Archive for the 'Info. Tech.' Category

Nagios2 on Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04)

Monday, July 21st, 2008

The joys of starting nagios in hardy heron - after installing as per the ubuntu site - I was unable to access the Nagios webpage by accessing http://localhost/nagios2/ - it took a little while to work out what went wrong, the fix is really quite simple.
Ensure that you include the  the following line in your

/etc/apache2/httpd.conf […]

Itty bitty PC’s - not quite right

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Now with the common availability of wireless internet connection over 3G phone networks having a portable computer is now feasible for many people there seems to be a dearth of decent portable computers to suit my needs
Things like the eeePC from ASUS seem almost ideal but there are a few issues with it – slightly […]

Mr. T and William Shatner - WoW’s their game!

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

Clips: New WoW Ads Recruit Mr. T and Shatner
Some awesome little clips advertising world of warcraft - the Mr T clip is da bomb foo!

Embedding YouTube Videos as Valid XHTML 1.0, Bernie Zimmermann

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

Embedding YouTube Videos as Valid XHTML 1.0, Bernie Zimmermann

If you’ve experienced the pain of a screwed up page (formatting) after embedding a youtube video - try the page here, very, very helpful! The above saved my site - it took forever to work out why the formatting went all fubar. The code supplied by […]

On useful error messages.

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

Dear Developers (of any software),
Just a little note to request that you contemplate your error messages more carefully, specifically while it’s a good idea to validate data and assume its hostile, think about the message you want to send to your users.
To use an example that annoyed me today - examine the Pizza Hut online […]

iTunes Plus (DRM Free tracks now available)

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

It seems that Apple Inc. have (finally) launched the DRM free tracks on the iTunes Music Store, which I am pretty sure is a good thing.
Now Apple don’t deserve all the credit here - EMI (and a big applause to them for the decision to go the route of portable music) deserve big kudo’s for […]

myPods.com.au : Funky covers for your iPod

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

myPods.com.au :: Home
Having read about the mypods on the homepage of mactalk (formerly appletalk.com.au) I was intrigued by these covers. Having used a hardcover case for my iPod over the past 15 months or so but due to its nature little bits of dirt and dust got underneath the clear plastic and was beginning […]

Windows Vista - An Irritant

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

This is a rant.
I have installed Vista on my MacBook Pro, while I do prefer using the Mac for many things (as it suits my work flows better) but there are occasions where Windows is required (whipping up a Win only app, software designed for windows only, or websites that will just not work with […]

Spread this number • Rudd-O.com

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

Spread this number • Rudd-O.com
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 - These 16 pairs of little hex numbers are causing quite a stir out on the internet. There is a massive underground campaign to spread these numbers about - as far and as wide […]

Extremely Useful Macbook Freeware

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

Extremely Useful Macbook Freeware
Sweet - one of the better lists of free apps for the mac. With the number of people switching to the Mac, could be a handy thing to have, at the very least will give an idea of various pieces of software that are out there for this platform.