10 weeks
// May 25th, 2007 // No Comments » // Truck
10 weeks and still no *&(*#&(#*$ truck.
Archive for May, 2007
Logitech v270 Bluetooth
// May 21st, 2007 // 2 Comments » // Hardware, Linux
For years I have used a USB wireless mouse with my laptops. I just can't seem to get used to a touchpad. The drawback, however, is that a USB wireless mouse always has some sort of USB dongle to deal with. I'm not always careful and I have been known to bust up USB ports.
Enter the
Logitech v270 bluetooth mouse. It is all but identical to my old Logitech wireless mouse, without the dongle. After a bit of researching and a few module recompiles, I got the new mouse working perfectly with my new Gentoo based, ahem, Macbook.
I didn’t buy it. It’s a work loaner. Shut up, it runs Gentoo and it was free, for now.
Wordpress upgrade
// May 18th, 2007 // No Comments » // Server Stuff
Once again, it was time to upgrade all of the wordpress installs on the server to the newest, 2.2 release. I can’t express enough how easy this is. Untar the new tarball right over the current install, login to the admin interface, let the system upgrade the database for you, and done. I’ve never [knocking on wood] had a problem or a failure. You gotta love wordpress.
Lost
// May 17th, 2007 // No Comments » // TV
I am really getting behind. The Lost episodes are really starting to pile up on my MythTV server. I still have 2 or 3 episodes of season 2 on DVD to watch yet as well. I really have to get myself in gear.
I love geek references
// May 12th, 2007 // 2 Comments » // General Nonsense
$ sudo emerge -pu world
We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:
#1) Respect the privacy of others.
#2) Think before you type.
#3) With great power comes great responsibility.
Hrm. Where does #3 come from? What do you think?
Fridays
// May 12th, 2007 // No Comments » // General Nonsense
It is Friday night (well technically now it is Saturday morning). That means update time. I generally update all of the main servers at work on a Friday night. Linux servers, Windows servers, the whole works. We used to do it during the week, but it really wasn’t worth the effort. Several of the server applications that we run needed all open files (on the network) to be closed. That’s really tough to do during the day, when 800+ machines are logged in and using their home directories.
I can suck it up and take care of business late at night. Or morning.
Akismet
// May 7th, 2007 // 5 Comments » // General Nonsense
Please, do yourself a favor. If you are running a WordPress blog, install Akismet now:
Akismet has caught 2,026 spam for you since you first installed it.
Trust me. It catches nearly ALL comment spam.
Long day
// May 1st, 2007 // No Comments » // General Nonsense, Truck
I was on the road by 5:55am this morning. The folks are offering some training for “IT staff” on our new Apples. Let’s just say that so far, I’m not overly impressed with the whole deal. It, so far, is really no easier (or harder, to be fair) then administrating a Windows computer in a medium sized, multi-user environment. Period. Anyone that says any different is wrong.
Either that or they have no idea how to effectively manage Windows computers.
Such is life. Enough computer talk. I again stopped in to the car dealer on the way home, and got some more bad news. The truck, which was supposed to be here today, or tomorrow at the absolute latest, will now “be here in 7-10 days.”
I’m not sure how to take this. At first, I was pretty peeved. But the less time I have to park a shiny new truck in my ghetto parking lot is really for the best. This also gives my money more time to still be my money. That is also always a plus.
It ALSO gives me more time to rack up more miles on my Durango. What do I care, I won’t own it soon…
