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[avconv] Convert WMV to MP4
I just came across a great tool for converting .wmv files to .mp4 and various other formats. I needed to perform this this conversion because either my Panasonic DLNA equipped TV could not playback .wmv files or it is the … Continue reading
[QNAP] New NAS — TS-569L-US: Just Ordered!
My QNAP will be delivered this week, in time to start the new year (2013) off right! During my waiting period I started searching for the right memory module to upgrade from 1GB to a total (max) of 3GB. The … Continue reading
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[2012 in review] Site Stats
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see Jay-Z perform. This blog was viewed about 86,000 times in 2012. If it were … Continue reading
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[Puppet] Adding The Schema for Storing Node Definitions In LDAP
Puppet allows the storage of node information in LDAP. For this write-up I will detail how to configure an Oracle Directory Server to store node information that can later be used by a puppet server for the retrieval of node … Continue reading
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[Solaris 11 Express] Configuring Samba via ZFS for use in ActiveDirectory
“Eh, I checked everywhere! I cannot find that smb.conf. Where could it have gone!?” And I thought he was lying when a colleague of mine mentioned this, trying to enable samba. Well, I checked and could not find any trace … Continue reading
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[Perl] It is never too late to learn!
All these years and I have never had the need to seriously learn perl until now. While searching for a good beginners guide I was particularly interested in a decent Computer Based Training (CBT), but that was hard to come … Continue reading
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[GnuCash] MacPorts Compile
Finally! Just finished with the compilation and installation of GnuCash using macports on my PowerBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.5.8: Now, that took long enough — one hour and forty five minutes! Thought I would share. -;)
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[AIX] DBX Installation
‘Free’ online packages of the AIX debugging tool, dbx, are hard to find. In fact, I do not believe it is freely available unless someone copies it from their installation medium and places it online. My searches turned up nothing. … Continue reading
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[TR-069] Verizon FiOS Uses It — But So What?
I became interested in TR-069 after figuring out my Verizon FiOS router had the capability to be remotely managed by it, allowing my mind to wonder about a couple of “what-if” situations. However, I can see the benefits of this … Continue reading
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[Verizon FiOS] Using Juniper’s SSG 5 As The Main Router
Using a Juniper SSG5 w/ ScreenOS as the main router for the Verizon FiOS service provides a number of features and benefits over using Verizon’s own wireless router. Some of which are: Built-in antivirus, antispam and web filtering, allowing for … Continue reading
