http://mps.blog.webplumbers.com Technical notes and societal musings Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:10:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ...which it turns out is illegal. ....you can't have a CNAME be the same as a zone name, since a zone has at least an SOA record (and, arguably, at least one NS record as well), and the CNAME can't co-exist with it. Just use ... http://mps.blog.webplumbers.com/2010/01/18/broke-a-zone-with-a-cname-at-the-root/ Neat idea now that CDs and DVDs aren't that necessary... replace the Mac optical drive with a second hard drive.  Not always practical but could be good for some folks, or maybe for me in the future. http://www.mcetech.com/optibay/index.htmle http://mps.blog.webplumbers.com/2010/01/07/extra-macbook-hd-space/ So, I finally bit the bullet and customized a blog instance for my wife's choirs.  Since I could use widgets, it was OK, but the hypothetical ease and the reality were two separate things.  She wanted to have the main page only show one category of posts, so I had ... http://mps.blog.webplumbers.com/2009/08/14/customizing-a-wordpress-blog/ Google's new mobile gmail Cloud computing portability Google Voice - one number with voicemail transcription Fancy Google Chrome Apps Automating email filters - OtherInbox.  Of course, ClearContext currently does great stuff for me on that, and basic rules in Outlook or Mail or Zimbra do fine for vanilla patterns... Multicore technology and how development is ... http://mps.blog.webplumbers.com/2009/05/20/more-fancy-technology/ an interesting idea - instead of a big inverter, use micro-inverters at a panel level to make the panels independently useful and optimizable... http://mps.blog.webplumbers.com/2009/05/20/solar-inverter-alternatives/ Using rsync over ssh Linux, Clocks, and Time Apache Module mod_rewrite Apache Virtual Host documentation (version 1.3 doc) Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND): /etc/named.conf http://mps.blog.webplumbers.com/2009/05/11/documentation-i-always-have-to-re-find/ killer monitoring apps [infoworld.com] slashdot discussion on blinkenlights Cacti [cacti.net]. Ntop [ntop.org]. Nagios [nagios.org]. MRTG [oetiker.ch]. Sending Apache httpd Logs to Syslog myqlBind2/iDNS Capistrano Comparison of issue tracking systems New LinuxCOE helps admins customize distros http://mps.blog.webplumbers.com/2009/05/11/server-management-tools-to-consider/ Management Tips: Gen X vs. Gen Y Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn | Guy Kawasaki Welcome to Executor A multi purpose launcher and more advanced and customizable freeware windows run replacement and more... Bye-Bye, BPA BPA/Phthalate-Free Shopping List Now that we're reading lots more about BPA and its low-level bad effects, we're figuring out how to ... http://mps.blog.webplumbers.com/2009/05/10/mishmash-of-articles-part-ii/ I haven't updated my list of solar cell info recently, either... Plastic solar cell advances Sun + Water = Fuel (OK, it's not technically solar cells, but it's power from solar) With catalysts created by an MIT chemist, sunlight can turn water into hydrogen. If the process can scale up, it could make ... http://mps.blog.webplumbers.com/2009/05/09/solar-power-progress/ It's been a while since I updated my list of interesting battery/auto progress links... Why Chrysler Chose A123 Batteries The automaker wanted U.S.-based manufacturing and a flexible battery design. Can GM's Volt Save the Company? The planned plug-in hybrid car is at the core of the automaker's attempt to reinvent itself. But will the ... http://mps.blog.webplumbers.com/2009/05/08/continuing-electric-car-progress/