THE POLITICAL CANDIDATE PLEDGE I, ________________________________________, upon signing this document, do hereby swear and affirm under penalty of forfeiture of office and wages, that I shall: 1.) Make no public statement which demeans, denigrates, or defames any active member, unit, or branch of the U.S. armed services, or the military as a whole, except in cases where an individual soldier… Read more →
Month: February 2008
Coming Soon from VW: A 69.9 MPG Diesel Hybrid
By Chuck Squatriglia February 28, 2008 | 10:04:10 AMCategories: Diesel, Geneva Motor Show, Hybrids It’s official – Volkswagen is unveiling a hybrid to challenge the mighty Toyota Prius. And not just any hybrid, but a diesel-electric hybrid it says will deliver 69.9 mpg. VW’s been experimenting with hybrids of the gasoline-electric variety since the early 1990s, but the Golf hybrid… Read more →
Volkswagen Microbus Concept
VW Appears to have dropped the ball on this one…I will attempt to make it a reality. Phil… The New Beetle allows us to relive the days of feeling young, politically oppressed and penniless, albeit with modern mechanicals and reliability. Sort of. Today’s Beetle isn’t priced to accommodate those without some means, even on the used market. And a lot… Read more →
How to Name a FireWall
Pick a good story/theme and go for it. I will choose Konatcica for my firewall’s name. An Apache Legend Long, long ago, animals and trees talked with each other, but there was no fire at that time. Fox was most clever and he tried to think of a way to create fire for the world. One day, he decided to… Read more →
Linux Firewall – SmoothWall.org
I must say I am impressed by the SmoothWall firewall. It has a fantastic interface and it was an easy install. A little reading ahead of time and an understanding of firewall zones helped get my firewall knowledge converted to Smoothie talk. I started with a PIII-400c Compaq, 256 MB RAM and a 1.5 GB HD (I will replace that… Read more →
Perfect Biscuits
What could make a better breakfast on a chilly winter morning than a few steaming hot biscuits slathered with fresh butter? Not much, say I. And come to think of it, a hot buttered biscuit is a pretty good way to break your fast at any time of year. As I generally do when the focus of this weekly sermon… Read more →
Create a Linux Failover Router
Now that the Web server is running and the database is being backed up it is time to create a failover webserver. I had grandiose dreams back in 2006 when my main web server took a dive and I needed to buy a new server. Why not get 2 identical servers and run them in parallel, I don’t have that… Read more →
Now for a Linux Router
The next task for me is to put in a real router, I have 5 IP addresses and I am currently running with 3 off the shelf Linksys Home routers. I would need to buy 2 more to use all 5 IP’s, the cable router is a 4 port Cicso which makes it impossible to use all 5 IP’s. The capabilities of these home routers are extremely limited and I have maxed out each one with how many rules they can have (20). One old PC, LRP and webmin can solve this issue for me. I have been “Mind-Planning” this for some time and this article from Linux Journal gave me the inspiration.
FYI: LRP, Linux Router Project, went off-line in 2005ish. I used LRP disks for years (1998-2006) as Seti@Home clients. I booted old computers from the floppy and loaded a Seti client from another disk and let them do all the calcs in memory. When ever the power went out I had to re-launch all systems. Read more →
Pork Loin/Ribs – Marinade
Soysauce 1 cup Orange Juice 1/2 cup Vinegar (Rice wine) 1/4 cup Garlic (minced/chopped and/or whole – your choice) Honey/ Dark Corn Syrup/ Brown Sugar (or white) 1/4 cup 5 spice 1/4 tsp (don’t put in too much!) Optional Oil (Peanut or veg) 1 tbsp Chile Oil 1 tsp Thia Chile Paste 1-3 tbsp (adj for spice) Red chile flakes… Read more →
Converting from QMailRocks Email Toaster to Zimbra
I guess I just can’t let well enough alone. For 6 years I have been a die hard QmailRocks, Qmail Toaster fan. Finally fed up with the lack of updates to an awesome, and cumbersome, combination of software, QmailRocks.org has lost a devoted fan. QMailRocks has done a great job, but it appears that they have lost their drive to… Read more →