Archive for May, 2008

  • May 27, 2008

    Finally, A Tablet PC, but it’s a Mac!

    I’ve been wanting one of these for years, and I’d always assumed Mac wouldn’t make one. Plus, I’ve checked out the Windows tablet PCs, and yes, the tablets are nice, but they still run Windows. I prefer not to run Windows. It gets in my way. Tom introduced me to Axiotron’s Modbook. I want one. [...]

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  • May 23, 2008
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    TextMate error: Error loading /Library/ScriptingAdditions/ QXPScriptingAdditions.osax/

    When posting to my blog via TextMate’s blogging bundle, I’m getting a strange error. The post is successful via xml-rpc, but the error is a bit annoying, if not just a little worrisome. It didn’t always do this. I’ve noticed it just in the last few days, but it could have been going on for [...]

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  • May 22, 2008

    Quickbooks Mac Network Data File

    It doesn’t work well. Don’t do it. I tried it. Pretty simple theoretically. datafile.qb2007 located on a network drive, auto backups on local machine(s). QB crashes, user gets scared, just don’t do it.

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  • May 14, 2008
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    How to check Plesk mail logs

    Plesk uses qmail. You can check your mail logs here: /var/log/maillog I use this command to follow the maillog as it runs: tail -f /var/log/maillog You can use Control+C to get out.

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  • May 13, 2008
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    Plesk, Email Piping/Email Pipe (osTicket / Trellis)

    I was trying to get email piping working on a RHEL server that runs Plesk (8.3), and I was having no luck. I just wanted to test out both the osTicket and Trellis support ticketing apps, but I had the toughest time getting either to work well on Plesk. I did finally get it working [...]

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  • May 11, 2008

    The Thirsty Monk :: Tom the Beer Connoisseur

    There’s a place in downtown Asheville called The Thirsty Monk. I was initially impressed the number of beers they had on tap. I’m pretty much a beer connoisseur. I love trying new beers, especially imports and microbrews. But I also love a good case of yellow domestic, like Coors Light or Bud Light… but they’re [...]

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  • May 6, 2008

    Mod_Rewrite PHP No Input File Specified

    So I launched a site. It was using nice clean rewrites on my dev server (partly local, partly fedora 8). After launching to a godaddy server, i was getting the error: No input file specified.. I knew my redirects/rewrites should have been working. So, I did some searching, and after (yes, a gruelling 8 minutes), [...]

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  • May 1, 2008
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    Rant :: Bands that Suck

    I’m getting sick of people claiming that bands just plain ‘suck’. These are the same people that would also agree with the old “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”

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