Category Archives: Geek

“We’ve arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.” –Carl Sagan

Moving on from phpBB3

Posted on 1 March 2010 by matthannan

Like the tag above says, this is not my server. I do keep my own server and there is a private message board on there that for EVER has been either phpBB2 or phpBB3. Well, due to a number of hard drive crashes, the use of that server is way down (I think I had all of 20 users at one point), which is just as well, I guess.… Read the rest

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lame server responding…

Posted on 1 March 2010 by matthannan

This is a part of an log message that you will see a ton if you ever run your own DNS server.

Feb 28 23:33:56 wilbur named[14270]: lame server resolving 'online.wsj.com' (in 'wsj.com'?): 63.240.101.1#53
Mar 1 00:03:59 wilbur named[14270]: lame server resolving 'online.wsj.com'… Read the rest

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Rebuilding from backup

Posted on 26 February 2010 by matthannan

So, the hard drive in my server died. It is now known to me that this hard drive has massive issues across the board and it will be the last Seagate drive that I buy for a good long time. I had to rebuild my server the last time because a Seagate drive let go.… Read the rest

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Buzz Drops Auto-Following

Posted on 14 February 2010 by matthannan

Buzz Drops Auto-Following, Won’t Automatically Connect to Google Services, Adds Better Disable – google buzz – Lifehacker http://ping.fm/JjWPs… Read the rest

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Posted on 14 February 2010 by matthannan

Google Continues Damage Control With More Buzz Security Updates – Buzz – Gizmodo http://ping.fm/zzjRE… Read the rest

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A Good Night of Geeking!!!

Posted on 9 February 2010 by matthannan

For some reason tonight, I decided to not play around with beer and mead too much. They are doing their thing quite happily. Sometimes after a rough day in the saltmines, I’ll come home and drink a beer or three. Sometimes I will sit down to geek out.… Read the rest

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iWorry

Posted on 28 January 2010 by matthannan

iWorry: Does the iPad Signal the End of the Era of Open Computing? … Read the rest

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Playing with Wampas

Posted on 28 January 2010 by matthannan

In my case, a wampa has come to mean a firewall/proxy server. I work at a financial house, so we are locked down pretty tight with what we are allowed to surf and what we are not. Facebook is definitely not allowed, but I am always looking for end-arounds.… Read the rest

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Jolicloud netbook OS

Posted on 3 December 2009 by matthannan

The version I am running is Private Alpha 2c (Developer’s Edition), so I am not expecting a lot out of it, especially after my last couple of nights looking at Moblin v2.0 and v2.1. But, I’ll tell you what, those Moblin devs have a LOT of work ahead of them if they want to do something other than waste their time and Intel’s money.… Read the rest

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