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Category Archives: itadmins.org
Adventures in GPS
I have been in need of a new GPS receiver for a while. While I love my Garmin eTrex and it has been a lifesaver on several occasions, the netbook lacks serial ports. Carrying a serial to USB adapter is out of the question. I wanted ultra-portability for my kit, especially on vacations and while [...] Continue reading
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After The Fact?
All of my computers are now on Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex). That’s a Dell D820, a Precision 650, the GQ computer that I picked up at Fry’s a couple years ago, and even the One. I’m usually cautious about moving from a LTS edition to a newer version, but for some reason I decided to [...] Continue reading
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This had to be shared…
I wish I could do cool stuff like this all day sometimes…
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My Own Aptitiude Repos
I now have several machines running Ubuntu and Debian on my home network. Each one had an inconsistent version of the packages on it, and I finally decided this morning I was done upgrading each machine individually and downloading updates when I got around to it. Mikey’s got his own repo now and Mikey likes [...] Continue reading
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More AA1 Tweaking
Okay, so the Acer Aspire One now has a nickname of AA1. I kind of like it, so we’ll see if it sticks. I received my own Acer netbook for my birthday and am in the process of tweaking it to my satisfaction. My biggest annoyance so far has been the lack of codec support [...] Continue reading
Acer Aspire One
Acer recently released the Aspire One. My wife was looking for a laptop to check email and visit her forums while on the road. The tech details were GMail and phpBB, for those interested. We met at MicroCenter after work to look at netbooks on her birthday. I will not criticize Asus. They have made [...] Continue reading
It’s DR time!!!
With the hurricane season at it’s peak, I’ve decided to include a section focused on DR. I hope to add links to sites detailing weather and EOC information for the United States. If anyone elsewhere would like to contribute, please email me at <mike at itadmins dot org>. I’d also like to add sections convering [...] Continue reading
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Wake up call for Mozilla
Today, Google relased Chrome Beta, an open source web browser based on Firefox and Webkit. I am currently writing this post from Chrome. The biggest benefit I see to Google’s method of writing this program is the intense resource management. If one tab locks up, the others are fine. From a technical perspective, this is [...] Continue reading
Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide
As a System Administrator, I am constantly looking for the ultimate commands to make my job easier. Moving files around, renaming files for archival purposes, downloading updates, and building reports are a lot easier with scripting. This is another document for the reference library, folks.
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Take that, Comcast
Score one for the consumer. The head of the FCC has recently announced that they are proceeding with charges against Comcast for traffic shaping, or selectively slowing down and blocking specific protocols on their internet service.
I haven’t been a very big advocate of bitorrent, but this will also prevent ISPs from messing with services such [...] Continue reading