wall

Ever wondered how to setup a firewall using Ubuntu Server edition? No? Then you’ll be pretty bored, so I suggest you stop reading now. If you answered yes, keep going. For my purposes, I’ve used the webmin firewall section, mostly to avoid learning iptables, or even something like shorewall. This was written using version 9.10, […]

spatents

I’m sure I’ve probably ranted about software patents before, but this is just blatantly ridiculous. Microsoft has patented a method to elevate a user’s privileges. Now, I know the exact dialog box they are trying to protect, and I realize it functions just a tiny bit different than a normal ‘sudo’ command on Linux or Mac. However, […]

stereotypic

I should be going to bed, but my head is still going too fast. Maybe by the time I’m done here, it will slow down. A comment on someone’s Facebook post this morning sent my brain into full gear. The issue at hand was why Christian bands charge money (or perhaps charge too much sometimes) […]

unthawed

This how-to assumes you’ve already read and followed most of Frozen. As mentioned in the previous article, this how-to is for Ubuntu 9.04. Once you have icecast and liveice working, you may want to use mp3’s as your source instead of live audio from your soundcard. The relevant bits are in liveice.cfg: SERVER hostnameofserver PORT […]