Slightly OT: Bluetooth to replace USB?

2011-04-12 Thread Kimball Larsen
At work we develop devices that communicate over USB with custom software, and are considering replacing the USB link with a bluetooth one. Thought I'd ask here if anyone has experience with such a transition, and could recommend a particular hardware path or approach? We need something that

Re: Slightly OT: Bluetooth to replace USB?

2011-04-12 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Apr 12, 2011, at 1:46 PM, Jonathan Duncan wrote: On 12 Apr 2011, at 12:44, Kimball Larsen wrote: At work we develop devices that communicate over USB with custom software, and are considering replacing the USB link with a bluetooth one. Thought I'd ask here if anyone has

Re: Slightly OT: Bluetooth to replace USB?

2011-04-12 Thread Kimball Larsen
PM, Kimball Larsen kimb...@kimballlarsen.com wrote: At work we develop devices that communicate over USB with custom software, and are considering replacing the USB link with a bluetooth one. Thought I'd ask here if anyone has experience with such a transition, and could recommend

Re: Slightly OT: Bluetooth to replace USB?

2011-04-12 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Apr 12, 2011, at 2:30 PM, Steven Morrey wrote: Have you considered looking at something like this as a basis for transition? SYBA (SY-ADA23012) USB Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR Dongle, CSR Chipset

Hosting Provider?

2011-01-24 Thread Kimball Larsen
We have been hosting with BlueHost for years, but have run into problems with their plans: They apparently cap the upload bandwidth at only 8Mb/sec. We have many european customers with 20+Mb/sec internet connections, so a single customer attempting to download an installer from the BlueHost

Re: Hosting Provider?

2011-01-24 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Jan 24, 2011, at 11:58 AM, Matthew Walker wrote: On Mon, January 24, 2011 11:43 am, Kimball Larsen wrote: We have been hosting with BlueHost for years, but have run into problems with their plans: They apparently cap the upload bandwidth at only 8Mb/sec. We have many european

Re: Internet

2010-11-12 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Nov 11, 2010, at 9:39 AM, Von Fugal v...@fugal.net wrote: quote name=Doran L. Barton date=Thu, 11 Nov 2010 at 09:31 -0700 Not long ago, Von Fugal proclaimed... So, I was thinking. There are other internet options out there these days, wireless providers now have home internet plans,

Re: Internet

2010-11-12 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Nov 12, 2010, at 1:20 PM, Von Fugal wrote: I like Clear, they provide what I need and not much more, at a price I can appreciate. The webserver guy didn't like them. Yes, he should have read their terms (which I did do, sparsely). Yes, the salesman should have said those services are

Possibly OT: Splitting Hairs Over GPL?

2010-04-07 Thread Kimball Larsen
I've got a question about the legal use of some software licensed under the GPL in conjunction with commercial software I'm writing. In particular, I'd like to allow my commercial software installer to install a full copy of GhostScript, then have my commercial software make a command-line

Re: Heterogeneous File Sharing Recommendations?

2010-02-05 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Feb 3, 2010, at 9:43 AM, Michael Torrie wrote: Kimball Larsen wrote: Thanks - this is helpful, though possibly not a viable alternative for my environment. I forgot to mention the relative computer skill level of some of my users. While I use shared keys and ssh / scp most of the time

Re: Heterogeneous File Sharing Recommendations?

2010-02-05 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Feb 5, 2010, at 3:15 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: Kimball Larsen wrote: I've grabbed the above and tinkered - but can't get anything to connect does MacFusion support shared keys? I can't find anywhere to set it up to use them, and the *cough* documentation *cough* for MacFusion

Re: Heterogeneous File Sharing Recommendations?

2010-02-05 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Feb 5, 2010, at 4:20 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: Kimball Larsen wrote: I found the problem and fixed it - for completeness, here is what I ran into: MacFusion does not work correctly with OS X 10.6 and newer out of the box - you need to remove the tcpnodelay shared library from

Re: Heterogeneous File Sharing Recommendations?

2010-02-02 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Feb 2, 2010, at 7:29 PM, John McCabe-Dansted wrote: On 2/3/10, Kimball Larsen kimb...@kimballlarsen.com wrote: What other methods are there out there for simple file sharing on a private lan? One easy way of transferring files around is an httpd server with an upload script. I use

Re: Heterogeneous File Sharing Recommendations?

