I have just finished recovering data from a severe server crash.  This was a bad one that started out with the server eating all of the memory.  I had to do a recompile of Apache and PHP and restore from a back-up.  As far as I can tell all services are running as they where before the crash.  Sorry for any inconvenience this day and a half server issue might have caused you.

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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.

I do really need a solution to fight all of the spam that I am receiving on the Peek.  I am spending time at least twice a week now to add lines to my spam filter.  And this is time I could be using better b writing or being otherwise productive.  One other way to catch of spam would be to use an on-line service.  Or funnel all mail through gmail.  But I have my own server and it would be a shame not to use it.

Now in reading this you might ask, as a computer geek where you not careful enough to not leave your e-mail address out in the open for a spambot to pick it up?  Yes I am careful and most of m e-mail addresses are as clean as a whistle.  But I do own some domain names who are 10+ years old, as a result these domains receive the most spam.  I also at one point in the past was a fan of the catch-all method.  Something I now regret, as it surely helped in increasing the spam at some point.  All of the catch-all has now been turned off, however the damage was already done.

Part one is done MailScanner is installed and running.   More on if this method is working later.

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There are ways to save a password and username, no I don’t mean write them down on a piece of paper or in a spreadsheet, password managers are keepers of sensitive information. All of them use some sort of encryption to keep data save. We have several option to choose from some are even cross-platform compatible, for those ninjas that also need to work in Windows or Mac sometimes.

My personal favorite is KeePassX. KeePassX allows you to save account credentials in category’s, making it easier to tell them apart. In addition to saving website passwords it can save any password you have. In my case for example I also save my wireless network pass phrases. I am able to use highly secure passwords because the password generator allows me to set how many bits a password is. In my case it’s somewhere near 170-bit for most passwords. KeePassX has the ability for you to set a shortcut key, hitting alt+p in m case will auto-populate the username and password field of a website. in order for this to work properly you need to add a “add hostname to title” plugin or extension to your favorite browser. Auto-fill can also be triggered with the mouse but what’s the fun in that.

I recently reviewed some of the options available.

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The redesign is mainly because I purchased an Elegant Themes subscription a while ago.  I really like all of Nick Roach’s themes.  I only have to do minor changes to incorporate my Adsense etcetera.  I get access to all of his themes for a low yearly subscription.    Check out some of the awesome new designs at Elegant Themes.  The new eStore theme is a beautiful design.  I would almost create an e-store just so I could use it.

Keep a close eye on my Bright Hub I have been writing a lot  and every time a new article gets published I add it to that page.  I still have to add the Windows section to the page but I have only written one article for the Windows Channel so far: How to Remove AV Security Suite.  A second will soon follow.  For the people now scratching there heads , yes I am a Linux user myself how ever one of my day jobs is fixing computers.  As a result of this I do come across a lot of Spyware and Virus problems.  So why not write about it.  I don’t like to fix computers anymore (or at least windows related problems) when the day job is done, this is why in this house there are only Linux computers.

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I have been working of my laptop for close to two years now, and besides the fact that a two year old machine is out of date, I want to be able to work anywhere.  Also the glare in the screen of this Toshiba really bothered me today when I was planing on working outside.  For the first time in years I have been looking for something else then Toshiba.  When looking at laptops to replace this one, the Lenovo line keeps popping up and I must say I love what I’m seeing there.  They are finally stepping away from that dreadful boxy look that we are used to from IBM Lenovo.  I have yet to actually put my hands on one but the design of the new Lenovo lines look really awesome.  Take the Lenovo  IdeaPad S10-3 for instance.  I love the way that keyboard looks.  But when reading Mark Shuttleworth Blog about gestures with multitouch in Ubuntu 10.10, I suddenly could also consider the IdeaPad S10-3t.  The S10-3t has you guessed it a touchscreen.  Lenovo calls it a tablet,  which you could call it even after Steve said a tabled is has no keyboard.

The only thing I am not sure about is the 10.1″ screen.  Is it going to be to small to comfortably type up a Bright Hub article?  Should I go 11″ or is 13″ the best?  I really haven’t figured it out yet.  Also I need a screen that will have almost no glare when working outside.  Of course being through to my heritage, especially when it comes to price, I alway research everything to death.  As I am doing that a new question pops up.  Now that I am responsible for not only my own website but also others websites, via q3w.org,  I really need access to my servers at all times.  Even when I am out and about.  As I am a server admin I don’t want to do this through some ones open wireless.  Given that it is easy to do a man in the middle attack when using regular wireless.  There are a few laptops out there with a SIM card-slot (which both the Lenovo options above have, it’s hidden behind the battery).  So if I can get a pay as you go play for that, and the sim card slot works under Kubuntu, then that would be an awesome way to connect to the internet.  Especially as I don’t really do any heavy downloading on my laptop, even if I would I would only do this at home.

