Searching For A Low Spam Solution

I have found myself in spam hell the last couple of months.  Not so much because of my laptop or desktops, they all run spamassassin.  No it’s the Peek my mobile e-mail and text device.  I got rid of my cellphone at the beginning of this year, I wasn’t really using it to call with anymore.  The Peek is a great device but they don’t do an spam catching, which is great because I wouldn’t want them to.

I did find these scripts from ConfigServer Services.  The offer this script for free.  In addition you can buy the front-end add-on for cPanel.  This is only $35 for a server license which I think is pretty cheap for what you get. I already run some of the other scripts they provide.  They are a trusted source for not only free scripts but server configuration services as well. There website is also a great source for several cPanel related articles.

MailScanner, the scritp the above script installs does use SpamAssassin and ClamAV for spam and virus detection.  I will have to monitor what this will do to mainly my memory on the server.  I don’t really want to drive up the cost of hosting, and having to increase memory because of SpamAssassin could do this.

Redesign, Maybe Even Re-Branding of Madberry.org

I have been thinking of doing yet another redesign of madberry.org.  I am seriously considering to even re-brand my blog.  Several SEO “experts” that I have asked about re-branding say go for it.  The name I am thinking of has all of the TLD’s I need free, I am talking .com, .net and .org.  It was a previously used domain name by a party which I will not disclose at the moment.  Yes I do know this could cause a problem with back-links how ever I am not planning of getting rid of madberry.org so a simple 301 should keep all links working just fine.  I think I will also sell some of my domain names that I don’t really have a purpose for yet.  I will keep the cool ones but thin out my portfolio a bit.  I need to focus on running projects.  I also noticed that, since I have increased the frequency of articles on Bright Hub, I have little time for anything else.  I want to get back into really focusing on writing for this blog as well, with re-branding plans I need to post on a regular basis again.  I know some of you love to read about my problems with many Linux projects.

Kubuntu 10.04 LTS Released Today

As I’m writing this my laptop is upgrading from 9.10 to the new 10.o4 LTS version of Kubuntu. Kubuntu released the new version today.(this also goes for Ubuntu and Edubuntu as well as Xubuntu).

Go here to download the new version or use the update manager to upgrade. Make sure you do all the updates on your current version of Kubuntu or Ubuntu first. This goed for 8.04 & 9.04 LTS releases and any other release in between.

Shinobi Ninja Bandmembers-Turned-Avatars Find iPhone App Helps Them Battle their Way to Success

Sometimes you find stuff that’s just interesting to see I received this in my mail today and I have to say kudo’s to Shinobi Ninja for going out there and finding a market for there music. A little less Linux related but I think it’s worth a mention….

NEW YORK, NY, February 22, 2010 – These days it is harder than ever for independent bands to get noticed in the music world and break through to the next level.

Apple TV, Boxee Box Or Something Else?

What to hook-up to the TV?

I have several HTPC’s that I’ve build to watch my downloaded content on. How ever in planning to buy a new TV I also want to downsize what is hooked up to the TV. We recently decabled and are now using an over-the-air digital TV box(DTV). This works great as we use a mix of Hulu, Boxee and downloads to get our TV shows. I’m not a big console gamer so we only have two of them, PS2 and Wii, hooked up to the TV. The DTV box we are using is small as well. The biggest piece of hardware in our media center is the HTPC. Which is a 4 HE PC case. I have a couple of Dell Optiplex SX280′s that I can use but I’m thinking of going even smaller.