2010-02-02 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Feb 2, 2010, at 8:06 PM, Charles Curley wrote: Setting up public key auth is as simple as getting the users' public keys onto the servers so they can log in, and verifying the correct permissions. One public key per user you expect them to use. Using passwords means the passwords are

Re: Modern Partimage

2010-01-27 Thread Kimball Larsen
Have you considered g4l? http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ I used to use it all the time for something similar. Been a few years, but it was great when I used it. --Kimball On Jan 27, 2010, at 2:05 PM, Dave Smith d...@thesmithfam.org wrote: A few years ago I used partimage to make disk

Re: In need of some fans

2009-12-21 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Dec 21, 2009, at 2:48 PM, Matt Nelson wrote: I need to replace about 6 HDD enclosure fans. They are 40mm x 40mm x 10mm, and have the 2pin connector. Does anyone know where to pick some of these up for a decent deal? I have found them for about 4$ each online, but then I would have to

Re: In need of some fans

2009-12-21 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Dec 21, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Kimball Larsen wrote: On Dec 21, 2009, at 2:48 PM, Matt Nelson wrote: I need to replace about 6 HDD enclosure fans. They are 40mm x 40mm x 10mm, and have the 2pin connector. Does anyone know where to pick some of these up for a decent deal? I have

Re: Custom Magento Work

2009-10-19 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Oct 19, 2009, at 12:48 PM, Merrill Oveson wrote: Magento written in php? What's the backend database, mysql, postgresql? Magento is written in PHP. It will talk to a number of database engines, but it prefers mysql (I think). - Kimball http://www.kimballlarsen.com /* PLUG:

Re: Open Calendar Solutions

2009-10-07 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Oct 7, 2009, at 5:01 PM, Dave Smith wrote: I am changing jobs soon, and I've come to rely on (shudder) my company's Microsoft Outlook/Exchange for my calendaring needs I store both personal and work-related calendar information there. I'd like to get rid of this closed solution once and

Re: Can You Interpret This Hacker's Script?

2009-10-01 Thread Kimball Larsen
, at 09:21, Kimball Larsen wrote: Thanks for the info - now what do I need to do about it? As far as I can tell, the script was not able to run correctly - it spewed lots of errors to my system logs, and I've got hosts.deny set up so that the only ssh connections allowed are from IPs I control

Re: Contract Job: Restaurant Network Setup

2009-08-17 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Aug 17, 2009, at 12:28 PM, Dave Smith wrote: Corey Edwards wrote: With a review like that it's time to start naming names. Where is it and when does it open? I'm not going to spoil the fun. The reality is that I can't remember the name (it's not the same name as the Idaho

Re: Rich People and Smart People

2009-07-29 Thread Kimball Larsen
in the first place. In the mean time, I've suspended mailing rights for them, until this is cleared up. I hate spam as much as the next guy, and again, I apologize that this has happened. - Kimball http://www.kimballlarsen.com On Jul 29, 2009, at 1:01 PM, Lonnie Olson wrote: Kimball Larsen, I

Recover Files From Digital Camera? (Fat 16 format)

2009-06-04 Thread Kimball Larsen
I have a little Fuji digital camera that I use quite heavily, but recently I discovered that some of the photos that I had been storing on the camera have been deleted on the memory card of the camera, but are nowhere to be found in mine or my wife's iPhoto. So What tools exist in

Re: Recover Files From Digital Camera? (Fat 16 format)

2009-06-04 Thread Kimball Larsen
:41 -0600, Kimball Larsen wrote: I have a little Fuji digital camera that I use quite heavily, but recently I discovered that some of the photos that I had been storing on the camera have been deleted on the memory card of the camera, but are nowhere to be found in mine or my wife's iPhoto. So

VPS Host Recommendations?

2009-04-28 Thread Kimball Larsen
Can anyone make a recommendation for a VPS (Virtual Private Server) hosting account? I'm setting up a new site, and need ssl, static IP, etc, and am looking for a relatively beefy server to boot. Thanks! - Kimball http://www.kimballlarsen.com /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on

Re: VPS Host Recommendations?

2009-04-28 Thread Kimball Larsen
-shared/ - Kimball http://www.kimballlarsen.com On Apr 28, 2009, at 3:17 PM, Brandon Stout wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel C. wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Kimball Larsen kimb...@kimballlarsen.com wrote: Can anyone make a recommendation for a VPS

Re: VPS Host Recommendations?