The packets send for the ssh sessions to my servers are only small anyway so I don’t think that should be a problem.  I don’t think I will use it enough to warrant me buying monthly mobile service.  Most of m browsing will probably be done at home anyway.  If I would have to guess I would only use it during softball season.  Or when we go on a trip.  Virgin Mobiles Broadband2Go looks to be a great candidate for what I would use it for.  I would have to figure out if I can order that on the spot when I need it.  This would allow me to just get the 10 day plan in emergency’s, to administer a server that is having trouble.  But I must admit I have not really done any research on Mobile Broadband,  I would have to look into several things of which coverage would be the number one factor to look at, besides cost.

For now I will just have to make do with my trusty Toshiba (I just noticed the “y” is going out on it).

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After some research using Google, which resulted in nothing, I decided to look into this problem a little deeper.  I started by looking through the logs which yielded nothing either.  I removed Filezilla with and without purge(purge should delete all of the files used by Filezilla) this also didn’t fix my problem.

Next I deleted the ~/.filezilla folder, a hidden folder in my home directory also know as ~, this fixed the problem.  If you would like to keep the folder then just rename the folder:
mv ~/.filezilla ~/filezilla_OLD

This fixed the problems with Filezilla crashing for me.  If this worked for you then please leave a comment below.  If it didn’t work please leave a comment as well so I can help you fix it.

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Facebook is great but all of those old pictures need to be scanned in first before you can use them.  You have a whole bunch of them you would like to post on Facebook.  However you don’t feel like sitting there and scanning all of them one by one.  It takes forever and then you need to resize the image for Facebook.

We now have the solution.  For a small fee we will scan in all of your images.  You will receive a cd with two different sizes one size for Facebook and e-mail and another suitable for printing.  More sizes can be added on request.

Have an old picture that is damaged?  Let us fix it.  We can touch-up and repair most damage to the photo digitally.  Ask us about these services: support@q3w.org or send us a message via Facebook.

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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.

In the past updates like this could cause problems when doing them right at the time of release. It was common to find unreachable Ubuntu servers when upgrading causing an update to not work at all, or to just download some of the files and install a broken version of Kubuntu.

This seems to be resolved when I started the upgrade no time outs to Ubuntu servers were reported. Although the upgrade is downloading slow even on a fast broadband connection.

The only thing I now have to worry about is will everything work like it did after the upgrade.

I also have a few servers to upgrade which is usually what the LTS(Long Term Support) version is used for. As well as a few clients who are also on the LTS version.

Keep an eye on this blog for my report on how Kubuntu 10.04 LTS is working after the upgrade.

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We hebben een nieuwe auto.  We moesten echt een nieuwe auto want onze oude auto heeft opgeblazen hooftpakkingen.  En we zijn bezig om hem te verkopen.

De nieuwe auto is een Ford Taurus uit 2001 het is een ex KLPD(wat ze hier CHP noemen).  De auto is perfect onderhouden en heeft maar een paar cosmetische probleempjes en is motorisch perfect.

Ik had foto’s gemaakt van de nieuwe auto maar de camera had batterij problemen.  Dus ik moet de foto’s opnieuw nemen.  Zo gauw als ik dat doe zal ik ze online gooien.

Nieuwe Tattoo:

Zibu engelen symbool for vriendschap

Het was echt weer eens tijd om een nieuwe tattoo te laten zetten.  Dit keer was het een samenwerking tussen Marcy onze vriendin Jody en mij.  We zijn hele goede vrienden met haar en wilde dat met een tattoo bevestigen.  De tattoo is gezet door Travis “Bones” Popp hij werkt sinds kort bij Algood Ink hier in Dixon.  Het Symbool heb ik via Google gevonden.  Het is het symbool voor vriendschap in Zibu.  We hebben Travis zijn draai eraan laten geven en dit is het eindresultaat.  Voor meer foto’s zie hieronder.

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Zibu symbol for Friendship

It was long overdue for both Marcy and I to get some ink done.  The tattoo itself is the Zibu symbol for Friendship for those who don’t know Zibu is said to be the language of angels.  Sort of heaven’s shorthand.

