IT Thugs Web Development Blog http://www.itthugs.com Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:20:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 ItThugshttp://feedburner.google.com Parallels and Ubuntu 9.04- Attack of the Clones http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItThugs/~3/7Pmymix-3cs/ http://www.itthugs.com/2009/06/parallels-and-ubuntu-attack-of-the-clones/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:36:06 +0000 Dan Williams http://www.itthugs.com/?p=150 Lets say your like me. And when you have a spare moment you like to setup clusters of Ubuntu machines to test out different HA systems and techniques. Okay so your not like me but you like the idea of being able to quickly clone a that Parallels Ubuntu machine you’ve painstakingly setup.

Like any sane person would do when you see the ‘clone’ command in Parallels you think your problems are solved and its almost Mojito time. #FAIL. You start your newly cloned VM and its network card sits lifeless. It’s tube inexplicably tied. Fear not because the solution is simple!

Problem

Your Ubuntu machines MAC Address has changed so it can no longer properly initialize its network card.

Solution

Removing the file containing the conflicting MAC addresses will force the system to regenerate the file with the proper settings.

Before shutting your system down to be cloned, or in my case turned into a Template, simply run this command to delete the file.

rm -fR /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules

On next boot your system will notice its absence, regenerate it, and your off to the races, or at least connected to your network again.

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Five Great Podcasts

This is the first part of our Web Professional Series. Periodically we’ll highlight tools, resources, tips and tricks we use that will hopefully help you in your day-to-day adventures as a web professional.

Most of the podcasts listed here are updated weekly/bi-weekly and cover a large array of topics from coding best practices, design trends and new emerging technologies to social media, Internet marketing, search engine optimization and all topics in-between.

  • Boagworld – If you only have time for one podcast, make it Boagworld. With over 130 podcasts available, Paul Boag (and company) cover a large variety of topics ideal for web professionals of all backgrounds and skill levels (from design, development, usability, accessibility to best practices and search engine optimization). Boagworld also features interviews from industry professionals and technology reviews.
  • Webmaster Radio – You can stream audio from their website or subscribe to particular channels: advertising, Internet marketing, search engine optimization and conferences to name a few.
  • The Web 2.0 Show – Hosted by Josh Owens and Adam Stacoviak, The Web 2.0 Show is an interview format podcast about emerging technologies.
  • Rookie Designer Podcast – A design podcast for web professionals of all skill levels hosted Adam Hay.
  • Web Axe – A web accessibility podcast hosted by Dennis Lembree and Ross Johnson covering accessibility guidelines, technology and  interviews with industry professionals.

For those new to podcasts, you’ll need a podcast receiver: Juice (I fancy this one), Primetime and Ziepod are good ones.

]]> http://www.itthugs.com/2008/09/podcasts-you-should-subscribe-to-right-now/feed/ 1 http://www.itthugs.com/2008/09/podcasts-you-should-subscribe-to-right-now/ Allow Us to Reintroduce Ourselves http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItThugs/~3/5ms-aUwIZ2c/ http://www.itthugs.com/2008/09/allow-us-to-reintroduce-ourselves/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:22:11 +0000 Dan and Jamie http://www.itthugs.com/?p=39 A true IT Thug

A true IT Thug

Hello there and welcome to the personal Web development blog of Dan Williams and Jamie Gerrard – the original Information Technology Thugs aka IT Thugs. Hard to believe this blog has been 15 years in the making… which is funny considering “blogging”, officially, is just over 11 years old (we don’t count the Pre-HTTP days: 1983-1990).

Why read our Web development blog?

We’ll be blogging about our travels through the Web development world; from jumping on bandwagons (Yay Ruby on Rails) to Web standards, SEO, mobile presence techniques and dealing with interoffice/client relationships. On top of that, we’ll feed you all the tidbits we encounter along the way, so you’ll know what tools we use to do what we do. And you know imitation is the highest form of flattery.

Cheers,
Dan and Jamie

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