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Posts from 2007
Simplifying Apache chroot creation with mod_chroot
Building and maintaining Apache chroot environments can be a royal pain. Creating a chroot environment for Apache requires you to first identify all the libraries and applications that are required to run the httpd processes. Once you identify the dependencies, you need to create a chroot environment that contains these files. After you successfully create the chroot environment, you need to update it when security and reliability updates are released…
$ read more →Interacting with others than love live music
I recently created a live music social network on Ning. If your a fan of live music, or like to chat about music, I would like to welcome you to join the live tunes network. I plan to keep the site updated with music news and concert reviews, and hope to spark some fun discussions. Shibby!
$ read more →Concert review Dropkick Murphys
It seems like only yesterday I heard Sunshine Highway on Radio Wazee, and wandered over to the radio stations website to see who sang the song. This chance encounter is what sparked my interest in The Dropkick Murphys. After perusing the bands CDs on iTunes, I decided to buy The Warrior's Code. This turned out to be a phenomenal purchase, and peaked my interest in seeing the band live…
$ read more →Proxying requests through the Solaris SNMP daemon
Earlier this month I described how Orca could be used to graph JVM utilization. In order to get this solution working, you need to enable the Java SNMP agent. This can be a problem if you are running multiple SNMP agents on the server, and want both agents to use the standard SNMP port (UDP port 161). Fortunately the Solaris SNMP daemon (and anything derived from the net-snmp SNMP implementation) can be configured to proxy requests to one or more agents on the local machine (it can also proxy requests to remote systems)…
$ read more →Concert review The Smashing Pumpkins
It seems like just yesterday The Smashing Pumpkins announced that the band was breaking up, and the band members would be venturing out to do their own thing. James Iha joined The Perfect Circle, Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlain formed Zwan, and I have no idea what Darcy ended up doing with herself (though -- she quit the band prior to the band formally calling it quits). While these side projects were good, they definitely didn't fill the void that was left when the pumpkins broke up. So when Billy Corgan took out a full page ad to announce that the pumpkins would be reuniting late last year, I was stoked, and planned to attend one or more of the reunion shows…
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