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VMware – RHEL / CentOS 6.2 – Network Issues

dbcooper — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:19:38 +0000

Howdy folks, I just grabbed CentOS 6.2 (don’t know if it’s an issue in 6.0, 6.1), but an installation with the “Basic Server” within VMware Fusion 4.1.1 delivered no IP address etc. when leaving DHCP/NAT as the default. Finding: Seems, either something is goofed in the dhclient or NetworkManager (now default for RHEL 6.x). Fix: [...]

SNORT Subscriptions for the rest of us!

dbcooper — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:17:50 +0000

Just wanted to point out that SourceFire allows us common folks to purchase official SNORT VRT licenses on the cheap. At the tune of $29.00 a year, yeah, I’m game. http://www.snort.org/ Have fun!

Quick overview: H vs S vs E IPS monitors

dbcooper — Sun, 29 May 2011 10:37:16 +0000

If your looking for a new monitor and want the very best for graphic/design usage you may want to look into an IPS display. Obviously, Apples 27 inch is sweet, but unless your a dedicated Mac user, you may want to look else where. However, I think they are the only ones with a 27 [...]

WordPress and jQuery issues

willc — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:44:56 +0000

First, I don’t remember where I found this along the way, but this is a smart and efficient way to include jQuery in your WordPress themes. Just add this to your theme’s functions.php file: // ADDING JQUERY add_action( ‘init’, ‘jquery_register’ ); add_filter( ‘script_loader_src’, ‘jquery_unversion’ ); function jquery_register() { if ( !is_admin() ) { wp_deregister_script( ‘jquery’ [...]

Apple Mail “smtp.xxxx.com:xxxxx” offline

dbcooper — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:50:52 +0000

I have 2 gmail accounts configured under “Mail” and over the last few days 1 of my accounts when sending a new email shows the “smtp.gmail.com:xxxxx” as “Offline”, if I forced a send from it, I would have to type my password in again. Then it would send, but go back offline. Even when re-setting [...]

Install missing GarageBand Content (loops etc.)

dbcooper — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:24:23 +0000

When you’ve missed installing the GarageBand Extra Content (I.E. “GarageBand Instruments and Apple Loops”) for whatever reason, and when GarageBand DOES NOT give you the option to install from DVD when clicking on a non-installed loop/synth etc, then you can try the following. YMMV Note: iLife 11 doesn’t seem to have the extras on the [...]

$600.00 – Sandy Bridge Desktop

dbcooper — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:30:42 +0000

Howdy folks, been a long time…… Any who, I thought I would bring back another round of “High End Desktop for a Low End Price”, this time, I’m tossing a fresh Sandy Bridge build out there. While my last article was pretty detailed this one will be short and sweet, but at least it will [...]

iTunes App Store Category ID’s

willc — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:45:16 +0000

I’ve been developing a web app that queries the iTunes Store database. Apple doesn’t make it easy to find out category ID’s, so I figured this might save someone some time now that I have done them all. 6000 – Business 6001 – Weather 6002 – Utilities 6003 – Travel 6004 – Sports 6005 – [...]

Firefox 4 beta 1

willc — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:26:40 +0000

Mozilla released the first beta version of Firefox 4, for public review. Version 4 of the browser is due out towards the end of the year, but you can try out the beta now by grabbing it from the nightly build page. I’ve been using it for a few hours, and I do believe it [...]

Encrypted Google Search

willc — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:06:53 +0000

This seems to have flown under the radar in recent weeks, but Google has launched a Beta site for using their search services over SSL. I have it set to my default Google search page now. Google SSL Same URL as usual, just use https instead of http.