2009-04-28 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Apr 28, 2009, at 5:00 PM, Daniel C. wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Kimball Larsen kimb...@kimballlarsen.com wrote: Well, specifically, I'm trying to find a happy place for a Magento install. This is a potential thread hijack, but what's so great about Magento that it's worth

Re: VPS Host Recommendations?

2009-04-28 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Apr 28, 2009, at 5:04 PM, Andrew McNabb wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 04:49:35PM -0600, Kimball Larsen wrote: Well, specifically, I'm trying to find a happy place for a Magento install. Magento is a web store, that makes heavy use of templates and many layers of dynamic content

Re: VPS Host Recommendations?

2009-04-28 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Apr 28, 2009, at 5:13 PM, Dave Smith wrote: Andrew McNabb wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 04:49:35PM -0600, Kimball Larsen wrote: and there are some functions that will be hit 17k times (yes, THOUSAND). And you think the solution is to add more hardware? Wow. According

Re: VPS Host Recommendations?

2009-04-28 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Apr 28, 2009, at 6:45 PM, Jonathan Duncan wrote: On 28 Apr 2009, at 16:49, Kimball Larsen wrote: Well, specifically, I'm trying to find a happy place for a Magento install. Ah yes, Magento. Great application that requires a highly tuned and modified install in order to run at any

Re: Offsite Multi TB Backup Solution?

2009-04-25 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Apr 24, 2009, at 5:51 PM, Charles Curley wrote: On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 04:32:38PM -0600, Kimball Larsen wrote: Good thoughts - but I'm now in the Boise area. :) I've read that amanda can be set up to store a copy of the backups on an AmazonS3 share. Does anyone here have any experience

Offsite Multi TB Backup Solution?

2009-04-24 Thread Kimball Larsen
Our company has grown to the size that we'd like to have offsite backup of all the computers in the office, and all the servers in our rack. We currently maintain backups locally, but want to know if there are cost-effective and efficient solutions for offsite backup for extra redundancy

Re: Offsite Multi TB Backup Solution?

2009-04-24 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Apr 24, 2009, at 10:52 AM, William Attwood wrote: I say two routes: 1) For desktops, other backups, use mozy.com 2) For servers, setup a 2nd colo mirroring the first, so if one goes down, the other takes over. -Will Hmm. Mozy looks kinda pricey, but may be the best solution for the

Re: Offsite Multi TB Backup Solution?

2009-04-24 Thread Kimball Larsen
snapshots of the systems and push those off-site; that way if anything fails, you don't have a total loss. On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Kimball Larsen kimb...@kimballlarsen.comwrote: On Apr 24, 2009, at 10:52 AM, William Attwood wrote: I say two routes: 1) For desktops, other backups, use

Re: Time Lapse WebCam?

2009-04-17 Thread Kimball Larsen
I have a solution in place for this, and thought I'd share what I did. Turns out, I am not using much linux to get this going, but on the plus side it only cost me $24. We had an old Olympus C4000Z camera here at the office, and an old laptop running XP that nobody was using. I found

Time Lapse WebCam?

2009-04-14 Thread Kimball Larsen
My company is building a new building, as we have outgrown our current digs. The new building is being erected about 1000ft from our current location - just across 2 parking lots. From the roof of our current building, we have a very clear line of sight to the construction plot, and

Re: Time Lapse WebCam?

2009-04-14 Thread Kimball Larsen
Meridian, ID. - Kimball http://www.kimballlarsen.com On Apr 14, 2009, at 11:46 AM, Jones, Scott (GE Money, consultant) wrote: -Original Message- From: plug-boun...@plug.org [mailto:plug-boun...@plug.org] On Behalf Of Kimball Larsen Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 11:38 AM To: Plug

Re: Time Lapse WebCam?

2009-04-14 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Apr 14, 2009, at 12:19 PM, Paul Seamons wrote: Max length of USB cables are about 16 feet. So that won't work so hot. I'm sure that there's a terminal program that'll capture an image from them, then you could just set up a cron job to take care of that. So that just means 4 cables

Re: Time Lapse WebCam?

