Archives for November 2011

Seth Godin: This is broken

Excellent talk I found on TED.com on why things are broken by Seth Godin ~ http://www.sethgodin.com Seven reasons why things suck Not my job Selfish jerks The world changed I didn’t know I’m not a fish Contradictions Broken on purpose More info: http://www.ted.com/speakers/seth_godin.html This Is Broken website (new version): http://goodexperience.com

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Surprise you need a Client Access License!

There is a safe in the office where I work. Inside it, among valuables like petty cash and sensitive documents, are our CAL’s from Microsoft. We had to buy them when we upgraded the Windows Small Business 2008 Server. What is a Client Access License? “A CAL is not a software product; rather, it is [...]

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Lectures on Computer Programming from Stanford University

Stanford University is brilliant. Hundreds of their lectures, entire computer science modules, have been uploaded to Youtube! Programming Paradigms (CS 107) 27 Lectures Languages: C, C++, assembly, Python, Scheme. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9D558D49CA734A02 Programming Abstractions (CS 106B) 27 Lectures Languages: C++ http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFE6E58F856038C69 Programming Methodology (CS 106A) 28 Lectures Languages: Java http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL84A56BC7F4A1F852   Also of interest: Introduction to Robotics [...]

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Change interface in ntop and jsvnstat

At work I built a router box to monitor network traffic. Its just an older PC running Ubuntu server and uses vnStat and ntop. Both tools have website front ends so I can check the logs from another maching over LAN. The default setting for most monitoring tools is to look at eth0. I set [...]

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