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HOWTO Improve iPhone Battery Life

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Max

There are quite a few guides on how to improve the iPhone 4S / IOS 5 battery life. If you are just starting to research this search for: Disabling APP Notifications Disabling Location Services Disabling System Services I found a … Continue reading →

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Name Based SSL Virtual Hosting

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Max

Wait, before you say to yourself that it’s impossible to use Name Based SSL Virtual Hosting and that you have to use IP Based SSL Virtual Hosting checkout this link: http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/NameBasedSSLVHostsWithSNI It turns out that there is an undocumented (or … Continue reading →

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HOWTO Create ISO on Mac OS X

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Max

Found here: 1. Insert CD/DVD source 2. Fire up a Terminal, you can then determine the device that is you CD/DVD drive using the following command: $ drutil status Vendor Product Rev MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-835E GAND Type: DVD-ROM Name: /dev/disk1 … Continue reading →

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Sharing a Screen Session

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Max

Let’s assume that I elubow want to share my console with jdoe. The easiest way to do this next part is to actually name your screen session. So let’s call our session test. $ screen -S test This will create the … Continue reading →

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MongoDB: Handling Master Crashes in Master/Slave Setups « myNoSQL

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Max

MongoDB: Handling Master Crashes in Master/Slave Setups « myNoSQL. remove the lock file start mongod with –repair after the repair is complete, then you can restart mongod

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HOWTO Configure Unix ODBC

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Max

Taken from: How to setup a mySQL (DSN) datasbase source in CentOS with myODBC and unixODBC command line odbcinst -j vi /etc/odbcinst.ini vi /etc/odbc.inst odbcinst -i -d -f /etc/odbcinst.ini odbcinst -i -s -l -f /etc/odbc.ini odbcinst -s -q isql -v

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Set the time zone on a per user basis

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Max

Continuing on my general rant that all computer systems should use UTC/GMT for their system clocks the question is often posed by users that want to see their own local time when they log into a remote computer. Procedure – … Continue reading →

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HOWTO Install OS X on a Dell Mini 9

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Max

I just finished installing OS X on my Dell Mini 9 pic (as an aside – probably one of the best form factors I have owned for a traveling laptop). The instructions here: How-To: Install Mac OS X – DellEFI Method … Continue reading →

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Howto Subnet IPv6

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Max

I’ve been trying to get my head around IPv6 subnetting for some time now. Today was finally the day that forced the issue… First some background: All IP addresses (IPv4 and IPv6) are allocated in large blocks to a regional … Continue reading →

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HOWTO Remove Emergency Dialing from Blackberry when Locked

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Max

I have what seems to be a relatively straightforward problem. I lock my blackberry, put it in my pocket and discover that a perfect series of motions result in the phone dialing 911. I find out the phone has dialed … Continue reading →

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