Category Archives: Linux

So Bored With Computing… I Built My Own Web Server

By C.G. | Published: October 5, 2007

Wow! My first post using WordPress 2.3! Anyway… Besides doing the automated install of WordPress 2.3, my computing life has been pretty boring. I have no new gadgets to keep me busy and no cool programs to toy with. All I’ve been doing with my computer is the normal web surfing, iTunes listening, and working [...]

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Inspired to Backup

By C.G. | Published: April 11, 2007

Over the weekend, I managed to backup my entire music directory to my hosting provider, DreamHost. I was inspired by Michael Lee’s aptly titled article on How to Backup Your Mac to a DreamHost Server and while I didn’t do all the technical coding work, I managed back up my music files nonetheless. If you [...]

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Running in Parallels

By C.G. | Published: March 3, 2007

When I heard the announcement that Parallels had released another (and final) version of their OS virtualization software, I decided to give it a try. The way I figure, the $80 or so it costs will pale in comparison to the headache I would feel if I got rid of my PC. Now I don’t [...]

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Re-Install Log

By C.G. | Published: October 26, 2006

Ok… I’m chronicling my re-install effrorts because it isn’t going as smoothly as I would want it to. 9:59: Re-install attempt number two is, so far, going well after the first attempt failed. For some reason, the partitioner couldn’t install the OS after it changed the partitions. A reboot seemed to help. 10:17: HD install [...]

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