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I can't decided if blogging is good in that people can share ideas and speak their mind, or it is bad for the same reasons.

Ubuntu 11 and NVidia 173 Woes

Ubuntu 11.10 and NVidia-173 A Difficult Combo I just recently decided to upgrade from Linux Mint 8, to Ubuntu 11.10 (in anticipation of 12.04's release next month.) Ubuntu made a ton of changes to startup, and how things get running.  That AND I'm running a really CHEAP KVM (a device for sharing a single keyboard, monitor mouse for up to 4 machines.)  The KVM I have has a major flaw... it does not properly pass the monitor information to NON-Windows Operating systems. The...

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Fun with FreeBSD Servers

FreeBSD Servers  I recently discovered BSD and have since fallen in love with it.  It is everything I hoped Linux would be... and wasn't. In my adventures in BSD Land, I have attempted to configure a few servers for personal/public use, and here is my most recent concoction in an attempt to develop a "BASE" BSD server install.   I started with FreeBSD 9.0 install cd and performed a text book install. (nothing special) First I used portsnap to download the latest...

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Codeigniter and Zend Framework Simple thoughts

Ok, the question which framework is not fair.  It is like asking what is better a hammer or a drill.  Well it depends on what you are trying to do. I have been studying the Zend Framework for the last few days, and I'm trying to brush up on it and get familiar with it, as my work is considering moving to a set of web apps that is integrated with Zend Framework.   As a progamer who likes small simple and "targeted" programs Zend Framework seems like such overkill....

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Shell Scripting in PHP

Shell Scripting in PHP Since I originally learned PHP (back when it was version 3) I always knew that you could enter an interactive mode of PHP, and even call php via the command line.  I never thought about it, as a web developer I rarely needed it (except a few odd cron jobs).  But recently I have come across some tasks that involved a lot of relatively complex and not so straight forward actions that were very difficult to accomplish via BASH.  (Yes it could be done......

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Back on Track

For those of you who keep up with me, I am no longer working as an independant contractor.  I have taken a full time position with an established firm, and am very thrilled to be part of a team.  I will continue to develop and grow this website as I have time, but I will no longer be talking contract offers.  And my portfolio will shift more to personal projects that I would like to invest my time in becoming more of a semi-professional blog and technological playground. I have several...

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