Monthly Archives: December 2008

Slik Pro 780DX – it’s HUGE!

Posted on Wed 31st December, 2008 by Lewis

I got home last night and my new acquisition had arrived. Just after Christmas I decided to order a Slik Pro 780DX Tripod kit from Morris Photo after reading good reviews in Photo Plus Canon Edition. When I ordered, I … Continue reading →

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VSFTPD, chroot, mount –bind & fstab

Posted on Tue 30th December, 2008 by Lewis

While I’m still setting up my new Fedora server, today’s task was getting an FTP server up and running. I wanted the same kind of functionality with VSFTPD as I had with Serv-U on my old Windows Server but, as … Continue reading →

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Fedora 10, 4GB, PAE

Posted on Wed 24th December, 2008 by Lewis

So after recently installing Fedora 10 on a half decent machine and running VMWare Server 2.0, I discovered I didn’t really have enough memory in the host machine. A measly 2GB was blitzed by a couple of Windows Server 2003 … Continue reading →

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Fedora 10 – Being geeky

Posted on Wed 24th December, 2008 by Lewis

I’ve been running my own mail server for quite some time now and also hosting some apps and what not from a Windows Server 2003 box gathering dust in my basement. Recently I decided it was time to put some … Continue reading →

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Logic 1 – UK Government (Stasi) 14

Posted on Thu 4th December, 2008 by Lewis

It’s a small win but hopefully has significant ramifications for the ID card and DNA databases that our democratically elected government believes will stop all crime and keep all terrorists in check (they wish). The European Court of Human Rights … Continue reading →

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New toys :) Samsung NC-10!

Posted on Tue 2nd December, 2008 by Lewis

About a month ago a colleague was looking in to buying a netbook. I’d been toying with the idea of a portable computer for a long while and ummed and ahh’d about a new laptop for an age. I’d bought … Continue reading →

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