It’s been a while since I last looked at my AT&T Global Network Client on Ubuntu article (primarily because I never actually used the article when I worked at IBM). Anyway, at some point AT&T reorganized their FTP server, breaking the download link – The rest of the article is still valid....
Most users are either using their ISP’s nameservers, running their own recursive nameserver (like me) or using a free alternative like OpenDNS or Google DNS. But which is better? Enter namebench: It hunts down the fastest DNS servers available for your computer to use. namebench runs a fair and thorough benchmark using your web browser history, tcpdump output, or standardized datasets in order to provide an individualized recommendation. namebench is completely free and does not modify your system in any way...
Once again my ISP screwed me over, resulting in the website being offline from 2/12-09 (around 9:30) to 3/12-09 (around 20:00). Telenor never gave me a real reason for shutting down my line (there have been several reasons but none of them seem to make real sense). I know I will be switching my ADSL provider soon and I will probably find a better hosting facility than a server on an ADSL connection....
Oldie but goodie. We work weird (night) shifts - Just like prostitutes They pay you to make the client happy - Just like prostitutes The client pays a lot of money, but your employer keeps almost every penny - Just like prostitutes You are rewarded for fulfilling the client’s dreams - Just like prostitutes Your friends fall apart and you end up hanging out with people in the same profession as you - Just like prostitutes When you have to meet the client you always have to be perfectly groomed - Just like prostitutes But when you go back home it seems like you are coming back from hell - Just like prostitutes The client always wants to pay less but expects incredible things from you - Just like prostitutes When people ask you about your job, you have difficulties to explain it - Just like prostitutes Everyday when you wake up, you say: “I’m not going to spend the rest of my life doing this - Just like prostitutes ...
I know there are lots of different backup tools for Linux and that many people recommend Mondo Rescue but I have never been able to make it work properly (my last attempt resulted in 8 DVD images totaling 31 GB – The source of the backup was 140GB), no doubt my own fault. So I decided to write down how I made backup and bare-metal restore using rdiff-backup work for my own future reference; and what better place to write it down than in my own blog :)...
I want to use ISO-8859-15 instead of UTF-8 because I use IRC a lot. For some reason the tip I posted a long time ago does not work in Ubuntu Karmic Koala (the trick was to add the correct locale and then selecting it from GDM). This seems to do the trick. After adding your locale to /var/lib/locales/supported.d/local like so en_DK ISO-8859-15 regenerate locates $ sudo locale-gen --purge The next step is to change the locale globally...
Background In the past I have written a couple of articles on how to run Windows applications using SeamlessRDP and Sun xVM (Virtualbox) and [Linux KVM](http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Main_Page Linux KVM) (Kernel-based Virtual Machine). After reviewing both articles I have decided to write a new article encompassing both hypervisors and correcting some of the mistakes I have found as well improvements made by a couple of guys who have done quite a deal of testing: Thomas Hansson and Peter Clarén....
I just stumbled upon this cool video. A guy who calls himself Swede Mason has made a song using clips featuring Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson as a sort of “beat box”. The video is hilarious and really well made. Enjoy....