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Running a Minecraft Server from a RAM Disk
RAM is fast. Very fast. Very, very fast. If you were to think of your hard drive as a Ferrari, your RAM would be a tachyon — a theoretical particle that moves faster than the speed of light! That’s great, … Continue reading
Dynamic DNS with Linode and CloudFlare
Linode is a great provider of Linux-based VPS — this site is running from one right now, in fact! To help support it, and for a tad of extra security, I also use the free CloudFlare service, which provides a … Continue reading
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Times Out on First Connection Attempt?
A bizarre issue solved today: On one server, we’re running two (named) instances of Microsoft SQL Server 2008. The first one, using the default instance name, runs just fine with no problems. The second one, however, had a bizarre issue: … Continue reading
Move an SVN Repository From One Server to Another
There’s certainly no shortage of sites offering quick instructions to move your SVN repository from one server to another. About 3.3 million (at the time of this writing) of them, it seems. So why do I have to make it … Continue reading
World IPv6 Day
It’s today. And while this blog is by no means a major player on the internet stage, it is nonetheless on native IPv6, thanks to Linode.com, my host. finally-nonetheless-time So, are you on IPv6 yet? Will you be ready when … Continue reading
Name-Based Virtual Hosts With nginx on IPv6
Linode.com has recently added native IPv6 support to many of its data centers. Linode hosts the VPS that runs this blog, and it happens to reside in their Dallas data center. I was busy planning my wedding when IPv6 support … Continue reading
This is the Proper Response to a Breach
This is quite dated now, but I just now stumbled upon the announcement of the breach of the Apache Software Foundation’s servers last April. While certainly an unfortunate event that could have been limited or even prevented by proper (and … Continue reading
Changing an Exchange User Mailbox to a Resource
Creating a resource mailbox in Exchange Server is easy. And it can make managing your organization’s resources — conference rooms, projectors, etc. — real easy, especially in avoiding double-booking. But what if you accidentally create your resource mailbox as a … Continue reading
Microsoft’s Virtual Machine Manager: “Host not responding”
Microsoft’s Virtual Machine Manager, or VMM, is a slick piece of tech that smoothly enables users to control virtual machines spread out across multiple hosts, including, of course, localhost. But what happens when VMM reports “Host not responding”, even for … Continue reading
Well, that was rough
Just upgraded my VPS server. Unfortunately, it wasn’t smooth, not by a long shot. The usual do-release-upgrade got me into quite the pickle, trying to take my out-dated Ubuntu 9.04 server to Ubuntu 9.10. I think a big part of … Continue reading
