2nd
May
Posted on May 2nd, 2011 at 5:28 am
Almost ten years ago I was on a roadtrip to Moses Lake, Wa to attend the wedding of my computer guru. On the first morning of a week long trip I awoke in a South Dakota motel room to a the picture of a tower in flames. As I watched a second plane hit the second tower and I as most of the country went into a what is going on mode. As I continued to travel westward the only thing on the car radio was more grim news of the happenings in New York and Washington and in a little town in PA. The news was horrible to say the least. And as you can imagine the rest of the trip was one of many failures as all the planned visits were closed for fear of more attacks,all national parks and landmarks were closed and I ended up in a motel room 5 days earlier than planned.
Now today I awake to the news that the mastermind of these attacks has been killed! Am I over joyed? Doh! I am glad that, that weasel is finally dead. I know that his death will not bring back all the lives that were lost that day, the innocent people from not only this country but many others and the lives of the brave first responders that also gave their lives in a futile attempt to save others. Am I jumping with joy? No I am just sitting here ready to say that chapter of my life is over as it is for many many more of the surviors and their relatives. I thank the US Seals that preformed the mission and for the many others that still today are fighting for us and the world to rid the planet of such people.
Posted in News, Personal
20th
April
Posted on April 20th, 2011 at 6:06 am
Okay enough with the rain and freezing rain and the storms in general hard enough to get in the swing of things without a ton of bad weather on top of everything else.
Posted in General
27th
March
Posted on March 27th, 2011 at 6:55 am
Sorry to have ignored the site for some time however I am slowly getting ready to start full time once again or that is the game plan today. And no I have not given up Linux or Mepis and am still fiddling with both. Thanks to all who have written and called to ask as to why the long lag in production. I will be writing more as the days progress. Really I will.
Posted in Personal
23rd
August
Posted on August 23rd, 2010 at 8:48 am
Since the last article on downloading photos from facebook, I have received several requests to come up with an article on uploading photos to Facebook from Ubuntu. Well, there are plenty of Windows apps that allow the users to upload photos to Facebook, but when it comes to Linux Ubuntu, there are not really too many choices. Below, I have come up with several ways that you can use to upload photos to Facebook.
Here are a couple of good ideas for the linux user that are good ideas for all, Baldy
How to Upload Photos to Facebook From Ubuntu
Posted in How-To, Linux, Multimedia
21st
August
Posted on August 21st, 2010 at 6:50 am
LinuxCertified,Inc. a leading provider of Linux training, will offer Linux system administration bootcamp on September 1 – 2, 2010 near San Francisco (South Bay). This workshop is designed for busy information technology professionals and is designed to cover the most important Linux administration areas. All attendees get a free Linux laptop.
Here ya go folks I have known a couple of people to attend this and they all rave about it, Baldy
Linux System and Network Administration Bootcamp W/Free Laptop!
Posted in Linux, Networking
20th
August
Posted on August 20th, 2010 at 5:07 am
Say you just bought an Amazon Kindle or a Barnes and Noble Nook. You want to convert your eBook collection to .EPUB or .MOBI format. For this, install Calibre. The application not only provides you with a graphical way to manage your eBook collection, but also comes with a set of useful command-line tools. One of these is ebook-convert. This tool can help you convert between tens of standard formats like EPUB, FB2, LIT, LRF, MOBI, OEB, PDB, PDF, PML, RB, RTF, TCR, TXT, HTML and more. Even CBR and CBZ (comic book formats) are supported.
Okay here is todays hint for you Raven, Baldy
Convert eBooks in Linux
Posted in Linux, Software
20th
August
Posted on August 20th, 2010 at 5:04 am
Missing file? If so, apt-file, a tool that searches online repositories for a specific file, may be the answer. Occasionally, when building a package from source, disaster strikes and the whole process grinds to a halt due to a missing file. Fortunately, this is increasingly uncommon due to the maturity of Linux package management and the ubiquity of Autoconf configuration scripts. However, some software projects don’t use Autoconf, either because the maintainers prefer another solution such as CMake or because the program is too small to make setting up a configure script worthwhile.
I nice little tool that does come in handy at times for those hard to compile programs, hint Jim hint, Baldy
apt-file: Locate Missing Package Files
Posted in Linux, Software
20th
August
Posted on August 20th, 2010 at 4:59 am
Well it’s been an eventful few weeks here in the Linux blogosphere, what with all the various scandals that have erupted recently over Digg and Ubuntu’s off-and-on romance with Dell, to name just two. Then there was Debian’s birthday on Monday! Happy 17th, Debian! By far the hottest topic in recent days, however, was news that Canonical has begun tracking Ubuntu installations. It’s true! The new “canonical-census” package apparently sends an “I am alive” ping to Canonical each day as a way to help the company track the users of OEM Ubuntu installations.
Yikes so big brother is watching, Baldy
Canonical Teaches Ubuntu to Phone Home Every Day
Posted in Linux, News, Security
14th
August
Posted on August 14th, 2010 at 8:08 am
10 Things You Can Do To Make Your Linux Hosted Website More Secure By Corey W. 10. Get cooperation from your Linux host. Make sure your host is updating their software at the server and network levels. This includes any available kernel updates, as well as updates for packages such as Apache and PHP.
For those new webmasters that need the hint, Baldy
10 Things You Can Do To Make Your Linux Hosted Website More Secure
Posted in Linux, Networking, Security
5th
August
Posted on August 5th, 2010 at 5:56 am
Some things seem so obvious I feel silly even saying them. And this is one of them: any IT staffer who only knows one operating system is not worth hiring. We see the silly Microsoft vs. Linux vs. Apple stories every day, with Ten Reasons Why This One is Better, and 7 Reasons Why That One Sucks, and Five Ways to Make Headlines With Lists. The ones that crack me up are the “10 Scary Hurdles to Migrating to Linux.” Ever notice how every single time they mention “You’ll need Linux skills!” Oh dear, no! Linux skills? Well there’s a dealbreaker! Because it is completely unreasonable to expect your current batch of delicate Windows admins to have any Linux skills. Sigh.
What can I say other than yup! Baldy
Not Having Linux Skills is IT Malpractice
Posted in Linux, Networking
