On Tuesday (5 Aug 08) we had our first double yoked egg layed. It was 89 grams. The average egg we get at the moment from our young chooks is about 54-59 grams. It tasted really nice:
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ICMP Redirects not being sent from CentOS Router
Update: This ended up being an iptables problem... The firewall rules I had were "stateful" so the icmp redirect was being killed by IPTables because it didn't identify the redirect as part of an already started connection. After changing it from stateful to...
Linux PING works but Traceroute doesn’t
Just had an issue where traceroute w.x.y.z failed however ping w.x.y.z worked fine.... The fix: traceroute -I w.x.y.z or traceroute -T w.x.y.z Where w.x.y.z is the IP address of the remote host e.g. 10.22.34.8 By default the Linux traceroute was using UDP which must...
The Google Diamond – Each Facet Shines with a Different Lustre
Anyway for a while when I searched for James McDonald in Google I would get https://toggen.com.au/blog on the 1st page of results. Today I have done a search on "James McDonald" and It's like page 9. I wondered why, and what was happening. Now here is the interesting...
Fedora 9 – Using the MF332 aka Telstra Turbo Card from www.zte.com.au
There is a whirlpool forum with information on connecting a MF332 using Linux. It shows how to use the /etc/ppp/chap-secret /etc/ppp/peers/* to get it all connected. However on Fedora 9 I used the standard system-config-network option to configure the connection as...
Shrink a Windows XP NTFS Partition to half size and Install Linux while keeping the Windows Boot Menu
Disclaimer: This procedure can render your computer unbootable and corrupt your data if you do it wrong. Perform a backup prior to doing it and verify you can read the backup. Don't attempt it on a critical laptop. I am in no way responsible if you attempt this and...
Fedora 9 Nautilus can’t view smb share using default smb:///
Here is an annoying problem with Nautilus smb on Fedora 9 I can connect to a remote share with "smbclient //server/share -U user" However in Nautilus if you hit Go ==> Location... it defaults to "smb:///" if you type smb:///server/share you get nothing but a big fat...
Ubuntu / Fedora 9 Firefox 3 Error code: sec_error_untrusted_issuer
I run https://jamesmcdonald.id.au with a self signed untrusted certificate because I'm not using it for commerce and the only person who needs to trust it is me! But after installing Fedora 9 on a laptop and trying to connect to my website. I didn't get the normal add...
www… why?
By a tradition which is very similar to the "We have always worn these funny hats, so we always will" line of thought many website addresses begin with www dot. This is changing as people ask why have a redundant www tacked on the front of an address. However why make...
Cygwin Telnet Client
For some weird reason when attempting to run the Windows version of telnet under Cygwin it returns to a prompt without connecting. So you need to install the Cygwin Package that contains a telnet client which is: inetutils Run the cygwin setup.exe and choose...