Linux & Windows field notes
Server setup guides and tutorials, plus the occasional note from life outside the terminal.
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Social Media DetoxOver the last 3 months I started tracking a list of daily task that I would like to adhere to. One of those tasks is 1 hour of social media per day. At first this was easy to do. I broke my Samsung…
Life of BlakePi Project UpdateOver the last few years, I decided to make my “Outdoor automation” a little more permanent and indoors. The Pi lived outside in my garage or screwed to a floor joist in my basement. My goat was to…
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Installing MyBB 1.8.12 on Ubuntu ServerIn the following tutorial I will explain how to install MyBB 1.8.12 on Ubuntu Server. I will be doing this from the command line so no GUI needed. Download the MyBB package. You will want to get the…
LinuxInstalling VirtualBox Guest Addition Ubuntu Server 14.04.3Because my office is currently under construction I didn’t have access to my primary desktop machine that runs VMware Workstation. I needed to spin up a Ubuntu Server box to do some testing. It has…
LinuxSprinkler ProjectFinal received my first Raspberry Pi. I have had an idea for years about what I wanted to do with one. Automated sprinkler system. 2 summers in a row my lawn has burnt to a frazzle. I have dealt…
LinuxService ManagerWelcome to Service Manager v1.0.0. The following application allows a user to easily start and stop services as required. I built this tool a few years ago when I was developing database software. I…
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Audio Click Xubuntu 14.04.1 LTSI had finally had enough of a very annoying clicking noise through the headphones on my HP Pavilion dm1 Netbook. I love this machine because of its compact size and long lasting battery. The system…
LinuxTeamSpeak start up Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTSThis problem stumpt me for a while. I run a TeamSpeak damon on my VPS linux box. The issue with this application, is they do not create startup script in the /etc/init.d folder. There are many…
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Apache VirtualHostsThe following tutorial will explain how to configure one Apache server to resolve for multiple domain names. We assume you already have install Apache on you Linux based server. Check your…
Life of BlakeIIS7: What a changeIn the next few weeks, I am required to use one of my most scariest server products I have used. IIS. I use to manage a small network that used IIS for hosting internal mail interface and other…
WindowsAlesis MultiMix HumThe following information addresses how to repair a power supply issue with the Alesis MultiMix. I first noticed the problem about a 7 months ago. Symptoms are as follows: Clip & Sig LED are on…
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Installing NetBeans on Xubuntu 10.04Installing NetBeans is simple in Ubuntu, but Xubuntu doesn’t seem to have the package in its repositories. The following will guide you through the install. First thing needed is Java. You can…
LinuxVirtualBox Guest Additions install Kubuntu 10.04Install VirtualBox’s guest additions are relativly stright forward in Ubuntu. But for Kubuntu 10.04 it’s takes a little more work. Open the terminal and execute the following commands. First, check…
LinuxLinux Mounting PartitionsMost Linux distribution include auto mounting for different file system types. Specific distributions, you need to mound some file systems your self. The following commands will allow you to mount…
LinuxBacktrack 5 MAC ChangingI have been playing with backtrack5 lately and there was one little issue I was starting to get irritated by. When spoofing your MAC address you were required to run all these commands to take the…
LinuxSynergy with Ubuntu & WindowsSynergy let you share a single mouse and keyboard across multiple computers. In the following example, thewall is going to have our server and laptopnew is going to be our second computer. thewall,…
LinuxDJ Kellner… Is aliveBack in 2008, I had posted a tutorial on how to adjusting the crossfader works on the Behringer DX1000. I had messed with VirtualDJ with it but never really got into it. Last new years I was asked…
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Mounting Windows Share using smbfs in KubuntuOn my new Kubuntu box, I wanted to mount my “My Documents” folder that resides on a Windows Server 2003 R2 box. I have always had problems mounting folders due to the nature of Active Directory. In…
LinuxNew Laptop #2Well for those of you I don’t talk to on a regular bases here is a little update: I have graduated from Canadore College and received my “Computer System Technology – Networking Program”. So that’s…
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OpenSUSE – You suckThis semester at school we have a class called “Second Operating System”. Just like you would expect, we are learning Linux. Unfortunately, the teachers have opted to go with OpenSUSE as the primary…
LinuxVinylsOver the last few days I have fascinated my ears with the listening pleasure of the vinyl records. 33RPMs that my parents have had in out crawl space for as long as I can remember. I’m not saying…
Life of BlakeThe Pirate BayThe story behind the all famous, The Pirate Bay, has caused some interest lately. The Pirate Bay is a BitTorrent site that index’s many torrents all over the world. Everything thing from operating…
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I died… Okay maybe not.Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I’m sure a lot of you have wondered what happened to me. Well there is one simple answer, school. Unfortunately any spare time I have is spent doing projects…
Life of BlakeNew ThemeOk so I know I havn’t posted in over a month so I thought I would change the theme. 😛 Right now I’m awaiting my time table for college. I’m sure your all wondering what I have been doing all summer…
Life of BlakeMac vs PCA battle that might never end between Mac and PC users. A battle that is won but no one on the PC side will admit it. The battle between Mac and PC have been going on for years and years. This…
WindowsO How I missed my good friend RobertA friend I met at a pervous forum software appeared on Imperial BB’s forums today. It seems like users are getting frustrated with the going’s on at the other software. So for some Saturday night…
Life of BlakeCrossfader on Behringer DX 1000Now that I have my computer up and running I have been messing around with a program called Virtual DJ. If your into making your own mixes and DJing then this might be a program you want to check out.
