It could be the fact that I stayed up W A Y too late studying for my last finals but I can’t stinking get a javascript clock to load on my theme here.
Does anybody have some suggestions of good configurable javascript clock-code &/or how to display it. I found some via google but they just don’t seem to display for whatever reason.
After adding one of the two new machines to my network I am faced with the issue of the best way to expand my network. I would love feedback from some of you network admins or those more familiar with the services I’m looking at. Below is my current network setup + ideas for expansion:
Currently I run my hosting via a single machine, server1. It handles apache, php, mysql, etc + email via postfix. server2 is basically a mirror of server1 receiving a nightly rsync & mysqldump to keep the web end of things up to date incase of a crash, etc. It also has postfix configured to take over if needed but doesn’t & hasn’t handled any live traffic.
I was thinking of setting up one of these two new machines as a DNS server. From what I understand this would be the best way for me to expand my web servers (ie; serve sites from multiple machines as need grows). I would also like to transfer email service to a dedicated machine to help spread out the load. I suppose this could be handled via DNS or basic port-forwarding, I’m not much worried about that.
My concern lies in user management. Lets say I setup server1 & server2 to be strictly web servers. If I create a user on server1 or server2 and they go to server3 for email, how are these user accounts going to be universal? Is this thru LDAP/NIS? If so would I, perhaps, dedicate a machine to DNS + LDAP/NIS? Also, do the users need to be created on the LDAP server or would the server reflect changes on each client as well?
Looks like I’m moving into some new territory with this but that’s how we all learn I guess. What suggestions does everyone have for expansion?
I picked up two new (new to me) machines this evening. Big wave over to Steve. He picked up a PIII from a BYU liquidation and later decided he didn’t need it so I picked it up. I guess it was a Buy 1 Get 1 sale because he threw in a PII as well. I’ll definitely find a use for these machines. The only question now is what to name them? So far my network names are based on shape/size or color. Already in the family:
I suppose I could come up with a new naming scheme.. or I’ll have to think of something to call these new machines. What does everyone else use to name their machines? I’ve heard of things ranging from animal names to cities.
These are both white. PIII and PII…
Hey Steve, did you have names for these? I suppose if I adopt a machine I could have the courtesy of keeping its given name. 
I know it has been a few days since the official release but I realized I hadn’t made any mention of it. Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Beta is now available for download. Some major updates are available in this new version of Ubuntu. If you’re able to help with continued testing please upgrade and help make it the best it can be. Also, if you can spare the bandwidth please help share the .torrents so everyone is able to get a copy. Below are some key updates.
For more Information checkout this link. (additional links & screenshots included)
So my sister brought over her notebook today and told me it had stopped working.? She said it just gave some error about grub and that’s it.
Well, I’ve been messing with it all day and have come to the conclusion that the HDD is officially hosed.? I could not access it via DSL.? I couldn’t restore grub via Ubuntu + restore / live.? I used SpinRite, which found the disk, but also found a grip of errors.? I’ll admit it didn’t look good from the beginning but it turned out worse than I thought.? Normally I’m able to find a fix, but not in this case.
On the bright side she doesn’t want a broken laptop anymore and this thing runs great on DSL!? I may have just aquired a new laptop..? I’ll, of course, have to use DSL and a USB drive to do anything.? That’s fine.
What would be a good use for this machine?? Firewall? Router?
In response to another blog I recently came across (does anyone else notice we’re all getting ideas & commenting on each others blogs? Who needs /. anymore?) I decided to check out Performance Firefox. Nice little app that lets you post your blog entry from anywhere. This is the inagural post so we’ll see how well it works but so far its pretty nice.
I suppose it isn’t really hard to actually login to your blog to post something new but this makes it possible for us to be even more lazy! I’m finding more and more Firefox plugins that allow me to do almost everything just from my browser. Here are a few others that I use:
Maybe I’ll put together a ‘required plugin list’ like Aaron has (since he still hasn’t updated it to my knowlege) <nudge>
While I was at work and should have been working I found another cool program. This is in response to yesterdays post about Ampache. I installed it and indexed my collection overnight. I then realized the state of my id3 tags. What a mess! Some of them were empty. Others had incorrect or lacking information.
So, today I found MusicBrainz which scans, identifies and tags your collection for you. Of course it doesn’t always identify everything but it has found & tagged the majority of my collection. The remaining I can handle.
The only downside is its windows-based software (with Linux on the way). I know most of you have access (or closet access) to windows anyway. You’ll figure it out.
Today a friend sent me a link to Ubuntu Center which looks pretty sweet. It wraps some useful apps together and provides a central place to manage your pictures, audio, downloads, uploads, calendar, etc.
It uses, for example, TorrentFlux to manage the downloads and Ampache to handle your audio collection. It does look like a great app overall & I hope it gets some continued development.
What I’m wondering though is how Ampache compares with Gnump3d. I’ve been using the latter for some months and am perfectly happy with it. Does Ampache have features lacking in Gnump3d? If anyone knows I’d appreciate a comparison.
I’ve been trying to re-write some code to implement a search function in a php app I put together. I can’t quite get it & I’m sure its something simple. If anyone wants to take a look and tell me what stupid little mistake I made I would appreciate it.
You can see the code in the pastebin link below
http://christer.pastebin.com/668595
(yes, this means you openclue.org readers. Who else reads our blogs? honestly?)
Our good friend Google is up to it again with the release of another service. Today I came across Google Calendar which I can say I will most likely use a lot. I get busy enough that a planner definitely helps me keep things straight. Between school, work and projects I can hardly keep track of which way is up!
Of course Google Calendar works with your existing google account. Check it out!