CompHobby!Occasional ramblings of a somewhat older male tech enthusiast.Some Free Things I Use- February 19, 2008 Everyone has their favorite free softwares and web based services that they have accumulated so I just thought I would mention a few of mine here. Web browsing Well for me its Firefox and a matter of fact I am using the the beta version now. To get it to work like I wanted I got to use one of Firefox's most unique features the about:config screen. Firefox excels in my opinion because of the amount of customization the user gets with extensions. Everything doesn't always work as intended...http://comphobby.org/archives/159-Some-Free-Things-I-Use.html Moving The Site A Scattered Account- February 10, 2008 Well I have now got everything migrated from my old server to my new server and as far as I can tell everything works. Since I wasn't changing my ISP, DNS, it was was a relatively easy task after I completed some preliminary stuff. One thing before I installed the OS on the new machine I set the new hard drive partition structure up identical to the old one. For that I used a partition tool on a bootable CD. That way once I got the OS and all updates installed I basically had to just drop...http://comphobby.org/archives/158-Moving-The-Site-A-Scattered-Account.html Mini Computers I Like Em The AOpen 965D- February 5, 2008 The computer that I have been using to serve the pages of my websites was beginning to sound a little sick. The fan for the CPU was making a noise akin to bearings grinding and the hard disk was sounding very similar as well on boot ups. The unit in question was housed in a rather huge desktop style case sitting on stand under my work desk that sometimes when I would back my chair up I would inadvertently run it into the power button and shut it down. Of course though everything was working...http://comphobby.org/archives/157-Mini-Computers-I-Like-Em-The-AOpen-965D.html |