Author Archives: ehurst

I Can Be Suckered, Too

Posted on February 7, 2011 by ehurst

Don’t trust me. Sometimes I’ll believe a lie because it’s close to what I want to believe about someone. I won’t perform due diligence because it strikes me as plausible. Today I posted something on my other blog about syncretism. … Continue reading →

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Can’t Stand the Hype

Posted on February 6, 2011 by ehurst

As I type these characters on my screen, the Super Bowl broadcast is beginning. I don’t like TV, and I’m in another room. But equally important is, while I might be willing to play a little football, I’m not willing … Continue reading →

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PySol on Debian Squeeze

Posted on February 5, 2011 by ehurst

PySol is not in the repository for Squeeze, but it is for Lenny and Sid. I have read several discussions and the bug reports, but aside from a supposed lack of maintainer, the only issue with PySolFC is making sure … Continue reading →

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Squeeze on Inspiron 1525

Posted on February 3, 2011 by ehurst

This installation was the most recent Squeeze RC2 release, downloaded just two days before this blog post. If you’ve never installed Debian, please see this detailed guide for installing Squeeze. I used the graphical installation offered on the welcome screen. … Continue reading →

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Not Cheering for Revolution

Posted on February 2, 2011 by ehurst

I love people. I really prefer humans and interacting with them over just about any other activity in this world. I only like computers because they make communication easier, so all my writing here on computers is really about helping … Continue reading →

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No Debian for the Clueless

Posted on February 1, 2011 by ehurst

It crossed my mind I could start a new project. Given Debian was about to release their newest — “Squeeze” 6.0 — and I wanted to install it on my laptop, it seemed I might write a few articles here … Continue reading →

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Don’t Trust Them

Posted on January 31, 2011 by ehurst

As many people do, I read news on the Web. I don’t have time to read everything offered by most of the news agencies. Nor would I trust their instincts about what is news and what is just a story. … Continue reading →

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We Got Troubles

Posted on January 30, 2011 by ehurst

Locally here, we’ve been promised to get a piece of the same snow storm about to hit a big chunk of the US. Oklahoma seldom gets that kind of stuff, and we don’t invest that much in the requisite equipment, … Continue reading →

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RHEL 6 for the Clueless: LibreOffice as Update

Posted on January 28, 2011 by ehurst

Today Red Hat issued a security update for Open Office on all three versions which had it (4, 5, & 6). If you don’t have access to RHN, you would be crazy to try building it from the SRPM. Frankly, … Continue reading →

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Poor Man’s Windows Server: zPanel and WAMP

Posted on January 27, 2011 by ehurst

Update: The ZPanel site has moved to here to take advantage of Sourceforge hosting. See the comment below. (Original post begins below.) So you have this Windows machine, and you really have to have a server. It’s not necessary to … Continue reading →

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