Windows 7 is of course, out, and after painlessly upgrading to it, from Vista, on my laptop (and hearing other people have trouble-free experiences as well, I took the plunge a few days ago and decided to upgrade my main PC from Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Ultimate. First a few points of background: I… Continue reading Windows 7 Installation Woes
Configuring vhosts the right way on Plesk
Plesk warns you, emphatically, not to mess with the auto-generated conf/httpd.include: # ATTENTION! # DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE OR ANY PART OF IT. THIS CAN RESULT IN IMPROPER PLESK # FUNCTIONING OR FAILURE, CAUSE DAMAGE AND LOSS OF DATA. IF YOU REQUIRE CUSTOM # MODIFICATIONS TO BE APPLIED TO THE CONFIGURATION, PLEASE, PERFORM THEM… Continue reading Configuring vhosts the right way on Plesk
SSH logins slow? There’s an easy fix
In setting up passwordless OpenSSH connections between two CentOS boxes, I was surprised to find that I could connect from the client the server, but it was really, really slow. As in, it took over a minute to connect, after which it was snappy. Fortunately, a quick Google and I find that the OpenSSH manual… Continue reading SSH logins slow? There’s an easy fix
Quickie how-to for getting PHP upgraded on CentOS 5
Today I had to get PHP upgraded from 5.1 to 5.2.X on someone else’s server and didn’t have time to screw around. I have a PHP configuration that I’ve used in the past but it frankly can take too long to get set up, if time is of the essence. So here are my “quickie… Continue reading Quickie how-to for getting PHP upgraded on CentOS 5
Adventures in home data backups: Part 2 – hacking the La Cie Etherdisk Mini V1
From Part I, I now have a working backup device sitting in the closet, that is running rsync, just waiting to connect to the NAS. Time to hack the Mini. The basic instructions are extremely well-written here. My model is, I think, the Etherdisk Mini V1 and these instructions are for the V2, but for… Continue reading Adventures in home data backups: Part 2 – hacking the La Cie Etherdisk Mini V1