Posts

Fixing a reboot loop after installing the Intel HD graphics driver on Windows 7 by installing Service Pack 1 first.

archived May 29, 2011 1 min Windows Hardware

Air Video streams videos from a home Windows or OS X server to iOS devices over WiFi, with no SSH or port forwarding.

archived May 22, 2011 1 min Tools

A partial parts list for a planned Sandy Bridge desktop: Core i5-2400, ASRock H67M motherboard and 8GB DDR3 RAM.

archived Apr 22, 2011 2 min Hardware

The author's reasons for moving an old Acer laptop to Ubuntu 10.10 for everyday use while keeping Windows for gaming.

archived Apr 16, 2011 2 min Linux Windows

A recommendation of the Linode Library as a beginner's resource for Linux system administration.

archived Apr 12, 2011 1 min Linux

Pointer to an untested method for sending Nagios notifications to Twitter.

archived Jan 28, 2011 1 min Nagios

A 2011 home server parts list (Athlon II X4, 16GB RAM, five drives) intended for testing ESXi 4.1.

archived Jan 18, 2011 1 min Esxi Hardware Virtualization

Fixing a Windows Server 2008 R2 bootloader that was installed on a 1 TB data drive, using EasyBCD's Change boot drive option.

archived Dec 12, 2010 1 min Windows

A linked write-up on installing Ubuntu 10.10 in Hyper-V.

archived Dec 7, 2010 1 min Hyper-V Linux

A quick reference of Nagios config verification, plugin and command directories, and a link to SSH-based service checks.

archived Nov 2, 2010 1 min Nagios Monitoring