2009-04-14 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Apr 14, 2009, at 12:54 PM, Lonnie Olson wrote: On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Lonnie Olson li...@kittypee.com wrote: I would recommend getting a camera/parts from Elphel (http://www3.elphel.com/index.php). They sell kits, cameras, and parts. They run embedded linux, and is

Re: Time Lapse WebCam?

2009-04-14 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Apr 14, 2009, at 12:58 PM, Doran L. Barton wrote: On Tuesday 14 April 2009 12:56:22 Kimball Larsen wrote: Thanks for pointing them out, but their product line is too expensive for this project. Their cheapest camera appears to run $800. Ouch. /me points to TrendNet link again. yes, I

Re: Time Lapse WebCam?

2009-04-14 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Apr 14, 2009, at 6:14 PM, Doran L. \Fozz\ Barton f...@iodynamics.com wrote: On Tuesday 14 April 2009 15:39:32 Thad Van Ry wrote: High Resolution != Low Cost Automated + High Resolution + Distance = Low Cost? Something isn't going to add up here. But he's got a good point, tho. You

Re: ZILLION RECIPIENTS

2009-04-09 Thread Kimball Larsen
I've found the best solution is to simply let them live in their ignorance. Just about any approach to correcting them will be seen as condescending and rude. When I receive those emails I chuckle to myself as I hit delete. - Kimball http://www.kimballlarsen.com On Apr 9, 2009, at 11:22

Re: Scanning in docs.

2009-04-08 Thread Kimball Larsen
+1 for ScanSnap. We have one here - its pretty slick. Windows/Mac only, so far as I know, though. - Kimball http://www.kimballlarsen.com On Apr 8, 2009, at 12:30 AM, Shane Hathaway wrote: Gabriel Gunderson wrote: I'm looking for a document scanner to make digital copies of cabinets and

What's Your Favorite FOSS Shopping Cart?

2009-04-08 Thread Kimball Larsen
In the past I've used OSCommerce[1] and ZenCart[2]. I've just discovered and am investigating Magento[3]. What others are out there? Anyone have any feelings approaching zealotry for one? Thanks! - Kimball http://www.kimballlarsen.com [1]: http://www.oscommerce.com/ [2]:

Disable Amavis For Certain From Addresses?

2009-04-07 Thread Kimball Larsen
I've got an ubuntu mail server set up to use Amavis + spamassassin under Postfix for all our incoming and outgoing mail. The anti-spam stuff works well - and in one case a little too well. About once a week or so we send a newsletter out to our customers - this is roughly 15000 emails.

Re: Backup scripts

2009-03-30 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Mar 30, 2009, at 10:01 AM, Stuart Jansen wrote: On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 09:07 -0600, Hans Fugal wrote: rsnapshot looks nice. Can anyone comment on using it to back up hosts that are sporadically available, like my laptop? Ideally it would be able to use nmblookup to find the host, but if not

Re: IP Address Geographic Location?

2009-03-19 Thread Kimball Larsen
For my purposes (a contest on my family website) 100% accuracy was acceptable. - Kimball http://www.kimballlarsen.com On Mar 18, 2009, at 6:53 AM, Hans Fugal wrote: Kimball Larsen wrote: I'm working on a small project for my family and need to be able to produce a map of the world

IP Address Geographic Location?

2009-03-17 Thread Kimball Larsen
I'm working on a small project for my family and need to be able to produce a map of the world with the geographic locations of specific IP addresses indicated on the map. The list of specific IPs is quite large - 500 of them. I've found places online to look up the location of a single

Re: IP Address Geographic Location?

2009-03-17 Thread Kimball Larsen
Attwood wrote: I don't know of a complete solution, however You could tie into an API for Geographical information based on IP address to get the lat/ long, and then plot those on google maps... On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Kimball Larsen kimb...@kimballlarsen.comwrote: I'm working

Re: IP Address Geographic Location?

2009-03-17 Thread Kimball Larsen
Thanks for the tip on this - I'm using their free package with their sample PHP api. Works great. :) - Kimball http://www.kimballlarsen.com On Mar 17, 2009, at 9:54 AM, Joseph Hall wrote: On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Kimball Larsen kimb...@kimballlarsen.com wrote: I'm working

Another Hardware Question

2009-02-20 Thread Kimball Larsen
I recently asked about server hardware recommendations for my home server needs. This is not about that. Instead, this is regarding a new server we need at my office. This will be used primarily as a backuppc host to backup all the machines on the LAN (gigabit), as well as a secondary

Re: New Server Hardware Recommendations?

