I love the open source community
As many of you know, I’m a true Debian fanatic. Some even say I’m a Debian nut head, borderline evangelist. And mark my words, to call me an evangelist is something truly unique, seeing how my feelings...
View ArticleIn Thailand living the sweet life
As most of you know, I went to Thailand about a week ago. Since then, I’ve enjoyed lots of the local beer brews as well as the more common known beer types. I’ve been on the beach, swimming around in...
View ArticleBack in black (again)
Hello guys, I’m back again. This time with yet another host, yet another country, yet another layout. I seem to refresh myself whenever I get things back on its feet. This time my good friend Marc...
View ArticleXmasB quotes and BOFH fortunes for WordPress
This is one of those posts that I know will have a very limited audience. To the left, you see a block with random BOFH quotes, which I find rather amusing. I’ve always found them entertaining, and...
View ArticleEnjoying life in the sun
Ah man, what a wonderful day. Not only has the sun been out the last few days, with a crystal clear blue sky, but it’s been rather warm as well. At the most today, we had a whooping 28 degrees Celsius,...
View ArticleWordPress for mobile phones
If you’re anything like me, you may have asked yourself the question; “How do I make my WordPress blog available for users with a mobile phone?”. Well, I did after I visited my blog with my mobile...
View Article“Gay” gamer banned by XBox Live!
The other day, a XBox 360 user by the name of Grant was banned from using XBox Live after his gamer tag “theGAYERgamer” was reported as being offensive by fellow gamers. Grant of course was somewhat...
View ArticleSony denies repair of a Playstation 3
We all know that major corporations at time are really hard to deal with being your average common man. That when you try to take on a company of big size to get something fixed, or just a comment on...
View ArticleValve and Steam forces Europeans to pay in Euros
As some of you might have noticed, my real life has taken precedence over my blogging the last half year. Ever after having started my current job, it’s been a long process to adjust to a new life...
View Articlegoosh installer for Debian and Ubuntu
Yesterday, a guy came into #debian @ Undernet, asking for help on how to install goosh on his Apache server in Debian. I had heard about the goosh project in the past, but nothing more than that. Being...
View ArticleMake time for yourself
This is a rather personal post, but after having seen this picture on Facebook and read the related article over at The Washington Post, my fingers started reacting. What was only meant to be a short...
View ArticleHowto install redmine on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Preface What is redmine? Redmine is a flexible project management web application. Written using the Ruby on Rails framework, it is cross-platform and cross-database. What does that really mean though?...
View ArticleHowto set up a backup MX for Zimbra in Ubuntu/Debian
Have you ever wanted to set up a backup mail exchanger (MX) for your main Zimbra installation? Recently, I had this need for two of my Zimbra installations. Of course, if you run the enterprise version...
View Articlegoosh installer for Debian and Ubuntu
Yesterday, a guy came into #debian @ Undernet, asking for help on how to install goosh on his Apache server in Debian. I had heard about the goosh project in the past, but nothing more than that. Being...
View ArticleMake time for yourself
Joshua Bell performing in Washington DC Metro Station This is a rather personal post, but after having seen this picture on Facebook and read the related article over at The Washington Post, my fingers...
View ArticleHowto install Redmine on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Preface What is redmine? Redmine is a flexible project management web application. Written using the Ruby on Rails framework, it is cross-platform and cross-database. What does that really mean though?...
View ArticleHowto set up a backup MX for Zimbra in Ubuntu/Debian
Have you ever wanted to set up a backup mail exchanger (MX) for your main Zimbra installation? Recently, I had this need for two of my Zimbra installations. Of course, if you run the enterprise version...
View ArticleAccessing MSSQL with perl in Ubuntu/Debian
Have you ever had the need to access a MSSQL database from Ubuntu/Debian via perl? Well, it’s rather easy once you have the right tools. All you need is to install a few things, edit a config file and...
View ArticleHowto install bindgraph in Ubuntu
This is a simple howto on getting bindgraph installed on your Ubuntu system. Bindgraph is a handy CGI tool written in perl that gathers statistics from your BIND9 installation, so see exactly what sort...
View ArticleEnergy
Energy It surrounds us It consumes us It’s everything and nothing From the painful birth At ground zero The biggest orgasm known The Big Bang The genesis of entirety The cradle of life From single...
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