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For some reason, in Ubuntu, the Apache default configs seem to include a plethora of calls for ‘NameVirtualHost :80′. It seems that the very second you install Apache, it starts complaining about _’NameVirtualHost :80 has no VirtualHosts’_. While this is just a warning and can be safely ignored, it is a brand new box and…
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Let’s take a quick look back at TV in the mid 90s. When a show started for the season, you were safe in assuming that the show would be 24 to 26 episodes in length and that it would be on essentially contiguously. Sure, nothing was on TV during the week of Thanksgiving or Christmas,…
If you own your own domain name, you can have Google Apps for your domain. Basically, what this means is you get all the standard Google applications like Gmail, Calendar, Docs and Gtalk, but under your own domain name. It really isn’t terribly complicated to setup and for only a few small time users, it…
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I complain about Apple products a lot, mainly in how they dumb everything down. It isn’t the internet that is making people stupid, it is Apple devices like the iPhone and OSX. Last time I was complaining about the Macs need for hibernation, this time it about their need to NOT sleep. It is one…
As you may well know (perhaps from our earlier entry), Battlefield: Bad Company 2 came out last week. I’ve devoted most of my game playing time since then to playing the game and thought it was about time to do a review. Now some of this review of Bad Company 2 (BC2) will be a…
I’ve noticed that even on the nice summer days when there are lots of bikes out, you rarely hear them honk. I asked myself, “why is this? Why don’t motorcyclists honk much?” I’ve come up with a few reasons and I thought I’d share. Stock motorcycle horns suck — Let’s be realistic, taking one of…
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