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A Male Perspective

Posted on December 22, 2009 by tm
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Friday before Christmas at work

Posted on December 19, 2008 by tm

Steve from work does Santa Claus!

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SoftLayer Hosting = Win

Posted on August 2, 2008 by tm

So I have a business. It’s a web-based CRM platform for Auto Dealerhips. My partner and I plugged away for about 4 years trying to build and grow it. Somewhere along the way I got fed up with our dedicated … Continue reading →

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CERN LHC going live soon!

Posted on March 31, 2008 by tm

Measuring 27km in circumference, it will become the world’s largest particle accelerator when it inaugurates in July. Related stories: http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/33600 http://gizmodo.com/374066/large-hadron-collider-wont-destroy-earth-of-course-not

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Bypass SSL Certificate Errors when connecting an iPhone to Plesk Mail Account

Posted on March 12, 2008 by tm

On the iPhone: Select Settings, Mail Select Add Account… Select Other Enter all of your relevant email account details. Be sure to select IMAP or POP before you “Cancel” and “Save.” You can’t adjust that setting when modifying the account … Continue reading →

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SSL certificate setup for pop3s, imaps, smtps on Plesk

Posted on March 12, 2008 by tm

lifted from here HOWTO to setup an SSL certificate on a Plesk server so that it will be used when people connect through secure pop, smtp and imap. First, you will need a certificate. It can be self signed or … Continue reading →

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SMTP on different Port in Plesk

Posted on March 12, 2008 by tm

Copy /etc/xinetd.d/smtp_psa to smtp2_psa In the new file, REPLACE service smtp WITH service smtp2 Then modify /etc/services and add the smtp2 service (port 26 in this example). smtp2 26/tcp mail smtp2 26/udp mail Then restart xinetd /etc/init.d/xinetd restart Check that … Continue reading →

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Plesk qmail notes

Posted on February 17, 2008 by tm

lifted from here Qmail Log Location in Plesk: /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog Ignore Mail to unkown user instead of bouncing: One domain at a time: edit /var/qmail/mailnames/<domain.goes.here.com>/.qmail-default and replace its contents with: |true to change for all domains: find /var/qmail/mailnames/ | grep .qmail-default … Continue reading →

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Hubble Deep Field Video

Posted on January 18, 2008 by tm

“Representing a narrow “keyhole” view stretching to the visible horizon of the universe, the Hubble Deep Field image covers a speck of the sky only about the width of a dime 75 feet away. Though the field is a very … Continue reading →

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Linux / Plesk / APF Quick and Dirty Howto

Posted on September 29, 2007 by tm

As root from SSH term: wget http://www.rfxnetworks.com/downloads/apf-current.tar.gz tar -xvzf apf-current.tar.gz cd apf-*/ ./install.sh Check for install errors Installation Details: Install path: /etc/apf/ Config path: /etc/apf/conf.apf Executable path: /usr/local/sbin/apf AntiDos install path: /etc/apf/ad/ AntiDos config path: /etc/apf/ad/conf.antidos DShield Client Parser: /etc/apf/extras/dshield/ … Continue reading →

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