ModificationsComputer Issues? Your telling me!I have not been around many of my local online community’s recently do to major computer issues I have been suffering through. In my last post I made you all aware that I had ordered a new bare…
Life of BlakeI guess it’s time…I know it has been a while since I communicated with some of you and I bet your wondering where I have been. I guess it’s time to fill you in. Just after Christmas I lost the love of my life to…
Life of BlakePoor computerWell yesterday my poor old AMD 3500+ Asus AV8 – Delux motherboard gave up the ghost and died. Me and it were together for 5 greatfull years but now it has moved onto a better place. So it’s…
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Linux vs WindowsAs most of you know I am fluent in both Windows and Linux. Yesterday in the #mybb IRC channel, tension was tight between us Linux people and the Windows fan boy Matt (owner of msubuntu who will be…
LinuxMerry Christmas and a Happy HolidaySorry it’s so late but I finally got the snow up on the site. 😛 Just wanted to wish every one a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday. See you all in the new year. 😀
Net LifeLet it SnowWell currently a snow storm is about to hit North Bay this Sunday evening. The buzz is that this storm will cause a Snow Day tomorrow which mean no buses which mean I get to sleep in 😀 I was…
Life of BlakePHP 5 & 1and1.comI know two posts in one day might be a little much but this one I felt i should make you aware of. As most of us know 1and1.com still hasn’t started using PHP5 by default. This little hack you add…
Net LifeWindows XP Pro UpgradeYesterday I upgraded my Desktop and Laptop PC’s to Windows XP Pro. I wanted to have them join my domain here at home so I wouldn’t have to type my username and password in all the time. First one I…
LinuxVistaWell Vista is gone now. There were to many problem with software running on it. I don’t have a Vista disk with me or I would do a fresh install so instead XP is going back on it. I may install it…
Computer StuffVisual Basic & VistaI have finally taken the Vista plunge! And I have to say it isn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be. Me and another guy at my co-op placement decided we need to educate our selves for the…
WindowsWTF??Wow. It has been a long time. Well I have been busy the last wile with School and my Coop placement. I have also been renovating my family’s basement. That has eaten up most of my weekends for the…
Life of BlakeSecond WeekWell a week ago today my last year of high school started. Yes that’s right I have made it to grade 12! So far it’s been a boring week. On Tuesday I spent 2 hours siting in front of student services…
Life of BlakeWinamp LED VisualizationWell I have made myself a 8 LED segment that flashes to the beat of music with Winamp. It’s fairly straight forward. I started with this tutorial. Here is the parts list 1.5 Volt LED’s (under 30mA)…
ModificationsPeople on the InternetYou know there is allot of great helpful people on the Internet. But there are also some who are careless and really shouldn’t be aloud on the Internet. A friend I know from MyBB’s Community…
Net LifePS2 Head set into Guitar Pre-ampThis struck me as I was looking for my cables and adapters to plug my bass into my laptop. As I was heading past Playstation stuff, in my crawl space, I found a broken PS2 head set. I looked at and…
ModificationsBirthdayWell my birthday was on July 23 and my parents decided to get me a new mixing board. Well it arrived today and boy is it neat! 😀 It’s the new Alesis MultiMix 12 FireWire. It is a small version of…
Life of BlakeUbuntu StudioMay 11th, 2007 Ubuntu Studio was released and I finally decided to get my hands on it. Downloading and installing just like all the other Ubuntu Alternate installs. After installation was complete I…
LinuxBlogging with Windows Live WriterI’m writing to you from a very cool program that the people over at Windows Live just released. Windows Live Writer is a easy to use blogging tool. It allows you to blog from any location weather…
Net LifeiPhoneToday at 6:00PM Apples new iPone will be released in all AT&T stores. I have been hearing alot about it in the many Podcasts and Video Cast. Yesterday Cranky Geeks had a few things to say about the…
Net LifeMicrosoft Office 2007Well I have gotten my hands on a copy of Microsoft Office 2007. I have to say my first impression was “What the hell have they done with the GUI?” But after navigating around a little wile I started…
Life of BlakeC++, C and a Parallel portAbout a month ago I went out and purchased a book on C++. I went through it and learned the basics. Yesterday I began work on a program to control inputs and outputs on the LPT port. The interesting…
LinuxValve SteamWell I finaly got a program to work in Wine. Steam, Counter Strike, and Counter Strike: Condition Zero all run very well in Kubuntu on my laptop. If you are trying to do this, make sure your video…
