A friend posted a blog similar to this one, here. I recommend reading his entry, as he cites a number of news reports on the content. By now, it’s all over the internet. On 01/19/2012, the US Department Of Justice took down MegaUpload. If you’re not familiar with MegaUpload, the site was a pretty simple…

I’ve been using a homebrew sql backend for BIND for a while now. The idea was to make dynamic dns updates easier for my home machines. Its worked pretty well, I like my self written tool, but it lacks a web interface, and it’s also a little clunky. I thought about rewriting it, but i…

So, first let me say that I’m no law expert. I am however something of an IT Pro. IT’s been my career, well, since I graduated High School. IT’s been my hobby, and I guess you could say Passion since long before that. I’ve worked for ISP’s, Web Hosts, and now I’m a member of…

I was reading this quarter’s 2600 Magazine, and came across an article regarding the Google ChromeBook.  This particular model was the CR48.  He’d gotten it as part of a pilot program from Google, and he was testing it out for a week.  His goal was simply to use it for a week, as his primary…

So, a while back, I heard about this neat new project that was based on this idea that Eben Moglen put forth.  All about taking the internet back into the hands of its users, rather than handing our personal data blindly over to a cloaked 3rd party.  This project is called Diaspora. It’s a de-centralized…

Anyone running Fedora, and gnome, that likes to keep their system up to the current release, has seen Gnome 3 by now.  I’ve had a few issues with it, and I’ve found ways to get around them.  I thought I’d write a blog about it.  This is my take on Gnome 3 and Gnome shell….

We recently build a RHEL6 virtualization cluster.  Using RedHat Cluster Suite, libvirt, and kvm.  To manage our RHEL boxes, we use RHN Satellite.  On our RHEL5 cluster, this works very well.  We can provision VM’s using satellite and kickstart.  Enter some data, clickity-click, wait 15 minutes, and you have a VM. After building our fancy…

I work in IT, and not to sound vain, but I think I’m pretty damn good at it. I’ve worked on environments that I’ve built myself, inherited from others, or that I’ve been tossed into and expected to support. One thing I’ve never been is a consultant. At least not professionally. Im working with a…

I recently upgraded to Fedora 15, and I’m very put off by the selection of window managers, and their stability  I’m a long time Gnome2 user.  Gnome has a nice set of features, it works well, its stable, /cheer for the gnome team.  Gnome3, which is included in Fedora 15, is horrid.  Probably because it’s…