We decided to get this symbol together with Jody a very close friend of ours.  Travis Popp is the artist he started working at Algood Ink Tattoo in Dixon, CA. this week.  In-fact Jody was his first customer at Algood Ink.

We decided to go by the shop on Wednesday we had intended to have the tat. done by Josh but he was fully booked for the next two weeks.  He pointed us to Travis Popp who had just started at the shop that day.

We looked at his portfolio and talked to him for a bit.  We liked his vibe and decided to go with him instead, because the girls didn’t want to wait.  The design we decided on earlier in the day.  I used the trusted Google and found a clear reference.  We gave Travis full reign and he drew us a quick example.  Jody and Marcy both like electric blue so when Jody suggested that for the color we where all set to book the appointment.

The next day we went in to take a look at the design Travis drew up.  We liked what we saw.  6.00 PM time for PAIN.  Jody was the first to go under the needle she doesn’t like the pain at all but she said this wasn’t to bad.  She had the tat put on her shoulder.

We had tats put on our feet.  Tatting three people doesn’t take really that long but between three setups and tear downs it took until 10:45 PM to get all of us done.  Normally the shop closes at 9:00 PM but Josh kept the shop open for us so we didn’t have to stop in the middle of my tat. lol.

It was a great experience and I would like to recommend Algood Ink and Travis Popp to any one thinking about getting a tat.  More pictures below.

Links

Facebook: Travis Popp
Facebook: Josh Algood
Website: Algood Ink

More pictures:

© Berry van der Linden. None of the images on this page may be used with out written consent from me PRIOR to use.  This includes tattoo design which is copyrighted by Travis Popp.

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During this trial I found out it isn’t.  I opted to use the $8.99 a month subscription.  Two DVD’s out at a time and unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows.  I was kinda exited to see I could stream movies to all of my PC’s.  Especially because I have a HTPC(Home Theater PC) hooked up to our TV.  So this should work just like movies on-demand right?

WRONG for some unknown reason Netflix chooses to use Silverlight by Microsoft.  In Linux we do have an Linux version of Silverlight called Moonlight which is developed by Novell how ever Moonlight how ever is a few version behind.  Silverlight uses DRM and DRM in Moonlight seems to be a problem.  The precise details of the why there is still no DRM in Moonlight are only known to Microsoft and Novell.  But I imagine it has something to do with either copyright or patents that Microsoft owns.

It is still easier for company’s to get the rights to distribute when DRM is involved.  This means that Netflix just decided to either take the easy route or decided they didn’t want to pay the price for DRM free content.

Which ever it is they now use technology for streaming that doesn’t support Linux.

In this case Netflix get’s a big F.

Netflix needs to know that as Linux users we are unsatisfied with this.  In order to accomplish this Michael G. Paez started a petition at petitiononline.com:

http://www.petitiononline.com/Linflix/

Make sure to sign the petition and help Netflix realize they should not ignore the Linux users community.

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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.

That’s why when New York City-based rock/rap group Shinobi Ninja created their app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, they knew it had to be not only new and different, but also a property that would help market their unique brand to their fans, and even expand their fan base. In the first three weeks of
availability, “ Brooklyn to Babylon: Shinobi Ninja Attacks!” has been downloaded more than 5,000 times, and Twitter followers, Facebook fans and MySpace friends have also increased. “It’s like we have rocked five sold out shows at Grammercy Theater in less than one month,” mused Dave Machinist, drummer and bandleader.

Perhaps the biggest positive development for the band has been the industry reaction to Shinobi Ninja since the app released on February 1, 2010. “We had A&R requests from three major record labels and several booking agents the day after our app released,” said Machinist. “That was way beyond what we’d hoped or even dreamed.”

“Everybody’s using social media to connect with fans, but until we came along there were few bands that were building apps that were good at driving deeper fan engagement with their music and their overall brands,” said manager Stephen Sternschein. “Our app has already begun to help us achieve our goals of bringing our current fans closer to us, and it’s expanding our fan base far beyond New York City, to places as far away as Asia and the U.K.”

Shinobi Ninja has realized a 10 percent conversion rate from the free “lite” version of the game to the full retail version (i.e., users downloaded the free app then paid to download the retail version), which compares favorably to the industry standard conversion rate of half a percent to five percent for iPhone apps. According to Sternschein, “our conversion rate is so much higher than average, because we’ve been focusing mostly on our strong fan base for initial sales, and we expect it to climb even higher, when we take it on the road to the South by Southwest Music Festival in a few weeks. It’s a great tool to help new fans discover the band and stay connected with us, once we’ve performed in their home towns.”