LinuxNew ThemeWell as most of you can see I have changed the theme on the blog and on the forum. I Have changed some of the graphics on the forum to mach the blog’s green. I will do a few more changes on the…
Net LifeOut comeV-night went with no major problems. The only issue we had was sound levels at the back of the gym. A gym is the worest place to have a concert or show of any sorts. We ran the amps at max all of…
Life of BlakeVariety Night… once againWell once again, for the fifth year in a row, I am helping with W. J. Firckers annual Variety Night. The one thing thats going to be different is there will be more time to have the dress rehearsal.…
Life of BlakeRemoving MyBB CopyrightThis notes was posted on DennisTT’s Blog. Please read all MyBB users. All administrators of MyBB probably know of the MyBB License one way or another. However, it has come to my attention that there…
Net LifeSnow… a little moreWell we haven’t hit the 7 foot snow banks yet, but we did get a fairly large snow storm here in North Bay. We got the end of a storm that hit Enterprise High School earlier yesterday. This storm was…
Life of BlakeStereo to Mono AdapterAs most of you know I have a auxiliary amp that is also used as a second sub woofer. I have found lately that I don’t always want to plug my laptop into the 5.1 surround sound and blast the bass and…
ModificationsGrade 11, 2nd SmesterWell last Monday we started our second semester at Widdifield. I have a fairly easy semester. English first period, auto second period, then MSIP third, Online Business course fourth and lastly…
Life of BlakeHow to Clean your Keyboard… The fast way!My dad finally toled me to clean the keyboard for the computer. Needles to say there was allot of dust around the keys… and in the keys. I came up with a very good idea to clean all 100 and sum keys.
Net LifeNew File & Testing ServerWell this is actually old news, but thats ok. Windows XP Home finally took a dump on my home server. Lucky for me all the data was on another hard drive (Maxtor 120G no longer available). All the…
Computer StuffMerry Christmas & A Happy New YearWell last week was nuts. My parents hosted a Christmas party for my mom’s family. 27 people were crammed into our small living room. I got some awesome presents this year. HDadvanced with a Hard…
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Linux has re-enterd the building!Well I’m into the Linux thing. A few weeks ago, for some odd reason, Windows “Stopped” working on my laptop. So I got out my Kubuntu Linux CD and started the install. Every thing ran well on the…
Computer StuffSnow Storm and Pre-ChristmasLast night, North Bay got a large amount of snow in a 8 hour period. We went from having no snow to having about 2 feat of snow. Needless to say ever one was unprepared. 12 hours after the storm, I…
Life of BlakeIt’s SnowingWell over night last night it started to snow. A far amount of snow but according to the weather most of will be gone by the end of the day. The funny part is I have to go to my schools final…
Life of BlakeWildcat FootballWell first wanted to say sory for not posting for a wile. I’v been busy editing football video’s for the Junior football team at my high school. (Widdifield) Being the offical film crew for the…
Life of BlakeBusyWell I haven’t posted in like a month now so I thought it is time to fill you all in on what I’m doing. School is crazy. I’m taking one online collage course and it seems to be taking up a lot of my…
Net LifeWhat do you cary?Well I thought I should make a post so I decided it would be about my laptop. 😛 Well for the last 2 days I have been bring my laptop to school. It’s very handy to have insted of using the schools…
Computer StuffFirst day backWell Tuesday was the first day back to school. It was nice to see all my friends again but man do I hate the work. I got Math first, Sysco second, Wood Shop third, Peer toutring fourth and MSIP last.
Life of BlakeCampingThis year I was invited to Jessicas family reunion. Unfortunately we had to sleep in a tent. It wasn’t as bad as I though it would be. Her family is very nice but some of them do need some help,…
Life of BlakemIRC ScriptingWell at first glance you would think this is another geek thing, but no this is just down right funny as hell. Click on the link below and read what one of the MyBB “Smart” “Guys” (Tikitiki) has…
Net LifeRAID?!?!?!Ok not the bug spray Raid, the drive configuration RAID. I’m now using RAID 0 (for speed) to handle the My Documents folder and Movies that I have. Setting it up was fairly strait forword. I did…
Computer StuffNew DesignI changed the Blogs Theme today. I still havn’t had time to make my own but I’m going to make some changes to this one. The header needs more and I have already fixed the side bar to the way I like…
Net LifeGoogle adsWell I have add Google ads to www.blakemiller.org. there at the bottem so you don’t see them realy but they are there. I just wanted to make a few bucks because I got to pay for the laptop some how.
