Free VOIP Calls with Android
So a few weeks ago my brother lost his credit card and had it canceled. He also never updated our wireless account to auto withdraw from the new credit card. Because of this I found myself in a situation where I needed to rely soly on WIFI for calling and text for a few days [...]
Tuning PHP-FPM
How it started – I recently switched to Linode for a basic VPS (512 MB RAM, 20 GB storage). I wanted to be able to install absolutely what ever version of what ever software I wanted. Since I have become very familiar with Arch Linux (I run it on all of my home computers now) [...]
SSL Now Activated!
I just finished getting some self signed certs installed on the server. This means all sites will have SSL logins and I can start allowing people to register! Also look for a follow-up post on how I made it all work. Update – The server has been switched from self signed certs, to Free StartCom [...]
Restoring Grub for an Encrypted LVM
The Setup – LVM and Luks encryption can be a simple and effective combination to keeping your data safe. However, encryption tends to complicate things a bit when it comes to data recovery and system repair. In order to repair a grub install, most people can just use a live “rescue” Linux CD to either [...]
Skype Beta – Testing nearly 18 Months of Work
Today I got an email from a mailing list I am currently subscribed to and someone pointed out that a new version of Skype for Linux was released. The last release of Skype for Linux (2.0.x) was indeed plauged with bugs, refused to let me (or any one else I know) use both mics built [...]
Mozilla Prism – Blurring the web, desktop, and mobile apps
When visiting my friend Mark, he introduced me to a simple app called fluid. This OS X application captures web apps and lets you run them as embedded in a window like a native application. Then he showed me why that was even significant. He then pulled up a digg link he made. Then a [...]
Favorite Apps for Fresh Systems
Around the holiday’s there are lot’s and lots of new computers. If your frugal like me however, you just spend time reformatting and cleaning up instead of buying a whole new computer. After setting up my fair share of new systems over the past few weeks/years, there are some default apps that I load on [...]
Basic Ubuntu Security
I just got finished reading (and technically flaming) a article from the ITSecurity site. The article, The Big Ol’ Ubuntu Security Resource, starts off by trying to scare you. “So you thought Ubuntu was secure? Think again! I did a Google search with the words Ubuntu and security and you wont believe what I found! [...]
Switching My Grandmother to… Part II
Last time i left you, I had helped my grandmother get accustomed to some of Firefox’s great features and how to use the AOL web-mail interface. Well it has been a few months since then and I was finally able to get my grandmother to, “take the plunge!” We agreed that she would buy a [...]
When Facts are Propoganda
Microsoft sent a TechNet newsletter to my immediate boss saying it was a “…special bonus edition of TechNet Flash featuring content specifically selected to inform and ease your Windows Vista deployment.” Now in the first sentience of the TechNet newsletter, they admit that this is selective data rather than an unbiased information. Now given Vista’s [...]