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Feb/13

Performance Between Hard Drives

Filed Under Hardware at 4th February 2013 0:01 by

I was amazed by some very basic tests how 2 hard drives (Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB) of the same model can have such a difference in performance. The two drives I had were purchased at difference times but it … Continue reading →

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Jan/13

Removing Samsung Series 9 Recovery Partition

Filed Under Windows at 28th January 2013 0:01 by

There is potentially 24GB that can be freed for normal use. The recovery partition is protected so it cannot be deleted through Windows Disk Management. Before continuing make sure a disk backup is taken. It is advised to clone it … Continue reading →

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Jan/13

Install Hudson On Ubuntu 12.04

Filed Under Linux, Programming at 21st January 2013 0:01 by
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Add Hudson to the sources list: sudo sh -c “echo ‘deb http://hudson-ci.org/debian binary/’ > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hudson.list” Do an update to refresh the repository list: sudo apt-get update Install Hudson sudo apt-get install hudson By default the administration page is at http://localhost:8080. … Continue reading →

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Jan/13

Samsung Series 9 (Jun 2012) Mini Review

Filed Under Hardware, Review at 14th January 2013 0:01 by

Overview I was on the market for a new laptop with my aging 15″ Santa Rosa MacBook Pro (MBP). With Intel finally driving the Ultrabook to compete with the MacBook Air(MBA) I was sure my next computer would one. Limitations … Continue reading →

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Jan/13

FreePBX 2.9/2.10 On Ubuntu 12.04

Filed Under Linux, PBX at 7th January 2013 0:01 by

Overview Here’s an updated guide for installing FreePBX on Ubuntu 12.04. I found a different guide to installing FreePBX against the 12.04 LTS with some minor tweaks. I have opted for installing 2.9.x of FreePBX because the changes in 2.10 … Continue reading →

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Dec/12

IaaS Or VPS Part 1 – Analysis And Intent

Filed Under Infrastructure at 31st December 2012 19:44 by

Overview With the proliferation of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) does it make sense to use Virtual Private Servers (VPS) or even shared / dedicated hardware? Prices for IaaS have been decreasing with competition and VPS industry hasn’t really moved … Continue reading →

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Dec/12

Convert PEM To PPK On Windows

Filed Under Windows at 24th December 2012 0:01 by

Download PuTTYGen Run PuTTYGen. Go to Conversions > Import key menu Select the PEM file Change the Key comment field to something descriptive. Add a passphase (optional). Press Save private key and save the file to a suitable location. Connecting … Continue reading →

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Dec/12

Install Clockwork Recovery Mod On Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9

Filed Under Tablet at 17th December 2012 0:01 by

The second step to installing ROMs on the Galaxy Tab is to flash a new recovery firmware. Clockwork Recovery Mod (CWM) is a far more capable firmware than the stock one. Below is a video how to: In summary: Download … Continue reading →