Net LifeNew Laptop!Well a few weeks ago I ordered my first laptop. Today it came in. I wasn’t expecting it till next thursday but today is just fine for me! It’s a Dell Inspiron 640m. I’ll post some pictures later on.…
Net LifePart TimeWell last week I changed my working hours. I now work from 12:00 – 5:00 Monday, Wednesday and Fridays. It’s nice because I get to sleep in now and still spend time with Jess. So far I’v made about…
Life of BlakeWorkingWell since Tuesday I have been working at Malcolm Wallace Auto repair. I hate it. My Parents want me to have a summer job but I don’t want to have one that’s full time. But really I don’t want one…
Life of BlakeKing of the Hill Dragway!This weekand was the annual King of the Hill drag races here at North Bay’s Air Port. Of cores I went on Saturday just because I only like the elimination rounds. Friday night they have time trills…
Life of Blake6.06 KDEWell last week I update my Ubuntu linux to 6.06 latest and greatest. 😀 Anyways, I was sick of Gnome as it has been causing problems ever since I installed it so just after updating I took the KDE…
Computer StuffI found out on the news that my grade 8 teacher (I had him for English 3 years ago) was charged and arested on Saturday for Sexual Exploitation and Luring a Child (internet). He was a good teacher…
Life of BlakeMore guestbookWell, hopfully today I will be able to work on more of the code. I’m going to make a login system for the admin control pannel. Once I get that done then I’m puting it on hotscripts.com
Net LifeMore LifeWell, it has been another busy week. I’m so glad tomorrows Friday and it’s a long weekend. Every day in all my classes it just seems to get dummer and dummer. English and History aren’t so bad but…
Life of BlakeLast weekFor the last week, I’ve been very busy with school work. Between Math, English and Computer class, the homework load has been a little insane. I won’t have a chance to update any web site stuff this…
Life of BlakeV-night…UpdateWell Variety Night was a huge success! There were no explosions and the fire department didn’t have to put out any uncontrollable flames. But really, the whole show went very well with no major…
Life of BlakeV-nightWell this Thursday is W.J. Firckers Annual Variate Night. Dillon and my self are doing all the tech stuff this year once again. Dillon is running all the sound related equipment and I’m running all…
Life of BlakeGuestbookLast week I updated the Guestbook. I now have an admin panel and also improved the database. I’m going to work more on the code next weekand after V-night. Enjoy.
Net LifeGuestbookWell I was bored this morning and I felt like working on some PHP coding. So I decided to make a guest book. It’s nice and simple, works very well and only has four files to it. To sign the…
Net LifeLife…I haven’t posted in while, so I thought now would be a good time to inform you of what I’m doing. Most of the time I’ve either been working on the History Project or spending my time outside or…
Life of BlakeMSN Com Port Flash LEDClick on picture for bigger picture. In this tutorial, I will be showing how to make a LED flasher whenever a MSN conversation is open. The program that will be used is called MSN Com Port Flash.…
Life of BlakeBack and ForthWell for the last few weeks I have been using linux. For awile I went back to windows but eventualy, after getting a frigin virus because of certain family members, I moved back to Ubuntu linux just…
Computer StuffRegular LifeWell I havn’t posted in a while. I havn’t been busy just enjoying the nice weather and lots of school work. Our History class does a tutorial type of setup. Every one is in a group with a max number…
Life of BlakeNew Hosting… UpdateUnfortunately I will have to wait till next December, before I can transfer my domain over to 1and1’s hosting. At the first of next month I will be uploading the message board onto the site due to…
Net LifeNew HostingWell after the third server crash at my old hosting, decided to go for something other than free. This site is now hosted at 1and1 web hosting Here is what they offer… Web Space: 5 000MB Monthly…
Net LifeNew Game!!Well I havn’t been online very much at all. The other day I purchased a new game for my Computer, Counter Strike. It’s probably the best first persone shoot I have ever played. I have setup up a…
Net LifeLinux 32-bitWell yesterday at about 3:00 AM, I formated my linux hrad drive (agen) and installed Ubuntu 32-bit. 64 bit wasn’t good for me alot of apps don’t run. Anyways I am now a 32 bit user and every thing…
Computer StuffAlmost on LinuxWell I have almost compleatly converted over to Ubuntu linux. I have Firefox, Flash and Java all setup. That was my first task; that was no problem with the help of this tutorial. Next I did was…
Computer StuffMore… SnowWell, I hate winter. So I thought I would go out side and take some pictures of it. Here is one looking in my backyared. Here is the front of my house. (Be side the big tree) Here is the snow bank…
Life of Blakewww.blakemiller.orgWelcome to Blake Miller.org. Well after purchasing this domain about 2 months ago I have finaly found hosting. 100WebSpace.com has a free web hosting package. It was very easy to setup a “already…
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