The time has come for a new Macintosh operating system. Mac OS X 10.6, or Snow Leopard as the cool kids call it, will arrive in stores this coming Friday and bring a host of new features with it. The name of the OS differs very little from 10.5, which was just Leopard, and that [...]
Entries from August 2009
Snow Leopard arrives (this Friday)
August 27th, 2009 · No Comments
Category: Thoughts
Building a Ubuntu fileserver: The Software
August 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment
After planning and building a Ubuntu-based fileserver, it’s time to add software to the mix, so that the computer does the work it was originally meant for. In the case with my command-line only server, the software I added was for file sharing and media serving. The software I’m explaining here was all installed via [...]
Category: Ubuntu
Get nice emails from WordPress
August 11th, 2009 · No Comments
This is a quick tip about WordPress blog emails. Ever since this blog was started, I received emails about comments from my webhost default address. It was ugly looking and didn’t provide any details about who really sent the comment. The solution is to create an email account on your server with the address wordpress@domain.com [...]
Category: Wordpress
D-Link PowerLine Adapters: Electric networking
August 10th, 2009 · No Comments
As home networks become larger and larger, new technology will be required to get gadgets connected that are sprinkled around the house. D-Link, along with other manufacturers, has recognized that many electronics now require internet connectivity, but are either not wireless, or located next to an ethernet plug. A possible solution to this problem is [...]
Category: Hardware