About “Brooklyn to Babylon: Shinobi Ninja Attacks” iPhone App
Part cartoon video game, part music video, and part music/video player, “Brooklyn to Babylon: Shinobi Ninja Attacks!” is an app developed by rock/rap band Shinobi Ninja for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. It integrates digital music and video into a classic eight-bit video-game environment, so players get immersed in the band’s imagined cartoon world and are rewarded for playing with free music downloads, music videos, and promotional merchandise. Developed by Shinobi Ninja Video Game, Llc., a partnership of Shinobi Ninja and Heard Games, “Shinobi Ninja Attacks” was designed and animated by Interabang Entertainment, with software programming by Cerulean Games. A “lite” version is available free from the App Store; the fully loaded retail version sells for $3.99.

About Shinobi Ninja
Shinobi Ninja, is an independent rock/rap group comprised of six New York City performers: lead singers DA and Baby Girl, bassist Jonny on the Rocks, drummer Terminator Dave, guitarist Maniac Mike, and DJ Axis Powers. Inspired by acts as diverse as Nirvana, Janet Jackson, Faith No More, Sublime, and the Beastie Boys, Shinobi Ninja crafts their own brand of party music into an eclectic mix of musical styles designed to appeal to a wide variety of music fans. Shinobi Ninja recently debuted their latest extended-play (EP) single, “Brooklyn to Babylon,” and they recently released their first video game app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch,
“Brooklyn to Babylon: Shinobi Ninja Attacks.” Their latest music video can be viewed here. Shinobi Ninja’s next album is scheduled for release Spring 2010. Join Shinobi Ninja at Twitter.com/shinobininja. For more
information, visit www.shinobininja.com.

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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.

Recently Boxee announced the Boxee box at CES

This is a really unique looking set-top box.

The Specs:
HDMI
Optical Audio
RCA Stereo Audio
WiFi (802.11n)
Ethernet
2 USB Ports
SD Cart Slot
RF Remote
QWERTY Keyboard

The Boxee box will also be able to play 10.1 flash video. It can do this because of the Nvidia Tegra 2 chipset it has inside. It also has a really nice remote which will also be available as a loose purchase for other Boxee users.

The Boxee box will be available the second quarter of 2010 for under $200 dollars. I hope to be able to get this box in when it releases(or maybe even a little sooner) for review.

Apple TV is still a good option

Apple TV is still a good option I really like the size. They are available for $189 for the 160GB version refurbished on the Apple website. Although I don’t have any QuickTime or iTunes library’s to sync with, when you install Boxee on the Apple TV it becomes as usable as any HTPC even for downloaded content.

Also websites like www.appletvhacks.net could make having an Apple TV a lot of fun.

There are a couple of other options but for now these should work. Now to decide what to use.

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After only 6 months with Dreamhost I had all the downtime I can take.  I want people to be able to visit my blogs and Dreamhost stopped me from making that possible.  I canceled the Dreamhost PS and moved everything to a new VPS server hosted far far away from Dreamhost.

It’s not as cheap as Dreamhost but I have control over everything.  From initial install to optimizing the server.  It’s all me now.  A little daunting but exiting as well.

I have everything I had hosted with Dreamhost working, most sites now load faster then they used to.

I’ve been busy with a new pet project.  I was able to buy a great domain name in October and didn’t even have to think what the domain would be used for.  Check out fantasy-rpg.com for yourself. If you like playing video games online on the PC or otherwise check it out. It’s filled with information about and guides for MMOROG games.

I’ve been really lucky with fantasy-rpg.com one of the founder of Zownder.com was looking for a new home and I’m pleased to announce the Zownder.com team is now working with fantasy-rpg.com to bring you the best in MMORPG and gaming news.

In the months to come you will probably see more changes I might change the theme again on madberry.org but that’s a big maybe because I really like the theme that is on here right now.

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The lines in /etc/network/interfaces have changed from:

wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
wpa-driver wext

to:

pre-up wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B
post-down killall -q wpa_supplicant

Also if you where using :

wpa_supplicant -Dndiswrapper -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B

then this now has to be changed to:

wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B

Or you will get a “Unsupported driver ndiswrapper” error.  I’m sure I will come across more that doesn’t work I will post the solutions as I find them.

Do you have a problem that you can’t seem to get fixed send me an e-mail or leave a comment here I will try to help you find a solution.

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