If you are doing Linux network installs and you don't want to go to the bother of installing a full Apache &/or IIS environment on Windows try Mongoose http://code.google.com/p/mongoose/ Just download it into the folder in which you are sharing files from and execute...
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Find Files by File Name and Delete them Using Windows Batch Language.
Find all files of a specific type in the current and descendant directories Here I am looking for the highly annoying Dia .dia~ files Delete the files using the list that was...
Samsung Galaxy S 2 – Battery Life Dramitically Reduced in Early June 2012
I have taken posession of a Samsung Galaxy S 2. Problem: In early June my battery life plummetted from being able to fully charge the phone over night and then recharge again at night to only lasting 4hours or less. Applications: I had the following apps installed...
Exclude Junction Points when Using Robocopy to Copy Windows 7 User Profiles off a Machine
Just had a situation where I was copying multiple versions of the same file because robocopy was following junction points.
Flatpack is Mecanno for Adults
My wife and I are so sick of not having any storage space we have decided to put new wardrobes in both the front bedrooms. Now all I have to do is assemble the mecanno set. Shouldn't be too difficult.
If you get a redirect loop while running owncloud under nginx It may be because /var/lib/php/session doesn't exist http://possiblelossofprecision.net/?p=1774 Or if it does you may be suffering from a permission issue caused by /usr/lib/php/session being owned by...
What to do with all those “Spare” Ethernet Ports on my Servers
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1004048For the last couple of years I've been scratching my head wondering why each server delivered had 2+ ethernet ports... and what to do with them. Apparently VMWare supports Etherchannel so instead of having idle Ethernet Ports I should be able to do EtherChannel... One...
Server Re-Rack & Stack
Yesterday I did a server re-rack in which I consolidated 8 physical servers from 2 racks into one 45RU rack and added some new equipment. The new equipment is a new Dell EqualLogic SAN which will be conected via 2 10GB ethernet switches and 2 Dell R710 Servers with...
A New Look and a Slight Name Change
A New Template With Googles recent (April) algorithm changes my website suffered a 50% drop in traffic. So I thought it was time to go for new theme. I have chosen a HTML5 theme named FavePersonal from Crowd Favorite. It's got a lot of features that I'm still learning...
Cannot see Advanced Editor Buttons in WordPress
Just discovered that there is an option per user in Wordpress to disable the visual editor So if you can't see the advanced editor buttons you need to click on "Users => Your Profile" and uncheck "Disable the visual editor when writing"
Update Start-Up Links Dansguardian
Dansguardian will not start up if it's Proxy Server (Squid) isn't available. The startup default links are S20dansguardian and S20squid. So squid is starting after dansguardian. /etc/rc6.d/K20dansguardian /etc/rc2.d/S20dansguardian /etc/rc4.d/S20dansguardian...
Cannot see USB Devices in the Virtualbox Client Devices List
If you are running Virtualbox as your logged in user and you can't see your USB devices you need to add yourself to the vboxusers group, log off and back on and then run virtualbox. You should be able to see the USB devices now.
Acrobat Reader install Fedora 17 Beta
yum install glibc.i686 yum install libxml2.i686 yum --enablerepo=updates-testing install gdk-pixbuf2.i686 yum --enablerepo=updates-testing install gtk-x11.i686 yum --enablerepo=updates-testing install gtk2.i686 yum --enablerepo=updates-testing install...
Internet Glue – You want me to interface what with what?
In my role I am increasingly having to create bridges between systems that can output and read text in different formats such as CSV, XML or some other custom format. This site http://flatfiler.blogspot.com.au/ appears to have links to whole heap of handy text...
If you get an attachment that contains “begin 644 …. end” you need sharutils uudecode to open it.
My wife received a file named Voucher.pdf from a motel we were going to stay at. When she attempted to view it her email client on her iPhone failed to open it. She forwarded it to me and I got the same result on my Samsung Galaxy S2 (yes we are a Apple/Android...
Google Public DNS
Just discovered that Google has some Public DNS servers that you can use. More details here: https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/ Pro Given that Googles infrastructure is global and rock solid I presume that the DNS service will be just as good. Con...
Graphic jamesmcdonald.id.au Traffic Drop from April Onwards
Now if I can just figure out what is causing it
Fedora 17 FTW
Just installed Fedora 17 Beta into a Virtualbox VM and two things I notice. It's an evolutionary improvement to Fedora 16, and the Gnome 3 interface is miles ahead of Ubuntu 12.04's Unity desktop. (OK, I admit I can't get used to Unity's left dominant menu style.)...