2009-02-19 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Feb 19, 2009, at 9:11 AM, Dennis Muhlestein wrote: Kimball Larsen wrote: So, my elderly (4+ years old) home server is banging on death's door, so I need to figger out what to use to replace it. It's been a while (uhm, 4+ years) since I've had the pleasure of trying to build out my own

Re: New Server Hardware Recommendations?

2009-02-19 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Feb 19, 2009, at 10:52 AM, Andrew McNabb wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:30:27AM -0700, Kimball Larsen wrote: Control and cost. First off, this is only a *personal* server - I don't use it for any of my business stuff at all. For $400 I can put together an adequate box that even

Re: New Server Hardware Recommendations?

2009-02-19 Thread Kimball Larsen
I do similar stuff with my home server, thus I am averse to a hosted solution. -- Kimball On Feb 19, 2009, at 11:41 AM, Shane Hathaway wrote: Nicholas Leippe wrote: Not if it's a *personal* server for his home lan... his local 100Mb/ GigE is going to outperform anything crossing his

Re: New Server Hardware Recommendations?

2009-02-19 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Feb 19, 2009, at 4:34 PM, Jake Pollmann wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Kimball Larsen kimb...@kimballlarsen.com wrote: SNIP See, but some basic math tells me this: Expected lifetime of server (based on lifetime of last 3 I've had at home) 4.5 years Expected cost of new server

Re: New Server Hardware Recommendations?

2009-02-19 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Feb 19, 2009, at 4:41 PM, Stuart Jansen wrote: On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 16:31 -0700, Kimball Larsen wrote: if ($7.40 $20) { buyHomeServer(); } else { useExternalSharedhost(); } You missed some important tests, let me help you with that: if (($7.40 $20) (isp == RELIABLE

New Server Hardware Recommendations?

2009-02-18 Thread Kimball Larsen
So, my elderly (4+ years old) home server is banging on death's door, so I need to figger out what to use to replace it. It's been a while (uhm, 4+ years) since I've had the pleasure of trying to build out my own linux box rather than buying something pre- configured for windows and just

Re: New Server Hardware Recommendations?

2009-02-18 Thread Kimball Larsen
traffic domains, handles mail for said domains, does some offsite backup for some work projects, etc. Does not need to be super-duper anything. Runs headless. Thanks! - Kimball http://www.kimballlarsen.com On Feb 18, 2009, at 5:40 PM, Kimball Larsen wrote: So, my elderly (4+ years old

Re: New Server Hardware Recommendations?

2009-02-18 Thread Kimball Larsen
Torrie wrote: Kimball Larsen wrote: I spec'd out a few things on Newegg - would love any feedback anyone can offer: Case: ASUS V3-M2NC61P AMD Socket AM2+ / AM2 NVIDIA MCP61P 2-Tone Barebone CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000 Brisbane 2.6GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADO5000DOBOX Hard Drives

Re: Wget not doing what I expect.

2009-02-16 Thread Kimball Larsen
Not sure if it will make any difference, but I notice that the mp3 files are hosted on broadcast.lds.org, which is a different subdomain than the original one you gave to wget. Should this make any difference? - Kimball http://www.kimballlarsen.com On Feb 15, 2009, at 11:03 AM, Joshua

Re: Wget not doing what I expect.

2009-02-16 Thread Kimball Larsen
Ok, I got it - you need to specify -H so that wget will span hosts: wget -r -l1 -A.mp3 -nd -H http://lds.org/conference/sessions/display/0,5239,23-1-947,00.html That works for me. - Kimball http://www.kimballlarsen.com On Feb 15, 2009, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Lutes wrote: Thanks, The odd

Re: Server Temperature Monitor?

2009-02-02 Thread Kimball Larsen
I've attempted to set up lm-sensors, but can't seem to get it to correctly report valid temperature readings. :( - Kimball http://www.kimballlarsen.com On Feb 2, 2009, at 11:58 AM, Marc Christensen wrote: Kimball Larsen wrote: I would like to get emails if the temperature in my server room

Re: Server Temperature Monitor?

