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Linux makes major gains in marketshare (finally)
I've been harping on how I predicted that traditional desktop (Windows dominance) would shrink while mobile marketshare (Linux dominance) would go up and that this is important for us to know so we can...
View ArticleApply hotfixes to XCP 1.6
Xenserver hotfixes are released as patches that need to be applied with patch-pool-apply. Although technically this could work with XCP as long as you got the correct Xenserver patch it's better to...
View ArticleMake VMs autoboot in XCP
Getting VMs to boot up automatically when an XCP host powers up is fairly easy but not entirely logical. With the old Xen we'd just copy the config file into /etc/xen/auto but XCP/Xenserver has no such...
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Install XenWebManager Appliance
Possibly the easiest way to get a graphical management interface running on XCP is to use the Xen Web Manager Appliance. The appliance is a complete Virtual Machine with XenWebManager installed and...
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Install XenWebManager on XCP host
This tutorial is for installing XenWebManager on an XCP host but should work just as well for installing XenWebManager on any Redhat based hosts (CentOS/Fedora). It's best to install XenWebManager on...
View ArticleWhy the GOP should support High Speed Rail
This article is a response to and article written by David Salaverry, the founder of the California Conservative Action Group. The article - California High Speed Rail: Part One, Arguments For posted...
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Fesenjan - a Persian favorite
Recipe originally posted on recessionchef.com I love rich food and I've come to love the mix of a rich sauce with meat over rice. You get this a lot with Thai curries, Indian Curries, Persian Korescht,...
View ArticleAutomated install of Debian Wheezy VM (64 bit) using preseed
Note: This is not totally automated yet. I need to fix several things. Install Type Non-interactive Network boot Commandline Paravirtualized Prerequisites XCP/Xenserver Access to Internet Working DHCP...
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New Orleans - Day 1
I'd been selected to speak at THE major Linux convention (Linuxcon) in New Orleans in September. I've traveled a lot as most of my readers know but for whatever reason I've never been to New Orleans....
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New Orleans - Day 2
Day 2 - The Garden District Before our plane even left the ground I read The Accidental City and half of The World that Made New Orleans to help prepare for this very historic city. The former book was...
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New Orleans - Day 3
Day 3 - Frenchman street New Orleans is divided into different districts and each have different character, for instance the French Quarter is known for lots of tourists and partying. The Garden...
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New Orleans - Day 4
Due to spending a night attempting to sleep while Frenchmen Street music found it's way through our hotel window we got started a bit late. Even though the Rose Nicuad had a nice story we weren't...
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New Orleans - Day 5
Today may be a bit food oriented because well, we ate a couple of good meals and then spent time at a convention... That's what we did. Actually who am I kidding? All of my posts have to do with food....
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New Orleans - Day 6
Ah, you know it's going to be a good day when you start with a good breakfast. After consulting Yelp yet again we hoofed it north to the Ruby Slipper for breakfast. I'm going to go ahead and give you...
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Goodbye Canon, hello Sony?
It's been a really long time since I wrote about photography. Generally I buy new cameras every year as new technology comes out and the driving force behind that is travel. As you probably know I...
View ArticleInstall xe on CentOS6
Sometimes you want to control your XCP/Xenserver pool from another host. In my case it's my firewall/iSCSI SAN box which is CentOS 6.5 X86_64. I could just remote execute xe using SSH but this doesn't...
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Accessing SailfishOS with SSH
How to access your Jola Other Half via ssh On your Jolla Phone Go to Settings -> Developer Mode and tap Developer mode at the top. Tap Remote connection - Allow signing in via SSH Type in a...
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Screen protectors for your Jolla
I got my Jolla TOH (The Other Half) a couple of weeks ago and I'm still not using it as my main phone for a couple of reasons - 1. It's so very slippery 2. It has no screen protector. Yes, it has...
View ArticleAutomated install of Kali Linux VM (64 bit) using preseed
Note: This has not really been tested yet. I wanted to get it up here so people can start using it and I can work on it. Install Type Non-interactive Network boot Commandline Paravirtualized...
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New Orleans - Day 7
We decided to start our last full day in New Orleans off right - by going to the Ruby Slipper! I'm not really a breakfast person but this place has really caught my attention. Since coming to New...
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New Orleans - Day 8
Our last half a day in New Orleans... We had a short list of things we didn't get to do like going to the St. Louis Cathedral and picking up souvenirs for kids back at home. I also wanted to try a...
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Jolla smartphone case
I've had my Jolla Other Half for a couple of months but I've held off on using it as my main phone due to my Nokia N9 still working fine and the Jolla is super slippery. Yes, the phoneback might as...
View ArticleAutomated install of CentOS 7 VM (64 bit)
Install Type Non-interactive Network boot Commandline Paravirtualized Prerequisites XCP/Xenserver Access to Internet Working DHCP server Working DNS name resolution Introduction This tutorial was...
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Airplane food delivered to your house (is that a good idea?)
For those folks who live in Cologne and Dusseldorf and love airplane food you can now get it delivered to your door! I'm not entirely sure why anyone would want to eat airplane food when they could...
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Going back to Canon
I haven't done a proper review of my Sony RX-100 yet as I haven't really felt like writing about it. I've used Canon Point and shoot cameras for years (s230, sd500, sd870, G7, s90) but Sony just plain...
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Goodbye Gallery2, hello Ignite - it was a nice 10 years.
Before I started using Joomla! I had a website with a photo gallery for my travel/food/other photos. Due to not wanting to create a PHP photo gallery from scratch I used Gallery1 which did a fine job....
View ArticleAutomated install of Fedora 20 VM (32 bit)
Note: updated for XCP 1.5b/1.6 and Xenserver 6.x Install Type Non-interactive Network boot Commandline Paravirtualized Prerequisites XCP/Xenserver Access to Internet Working DHCP server Working DNS...
View ArticleFedora automated install on Xenserver updated.
I have a tendency to keep using the same tutorials of mine and only when I need them updated do I go through the process of writing, testing and publishing the changes. However, when people attempt to...
View ArticleSite maintenance causing intermittent availability
We've been doing massive restructuring of the hardware that underlies The Man, The Myth, The Legend. I'll outline the changes in a later post when I'm done but you'll probably notice that the site has...
View ArticleNew updated site coming!
A while back I updated some modules on this site and the template broke (so no more green guy caricature in the header). After spending a little time trying to get it all back in order I decided that...
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