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Samsung SyncMaster B2230 Monitor with HDMI Input
The Samsung SyncMaster B2230 looks like a sensible 22″ Display, with a HDMI port for hooking up your PS3 or XBox 360 (my wishlist ) , and VGA + DVI ports that enable the device to also serve as a pretty functional computer monitor with a resolution of 1980×1080 (1080p in HD parlance). All the…
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Update on running your own recursive nameserver
I upgraded my system to Ubuntu 10.10 today and was surprised to find out that bind refused to start. After a bit of investigation (without internet access because I decided not to fall back on a temporary nameserver), I found out the correct form the configuration file had to take. I still don’t understand why…
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Running Your Own Recursive Nameserver on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid)
I got tired of my ISP’s annoying DNS servers that redirect me to search results I don’t want, complete with advertising, every time I mistype a domain name in the browser. So I changed my nameservers to google’s public DNS. I even set up a simple caching nameserver on my system in a bid to…
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Note to self, and fellow Googlers (about Mysql)
A default mysql install is not accessible across the network until you set its bind-address in the configuration file. The config file differs depending on your system. So, if you’re getting Mysql Error 2003 (HY000) cannot connect to server… it is most likely that you haven’t set a bind address. After changing this setting, restart…
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Rage Dissipation and the Malfunction Magnet
A friend of mine carelessly dropped my HP M427 "point and shoot" digital camera today, effectively jamming the lens mechanism, rendering it useless. I believe it could be fixed, but I’m still enraged. I’ve been using this thing for almost a year now, and never dropped it once. I hand it to him for five…