Author Archives: Ryan

I sooooo wish we were using OpenSolaris on our thumpers

http://blogs.sun.com/timf/en_IE/entry/zfs_automatic_snapshots_in_nv

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easySMF

Wow, cool little tool… http://es.opensolaris.org/easySMF/ via Benr

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Installing java on CentOS

You’d think it would be harder, but it’s not. Not that it’s documented well anywhere, which is why I’m writing this. Go to java.com. Download the linux RPM installer for your cpu type. sh /path/to/downloaded.rpm.bin follow the bouncing ball. And … Continue reading

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gem update libxml-ruby on Leopard

So I’m updating my laptop to reflect the same environment as my servers – which means getting rid of macports. Part of the process was to update all the rubygems we’ve got installed. I tried to ‘gem up libxml-ruby’ and … Continue reading

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The URL is not valid and cannot be loaded.

Ok Firefox. Somehow you decided to disable keywords and it took me a few days to remember how to fix this. No more. Never again. And for all the other folks this happens to, all you need to do is: … Continue reading

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Atheists love coffee

My friend John made me think of my all-time favorite Creationist propaganda site, Objective Ministries. The whole site is filled with fun flash embeds where you can hear their characters say things like “Shalom”, and meow when you click on … Continue reading

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Site redesign

Not so much a redesign as a new header and an upgrade of K2. Whaddya think? (Here’s a screencap of the old one for those of you reading from your RSS readers…) *embarrassed to have forgotten this* Much props to … Continue reading

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No really, our customer service can help you.

Just checking out my old friends at The Planet and a window popped up offering to help me via chat. Ok, I’m all for saving myself some time. Here’s some amusement for you: Customer: do you guys offer any other … Continue reading

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One more day!

Well the big iMac giveaway drawing happens in about 24 hours… Let’s hope my luck continues – This week has been a hum-dinger: Last Wednesday, we received an offer on our house We countered, and the buyer accepted our counter-offer … Continue reading

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Win an iMac? Yes please!

So my daughter Emma is 4 now, and her ruby iMac is on its last legs. It’s been up on blocks for a couple months now, and I just can’t seem to get it to boot off anything but the … Continue reading

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