http://lynema.org Tom Lynema's Weblog Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:54:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Palm Pre came out recently, and I had to get one.  Or two, depending on if you count the returned ones. It took 5 hours and 8 visits to 3 different Sprint stores to come up with nothing. The Pre has a lot of things going for it.  WebOS is excellent.  ... http://lynema.org/2009/06/17/the-sprint-palm-pre-experience The last piece of hardware that I expect a failure from is the motherboard.  There are no moving pieces, not much wear and tear.  Plus, I spent $250 on the last board.  It was an AW9D-MAX; top of the line when it was purchased.  I would expect it to last ... http://lynema.org/2009/05/28/adventures-in-motherboard-failure Updating a computer is quite straight-forward.   Either type a command or click a couple of times,  wait, and reboot.  When the computer restarts, everything is back to the way is was.  Right? Well, the truth is that this may not always be the case.   Case in point, my last Cent OS ... http://lynema.org/2009/04/18/is-security-a-feature This is something I've wanted to do for a while now.  I finally found put the time to it and found a really good tutorial.  For people wanting to do the same, check out http://www.neuhalfen.name/drupal/node/3. http://lynema.org/2009/02/21/finally-an-opensolaris-domu-under-linux This weekend was a busy one. * Created a gentoo chroot on my server that shares compiling duties with my desktop using distcc. * Recovered /etc on my server after antecedently deleting it.  This involved recovering the iptables, nfs exports, and fstab after loading an old backup. * Fixed a nasty cups-pdf issue ... http://lynema.org/2009/02/16/weekend-hacking We're back and doing well after spending 2 1/2 weeks in Kenya.  Due to popular demand, the pictures are up in the gallery.  Click on the image below or follow the gallery link to get there.  Thanks for the thoughts and prayers for us while we were away. 610 http://lynema.org/2009/01/18/down-in-africa You're trying to connect to an OS X box and your vnc viewer just doesn't seem to work. Then, after many a google serch, you discover that OS X's remote access protocol is incompatible with most VNC servers.  Tuning to Apple for help yeilds a solution, for a small(large) fee. Thankfully, ... http://lynema.org/2008/08/10/remote-control-of-an-os-x-box The storms that went through yesterday had an interesting effect on the available wifi networks in the area.   It wasn't so much the storms that caused this, it was more the lack of power in the area when the lightning started striking.   Here is what the wireless situation looks like ... http://lynema.org/2008/08/05/when-the-power-goes-out Some content is taken from http://forums.ebay.co.uk/thread.jspa?threadID=1200182458. I tried to link my ebay account to my paypal account and it would just simply not work. After going through the prompts many times, it would still say that there was no association. There is a fix in an odd ... http://lynema.org/2008/08/01/fixing-this-error-you-either-dont-have-a-paypal-account-or-your-paypal-account-is-not-linked-to-your-ebay-account Sometime, you just don't know which dll files to register.  Enlighten yourself with dependancy walker . http://lynema.org/2008/07/24/discovering-dependant-dlls-in-windows