2009-02-02 Thread Kimball Larsen
Ok, I've learned a bit more: I'm running Ubuntu (latest) with a 2.6.24 stock kernel This is using the AMD K8 device for core temp readings My server's motherboard is: TYAN Tiger K8SSA S3850 One chip that sensors-detect is not able to help with is: Analog Devices ADT7476 Note: there is no

Re: Server Temperature Monitor?

2009-02-02 Thread Kimball Larsen
I guess I don't have ipmi hardware installed: modprobe ipmi_si FATAL: Error inserting ipmi_si (/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/kernel/ drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si.ko): No such device - Kimball http://www.kimballlarsen.com On Feb 2, 2009, at 1:45 PM, Shane Hathaway wrote: Joseph Hall wrote:

Re: Server Temperature Monitor?

2009-02-02 Thread Kimball Larsen
It appears that my temp readings may not be all that unbelievable - my server room's ambient temperature is currently hovering just about 55 degrees - and here is what sensors -f has to say about my cores: /usr/sbin# sensors -f k8temp-pci-00c3 Adapter: PCI adapter Core0 Temp: +84.2°F Core1

Re: Server Temperature Monitor?

2009-02-02 Thread Kimball Larsen
, 2009, at 2:17 PM, Joseph Hall wrote: On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Kimball Larsen kimb...@kimballlarsen.com wrote: So, given that I'm not much of a shell scripter guy, anyone have any tips for how to get the system to mail me if the temp ever gets above, say, 160 F? Here's an ugly one-liner

Server Temperature Monitor?

2009-02-02 Thread Kimball Larsen
I would like to get emails if the temperature in my server room (or the temp on certain sensors of my servers) ever goes up past a certain threshold. What tools exist and what configurations should I consider to do this? Thanks! - Kimball http://www.kimballlarsen.com /* PLUG:

Re: Server Temperature Monitor?

2009-02-02 Thread Kimball Larsen
hot. Thanks! - Kimball http://www.kimballlarsen.com On Feb 2, 2009, at 4:05 PM, Joseph Hall wrote: On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Kimball Larsen kimb...@kimballlarsen.com wrote: Thanks for the ugly one-liner. :) In attempting to understand what it does, I have pulled it apart to run

Re: Server Temperature Monitor?

2009-02-02 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Feb 2, 2009, at 5:07 PM, Dennis Muhlestein wrote: Kimball Larsen wrote: I'm a bad man. I modified the script that was suggested, commented it heavily and slapped it into a cron job. Works fantastically well - and I have it sending mail to an account that is checked all the time (every

Re: Server Temperature Monitor?

2009-02-02 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Feb 2, 2009, at 5:25 PM, Charles Curley wrote: On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 05:07:09PM -0700, Dennis Muhlestein wrote: Kimball Larsen wrote: I'm a bad man. Ah, but what is too hot? Will your MB survive nicely at 159F indefinitely but melt at 160F? You don't expect him to read

Re: Server Temperature Monitor?

2009-02-02 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Feb 2, 2009, at 9:07 PM, Dave Smith wrote: Kimball Larsen wrote: Possibly not - but if the temp ever gets to 150 in the first place, the new A/C unit I installed is no longer working properly, and I'll be alerted to the fact I gotta get some cold air in that server room asap

[OT]: Contract Web Programming Opportunity

2009-01-21 Thread Kimball Larsen
A friend of mine designs websites - but mostly handles the look and feel, not the programming. She's looking for a competent programmer type who can do things like fix broken shopping carts, install new scripts, hook up payment gateways, etc. To quote her request to me: I'm looking to

Re: [OT] lazy website software

2008-12-22 Thread Kimball Larsen
Getting back to the original question at hand: It's not available on linux, but I've used both Sandvox (1) and RapidWeaver (2) to do exactly what you are looking for: drop-dead simple websites that anyone can manage. My current favorite is Sandvox. (something is currently messed up

[OT]: remote control (vnc) solution suggestions?

