Today, I got my hands on Raspberry Pi. I was able to get a Debian image working on a 1GB SD card, but that wasn’t all I did. After my initial boot I installed open-ssh, mysql client and server, lighttpd, and php. I even took this to the next level and installed WordPress. it’s not something I’d use to […]
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IP address blocking by country
I bumped into a site that seems to keep track of address info on a country by country basis. Find them here: http://ipinfodb.com/ip_country_block.php#blocklist they claim to update the database monthly. This may be useful one day.
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How to remove Google+ hangout apps
Log into your Google account and find your way to your Google+ Next click on settings (gear icon), which take you into the accounts area Click on security, then click edit on Authorizing applications and sites Locate the Google+ hangout app you would like to remove (revoke access) Click Revoke Access The application should now […]
I wanted to determine which version of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 was running on one of my servers. So I opened up SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), and ran the following command as a new query window: SELECT SERVERPROPERTY (‘productversion’), SERVERPROPERTY (‘productlevel’), SERVERPROPERTY (‘edition’) The following results are returned: -The product version (for example, 10.0.1600.22) -The […]
Hello Friends This time around I will provide some details on setting up the PS3 Media Server software on your Linux/Ubuntu install. This time the steps have been simplified. So please follow my steps and you should be up and running in no time at all. Step 1. – Install Ubuntu Server or Desktop (I […]
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Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day
System Administrator Appreciation Day is on the Last Friday of July. Always has been on the Last Friday of July. It has never been on any other day of the week or any other month. It has never been on a Saturday. Whatever day the last Friday of July is in your own country, as long as it is the Last […]