Posted on September 11, 2013 in Technology tagged System Administration
Last week, I setup my own mail server using Postfix, Dovecot, and Horde. The only problem I have with this setup is there’s no way to update Postfix’s aliases directly from Horde. This may not really seem like a problem, however I have several email addresses with new …
Posted on September 6, 2013 in Technology tagged System Administration
I setup 4 DNS servers on Monday using RamNode and BuyVM, and have been monitoring the performance of them since then. I am running PowerDNS with MySQL backends, replicated from the Atlanta node to all other nodes using MySQL master-slave replication. Additionally, the Atlanta node is running Poweradmin.
The physical …
Posted on August 6, 2013 in Technology tagged Software Development
GitHub is an awesome place to share source code with others. They have a great UI, free repositories, a good social aspect, and even a place for private projects in exchange for a pittance. They seem to have taken over the open-source code-hosting industry, for the most part, and left …
Posted on May 7, 2013 in Technology tagged System Administration
I noticed this today when I was updating Java. This kind of additional software doesn't belong in Java, let alone updates for Java. I realize that Java is free, however it's an essential piece of software maintained by a company that otherwise makes billions of dollars a year.
Posted on April 14, 2013 in Technology tagged Android
I managed to get CyanogenMod installed on my Verizon Galaxy Note 2 after several hours of searching, downloading, and installing. There were a few things that didn’t work right with the stock ROM which were bothering me, such as voice dialing when the screen is locked (S Voice won …