2008-12-03 Thread Kimball Larsen
This is not Linux specific, but I wonder if some folks here would have some insight: We are currently using a derivative of UltraVNC in one of our products that allows quick and easy access for our support department to see a user's screen and fix problems for them. However, this

Re: Copying a MySQL database FAST

2008-08-05 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Aug 5, 2008, at 8:46 PM, Dave Smith wrote: Jeff Schroeder wrote: Dave asked: I need to copy a MySQL database fast. If the servers (source and destination) are on the same LAN, you might consider using rsync. I'm actually copying the contents of one database to another on the

Re: Introducing the Utah Apple Users Group

2008-07-16 Thread Kimball Larsen
Whoah. I'm neither homosexual, nor do I still live in Utah... But I *do* use a mac. Are you trying to insinuate that only homosexuals use Apple products? - Kimball http://www.kimballlarsen.com On Jul 16, 2008, at 3:02 PM, Daniel C. wrote: On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Wade Preston

Re: Introducing the Utah Apple Users Group

2008-07-16 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Jul 16, 2008, at 3:32 PM, Corey Edwards wrote: On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 17:24 -0400, Daniel C. wrote: On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Kimball Larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whoah. I'm neither homosexual, nor do I still live in Utah... But I *do* use a mac. Are you trying to insinuate

OT: Contracting Advice

2008-07-01 Thread Kimball Larsen
Though not strictly a linux topic, I know that many people here put food on the table as independent contractors. I'm interested in picking up a contracting job or 2, and would like to know what you recommend for finding a gig? I've poked around on Guru.com, but don't know of any others.

Re: OT - I don't _hate_ McMansions

2008-06-18 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Jun 18, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Doran L. Barton wrote: Not long ago, Thad Van Ry proclaimed... I personally like big tall trees mixed between the houses. That's my problem with most McMansion subdivisions. M. I think I'll go to McDonalds for lunch today. And just to set the record

Re: OT - I don't _hate_ McMansions

2008-06-18 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Jun 18, 2008, at 12:03 PM, Dave Smith wrote: Kimball Larsen wrote: I took my daughter to a birthday party yesterday. Her friend's neighborhood is very upscale (in the Boise, ID area) and very new. Most homes likely sell in the $500-750k range, and are 2-3 story 5000 sqft

Re: OT - I don't _hate_ McMansions

2008-06-18 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Jun 18, 2008, at 12:07 PM, Levi Pearson wrote: Kimball Larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I took my daughter to a birthday party yesterday. Her friend's neighborhood is very upscale (in the Boise, ID area) and very new. Most homes likely sell in the $500-750k range, and are 2-3 story 5000

Re: OT - Gas to hit 4.00

2008-06-11 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Jun 11, 2008, at 10:41 AM, Grant Robinson wrote: On Jun 10, 2008, at 6:53 PM, Derek Davis wrote: On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Matthew Frederico [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are so awesome. I wish I could be like you. Assuming you were being serious, I agree. I think Dave is

Re: OT - Gas to hit 4.00

2008-06-11 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Jun 11, 2008, at 12:40 PM, Matthew Frederico wrote: cost of my bus fare and my trax fare. Which, if you are out of debt and self reliant, is not all that much of an issue. If you are in debt to your eyeballs and depend on the government or other social programs for all your

Re: OT - Gas to hit 4.00

2008-06-11 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Jun 11, 2008, at 1:47 PM, Von Fugal wrote: quote name=Kimball Larsen date=Wed, 11 Jun 2008 at 13:26 -0600 Knowing Matt, I'm not entirely sure what he means by this comment, but I'm choosing to take it to mean that I work hard, save, and am careful with my resources. It should be known

Re: OT - Gas to hit 4.00

2008-06-11 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Jun 11, 2008, at 1:59 PM, Levi Pearson wrote: Consider that not everyone has had the benefit of your upbringing and self-reliant nature. Consider also that a very large portion of your welfare is dependant on the health of your community. As self-sufficient as you try to be, you still

OT: HHO (Browns Gas) Conversion For Your Car

2008-06-11 Thread Kimball Larsen
Following on the discussion about gas prices, I have also (for several weeks, now) been researching the claims of the so called Run Your Car On Water! conversion kits. I have found lots of information claiming that they are the greatest thing since sliced bread, and lots of naysayers

Re: OT: HHO (Browns Gas) Conversion For Your Car

2008-06-11 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Jun 11, 2008, at 3:21 PM, Levi Pearson wrote: Andrew Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That being said it's conceivable that the addition of some kind of non-gasoline fuel (maybe even HHO) might improve the completeness of the combustion of the gasoline or otherwise increase the

Re: OT: HHO (Browns Gas) Conversion For Your Car

2008-06-11 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Jun 11, 2008, at 3:35 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: Just that hydrogen injection is able to improve the efficiency of the engine more than the amount of energy needed to produce the hydrogen. I guess that's the statement that I'm the most skeptical about. I think I'll go ahead and give it

Re: OT - Gas to hit 4.00

2008-06-11 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Jun 11, 2008, at 3:32 PM, Corey Edwards wrote: On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 13:53 -0600, Dennis Muhlestein wrote: Back to the subject of $4.00/gas. Why are we not using hydrogen yet? It seems to be a common misconception that hydrogen is a fuel source and thus can replace gasoline. It's not.

