by Zaptoid | Nov 7, 2011 | Arb
No matter where you look around you, you can feel the end of the year rush.
People are bumping into each other in shopping malls. People are losing their patience during traffic hours a lot faster. If you listen carefully, you can hear a slight buzz in the air.
At the office it’s getting insanely busy. Every body is pushing to get their work done. Even though the sun is setting a little later every night, most people are getting home after dark. When I was a child, this time of year you could feel school was coming to and end the holidays were about to start. Through the years I’ve come to understand that December through to January belong to my clients.
This is the time just before people get jolly and realize that it’s time to buy all the needy little bastards…er I mean children presents. It’s such a weird concept, Christmas. It’s the time of the year where you feel compelled to be kind and good natured. It’s that odd slice of the year where prices of toys have their own unique little place in space and time.
However, when you’re a child, Christmas is the best time of the year. There are lights, there’s music everywhere, people look happy. There are promises and comfort all around you. When you’re a child, Christmas is awesome.
I started this post with a specific topic in mind, but due to some new stash intake, the topic eludes me.
So, instead have a look at my new stash. This will last me beyond new year!
by Zaptoid | Nov 4, 2011 | Arb
It is with deep regret that I type this post.
After a year of faithful service, my maulling sieve has finally packed up.
I have been through a lot with this old bugger and he’s done more of his share of separating the twigs, seeds and stalks from the good stuff. I figured I’d say goodbye in style by showing the world his last day:
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He will be missed!
by Zaptoid | Nov 3, 2011 | HowTo
One of the most common Apache2 questions I’ve seen on Debian mailing lists is from users who wonder how to host multiple websites with a single server. This is very straightforward, especially with the additional tools the Debian package provides.
There are many different ways you can configure Apache to host multiple sites, ranging from the simple to the complex. Here we’re only going to cover the basics with the use of the NameVirtualHost directive. The advantage of this approach is that you don’t need to hard-wire any IP addresses, and it will just work. The only thing you need is for your domain names to resolve to the IP address of your webserver.
For example if you have an Apache server running upon the IP address 192.168.1.1 and you wish to host the three sites example.com, example.net, and example.org you’ll need to make sure that these names resolve to the IP address of your server.
(This might mean that you need example.com and www.example.com to resolve to the same address. However that is a choice you’ll need to make for yourself).
Since we’ll be hosting multiple websites on the same host it makes a lot of sense to be very clear on the location of each sites files upon the filesystem. The way I suggest you manage this is to create a completely seperate document root, cgi-bin directory, and logfile directory for each host. You can place these beneath the standard Debian prefix of /var/www or you may use a completely different root – I use /home/www.
If you’ve not already done create the directories to contain your content, etc, as follows:
root@irony:~# mkdir /home/www
root@irony:~# mkdir /home/www/www.example.com
root@irony:~# mkdir /home/www/www.example.com/htdocs
root@irony:~# mkdir /home/www/www.example.com/cgi-bin
root@irony:~# mkdir /home/www/www.example.com/logs
root@irony:~# mkdir /home/www/www.example.net
root@irony:~# mkdir /home/www/www.example.net/htdocs
root@irony:~# mkdir /home/www/www.example.net/logs
root@irony:~# mkdir /home/www/www.example.net/cgi-bin
root@irony:~# mkdir /home/www/www.example.org
root@irony:~# mkdir /home/www/www.example.org/htdocs
root@irony:~# mkdir /home/www/www.example.org/logs
root@irony:~# mkdir /home/www/www.example.org/cgi-bin
Here we’ve setup three different directory trees, one for each site. If you wanted to have identical content it might make sense to only create one, and then use symbolic links instead.
The next thing to do is to enable virtual hosts in your Apache configuration. The simplest way to do this is to create a file called /etc/apache2/conf.d/virtual.conf and include the following content in it:
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by Zaptoid | Nov 2, 2011 | HowTo, Technologhy
I ran into this problem last week.
Here’s the solution:
To install this, please follow the steps below;
Unlock code: They gave the unlock code.
Windows computer:
1) Right click your mouse on the desktop of your computer, then select “New“, then select “Text Document“. This will place a new text document icon on your desktop
2) Double click on the newly created Text Document icon on the desktop to open the text document window
3) Copy the above unlock code into the document.
4) Click “File”, then “Save as”
5) In the “Save as” dialogue box, change the file name to gmapprom.unl
6) Change the “Save as type” to “All files“, then save the document and close it
7) You should see the file “gmapprom.unl” on your desktop as an icon
8 ) Right click on the gmapprom.unl file on the desktop and then select “copy”
9) Plug your Garmin device into your computer and then open “My Computer” or “Computer” This will show the devices attached to the computer
10) Double click on the Garmin or Nuvi drive to access the files on the GPS.
11) Right click on the Garmin folder and then select “paste” to past the gmapprom.unl file into the Garmin file folder.
12) Safely disconnect your Garmin device from the computer electronically before disconnecting the cable.
13) Disconnect the USB cable, then power the GPS on…..
Any questions? Drop me a mail.
by Zaptoid | Oct 29, 2011 | Campaigns, Twitter
It has been brought to my attention that not everyone is bringing their side to the Follow @Dnoch Campaign.
This is not good.
So, in light of that, a New campaign has been started. Either follow @Dnoch on Twitter or the below kitten dies.
Look at the image, feel the image, live the image:
Follow @Dnoch or the kitten dies.
What a beautiful kitten, right? So cute, so alive.
Here’s the deal, skippy:
Either follow @Dnoch on Twitter.com or we replace the cute little kitty teddy with this:
Your move, buddy.
