install this weekend. This was my first experience with RAID and SATA drives. In short it was super easy. The 3Ware card has it’s own bios similar to a SCSI controller card. On the first bootup I went into controller card bios and created the RAID array. I selected […]
As I mentioned on the last episode of TLLTS my hardware has arrived to turn my AMD64 workstation into a totally kick ass server. The server will be my main data repository housing audio, video, pictures, blog, and function as a MythTV backend. To do this I’m doubling the system memory to 2 gig […]
I highly recommend listening to the latest episode of Security Now. They interview Peter Gutmann who wrote “A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection”. Peter details the steps Microsoft has taken to prevent piracy in Vista. They’re forcing signed drivers, implementing hardware encryption and closing the so-called analog hole. Basically hardware manufacturers will […]
I went to the local LUG meeting for the first time in quite a while. We had it at the Cyber Station Cafe which is about a 5 minute drive from my house. The turnout was especially good for a casual meeting 20 miles away from our usual meeting place. There were several new […]
I didn’t have much of a tech weekend. I spend the better part of Saturday organizing all the crap I have stored in my basement in preparation for Monday. I have a contractor starting to work on finishing my basement. When you buy a home that is newly constructed the basement tends to contain […]
Happy New Year everyone! My weekend was fairly low key. We had some family over on Saturday for a visit and stayed home on New Year’s eve. I do have some Linux resolutions for the new year:
Learn how to use Cinelerra
finally get around to learning Gimp
becoming proficient in using Ardour
Hopefully I actually get around to […]