Re: OT: HHO (Browns Gas) Conversion For Your Car

2008-06-11 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Jun 11, 2008, at 3:44 PM, Alex Esplin wrote: On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Kimball Larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the laws of the universe are with the skeptics, personally. Since the HHO burns with the gasoline, while your engine does not change its tuning (ie, the same

Re: OT: HHO (Browns Gas) Conversion For Your Car

2008-06-11 Thread Kimball Larsen
Exactly how will you convert the fuel to electricity to power the motors? If you use an internal combustion generator you are sunk. If you can get the power out of the fuel in a more efficient manner, you may be onto something. - Kimball http://www.kimballlarsen.com On Jun 11, 2008, at

Re: SSH Login Speed

2008-06-05 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Jun 5, 2008, at 1:31 PM, Bryan Sant wrote: On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Kimball Larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: same private lan (192.168.0.x). How would dns come into play here? I'm guessing that GSSAPI is one of the forms of authentication that your server has enabled. GSSAPI

Which Router is Best for OpenWRT?

2008-05-28 Thread Kimball Larsen
So the saga continues... I've decided to replace my funky routing with an OpenWRT solution, and I think I want to use a WRT54G from Linksys as my router. The only question is: Which one? It appears that there are several (a dozen or so) versions of this router that work with OpenWRT (and

Re: Looking for a reliable, simple router...

2008-05-27 Thread Kimball Larsen
On May 27, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Grant Robinson wrote: On May 27, 2008, at 10:22 AM, Kimball Larsen wrote: At my office, we currently have the following setup: DSL Modem --- Gigabit Switch --- RVS4000 (Linksys Router) --- Production Servers

Re: SSH keeps hanging up...

2008-05-22 Thread Kimball Larsen
On May 21, 2008, at 11:46 PM, Jonathan Duncan wrote: On 21 May 2008, at 23:07, Kimball Larsen wrote: I occasionally have to remotely admin a server at the office from home. I have it set up to only allow a few hosts access via ssh, and my home static IP is on the permitted list. (using

Bulliten Board System Recommendations?

2008-05-21 Thread Kimball Larsen
I know this has been discussed before, but I'm curious what folks are using now. I need to set up a web-based forum for my customers, and want something that is simple to admin (I won't be doing it), allows custom themes, has a good security track record, and is free/open source. I've

Re: Bulletin Board System Recommendations?

2008-05-21 Thread Kimball Larsen
SMF (http://www.simplemachines.org/) as a good solid phpBB replacement. They've had a handful of vulnerabilities, but NOTHING compared to phpBB (which isn't even allowed on my server anymore). On Wed, May 21, 2008 3:17 pm, Kimball Larsen wrote: I know this has been discussed before, but I'm

What To Back Up?

2008-05-21 Thread Kimball Larsen
I have heard (and shared) differing opinions about what bits of a linux box really should be backed up in order to resurrect a system after something like catastrophic hard drive failure. I am curious what the consensus is here. In particular, I'm running an Ubuntu 7.10 box, on which I'm

SSH keeps hanging up...

2008-05-21 Thread Kimball Larsen
I occasionally have to remotely admin a server at the office from home. I have it set up to only allow a few hosts access via ssh, and my home static IP is on the permitted list. (using hosts.allow, hosts.deny) I can connect to and log into the server just fine. The session works great as

Re: Securing SSH access

2008-04-23 Thread Kimball Larsen
On Apr 22, 2008, at 4:02 PM, Lonnie Olson wrote: On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 15:32 -0600, Kimball Larsen wrote: So, with a little shell script, let's see just how much of that tedious old typing we can eliminate: Old way: ssh -l admin -p2774 208.100.143.156 = 35 characters New way: a = 1

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