More for myself than anyone else .. While cleaning up the kernels and doing some updates on an Ubuntu machine you might get this error: you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub] Not 100% clear to me, but the solution is pretty easy. As root or using sudo run: update-grub Problem solved! … [Read more...] about Ubuntu Grub Error
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Configuring Icecast Streaming Server On Debian
Conn and I did an experiment earlier this week with the technology.ie podcast. Instead of simply recording it and then publishing it we streamed the entire thing live using IceCast.We'd previously played around a bit with Google "hangouts', but running our own streaming server was fun and also gave us more autonomy. Media streaming always struck me as being incredibly … [Read more...] about Configuring Icecast Streaming Server On Debian
Updating Whois On Debian
Getting an up to date whois client on Debian is a requirement if you work in my world: wget http://ftp.ie.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_5.0.17_amd64.deb dpkg -i whois_5.0.17_amd64.deb Problem solved .. Related articles IEDR Update WHOIS Output To Include Registration Date (internetnews.me) A Confession About The ICANN WHOIS Data Reminder Policy … [Read more...] about Updating Whois On Debian
Apple OSX Lion Keeps Re-Opening Documents!
One of the new "features" in Apple OSX Lion is "resume". The idea behind it isn't bad, but the execution is really annoying. Basically what happens is this. Say you open a Word document and then another and another, so you've got several documents open. You might have had to review them.. who knows? It doesn't really matter. In previous versions of OSX and in pretty … [Read more...] about Apple OSX Lion Keeps Re-Opening Documents!
Apple OSX Lion Turns My Desktop Into An Expensive Paperweight
I wrote the other day about my experiences upgrading two iMacs to run Apple's latest release - OSX Lion. At the time I hadn't had any major issues and was still in a "honeymoon period" with the new distro. Unfortunately that all changed the next morning. While the main machine at home, which I'm currently using, appears to not have any issues with the upgrade, it's a … [Read more...] about Apple OSX Lion Turns My Desktop Into An Expensive Paperweight