Posted by Michael
Thu, 09 Mar 2006 10:29:25 GMT
Linux.com is running a pretty good 1 pager on setting up Postfix with Spam and Antivirus. I’m still partial to outsourcing this function(there’s my plug, see it didn’t hurt too much) as it’s something that I can solve easily and cheaply though a service. We sell Postini because I wanted this problem to go away for us, period. Anyway, this article will help you get setup on a fresh rpm based distribution in 1 page of html or less.
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Posted by Michael
Wed, 08 Mar 2006 09:46:19 GMT
Entrepreneurial Proverbs: “Marc Hedlund just posted about his Entrepreneurial Proverbs talk at eTech. It’s a collection of catchy bits of wisdom he’s heard over the years. Marc is a great guy — smart, insightful, patient, experienced, and rational. Take his advice seriously. This list is golden and maybe the best chunk of entrepreneurial wisdom to hit the web in years.
(Via Signal vs. Noise.)
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Posted by Michael
Wed, 08 Mar 2006 08:46:00 GMT
Finally after years of enduring that ugly old site, one of my favorite languages, python has a new website. Much, much better.
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Posted by Michael
Thu, 02 Mar 2006 09:02:20 GMT
20 Trillion dollars sounds pretty good to me. I’m getting busy on the business plan. Anyone got a heavy lift vehicle I can borrow?
The Financial Future of Space Travel: “gurps_npc writes ’ This CNNMoney story discusses the financial future of space travel. In particular it gives some nice names and numbers, such as Bezos, Musk and 3554 Amun. 3554 Amun is an small metalic asteroid that crosses Earth’s pass (not on collission course) and contains over 20 trillion US dollars worth of precious metal. It is a great fact to know when trying to explain to flat-earth types that don’t understand why we waste money on space travel.’
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(Via Slashdot.)
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Posted by Michael
Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:35:06 GMT
Sony portable reader system – almost on sale: “
Sony has more information and pricing for their E-ink reader on SonyStyle – it’s going to cost $349 and ‘should’ ship spring of 2006. [via] /USD/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Print?ProductSKU=PRS500”>info sheet.
If you want to read ebooks now on a Sony reader, you can pick up the discontinued Japanese version (called the Librie), change the firmware and make your own DRM-free ebooks today! Check our past how tos and articles – Link.
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Posted by Michael
Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:51:44 GMT
Make your own sites, with Google pages…: “
Google just launched a new ‘build your own website’ service – Google pages. You get 100mb and it seems like unlimited bandwidth, I made a quick test here – so far no Google adsense on the pages. It’s pretty easy to use, and for the Makers out there that want something simple to document a project or share information, it’s yet another web service to consider. To this day there are tons of projects on Geocities, so – maybe this will be useful for folks. [via] Link to Google pages.
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Posted by Michael
Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:16:29 GMT
I’ve had a Memorex 512MB thumb drive for about a year now.
It replaced some other brand at the time because I left it in my jeans and took a turn in the Washing machine. This morning, I pulled this Memorex drive out of the DRYER FOR THE 9th TIME! I can’t believe it. Not only am I an idiot for putting it through the wash twice a month, but it still works. Amazing.
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Posted by Michael
Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:38:10 GMT
Digital501 has a great post about keeping a hot Mac hard drive with exsisting and included tools. Great read…
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Posted by Michael
Wed, 08 Feb 2006 21:14:00 GMT
This was the end to a frustrating several hours a couple months ago. The mysql module wouldn’t install via Ruby Gems. I kept getting:
[root@zeus dynamic]# gem install mysql -with-mysql-config
Attempting local installation of 'mysql'
Local gem file not found: mysql*.gem
Attempting remote installation of 'mysql'
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: While executing gem ... (RuntimeError)
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
Gem files will remain installed in th-mysql-config/gems/mysql-2.7 for inspection.
ruby extconf.rb install mysql -with-mysql-config\nchecking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
checking for main() in -lm... yes
checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
checking for main() in -lz... yes
checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
checking for main() in -lsocket... no
checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
checking for main() in -lnsl... yes
checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient... no
Results logged to /tmp/fgci_ipc/dynamic/th-mysql-config/gems/mysql-2.7/gem_make.out
So I got the Ruby mysql sources and ran:
[root@zeus dynamic]# cd /root/downloads/mysql-ruby-2.7
[root@zeus mysql-ruby-2.7]# ruby extconf.rb --with-mysql-config
checking for mysql_ssl_set()... yes
checking for mysql.h... yes
creating Makefile
[root@zeus mysql-ruby-2.7]# make
gcc -fPIC -g -O2 -I. -I/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux -I/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux -I. -DHAVE_MYSQL_SSL_SET -DHAVE_MYSQL_H -I/usr/include/mysql -g -pipe -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=pentium4 -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -c mysql.c
gcc -shared -L'/usr/local/lib' -Wl,-R'/usr/local/lib' -o mysql.so mysql.o -L/usr/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lz -lcrypt -lnsl -lm -L/usr/lib -lssl -lcrypto -ldl -lcrypt -lm -lc
[root@zeus mysql-ruby-2.7]# make install
install -c -p -m 0755 mysql.so /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/i686-linux
That’s it.
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Posted by Michael
Wed, 08 Feb 2006 21:11:54 GMT
We’ll assume apache2 is installed via rpm/yum.
$yum install httpd-devel
$wget http://www.fastcgi.com/dist/mod_fastcgi-2.4.2.tar.gz
$tar -xzvf mod_fastcgi-2.4.2.tar.gz
$cd mod_fastcgi-2.4.2
$cp Makefile.AP2 Makefile
edit Makefile and change
top_dir = /usr/local/apache2
to
top_dir = /usr/lib/httpd
Then it’s:
$make
$make install
Add to your httpd.conf (it’s in /etc/httpd/conf):
LoadModule fastcgi_module modules/mod_fastcgi.so
Restart apache. That’s it!
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